Beginning guitar and folk guitar are sometimes missing from our forum so I have listed here some basic finger picking “Travis Style” and basic strum patterns for easy guitar.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Friday 11th August 2006
This article covers some really simple, but great sounding shred riffs. They work by alternating a melody line against a repeating bassnote. This gives a punchy tight metal sound when combined with some palm muting.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Monday 17th July 2006
Yngwie’s style has interested me since I began playing the guitar. A friend lent me a copy of Rising Force and I had no idea you could make a guitar sound like that. Needless to say I spent a few years learning to make MY guitar sound like that and I realised it was even harder than it sounded.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Thursday 14th April 2005
I’ve recently been revisiting one of my long-time influences. A Mr Zakk Wylde. When I was 17 I joined my first regular gigging band and despite not having the long blonde hair, I wanted to be like this guy. Although at the time I didn’t have the chops to fully back up my, legs apart "Zakk stance" but I used too (and still do) think that the solo in "No more tears" is one of the best things since sliced bread. Therefore I have mixed a lesson on the basics of "Palm muting" around one of my favourite guitarists.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Tuesday 5th April 2005
Oh yes! It’s time for something a bit special. We’re kicking off with a mini series of articles called “Stunt Guitar” provided by Mr Ben Eggleston. These are video articles that demonstrate a cool lick or riff and then give you the tab and an explanation on how to play it. Sometimes it’s just about having some fun, as you will see in this first video.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Tuesday 5th April 2005
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