You may have already heard about Drop B tuning, especially if you’re into metal or hard rock music from iconic bands such as Slipknot, Machine Head, Lamb of God, and many others. Playing your guitar in Drop B tuning is an excellent way of drastically dropping the overall range of your guitar. In this article, …
In this article, we are going to take a look at one of the most important features of a guitar – pickups. Pickups affect your tone, your guitar volume, and ultimately factors in heavily to what your guitar will sound like coming out of the guitar amplifier. Various types of magnets, winding methods, and design …
The single most effective way to revolutionize your guitar tone is through the use of effects pedals. Sure, your choice of amplifier and guitar model will have an impact, but having access to powerful effects while on stage gives you an abundance of options to take your songs to the next level. So why is …
Not to be confused with the term “popular music,” pop music in and of itself is its own genre within popular music defined by the basic songwriting format of verse-chorus, with repeated hooks and a generally short length. Often associated with other genres such as rock, dance, country and urban, pop music as we know …
The G major chord, or simply referred to as the G chord, is typically one of the first few guitar chords teachers will introduce to their beginner students. An extremely popular chord in rock, pop, and country music, the G major chord is a great fundamental starting point on your guitar learning experience. As well …
It seems that new boutique pedal manufacturers are appearing constantly these days, which is great for guitarists who want to add the finest effects to their signal chain. Boutique pedal brands tend to be innovative, and they don’t shy away from challenging the norms. Their willingness to experiment and think outside of the box leads …
Unless you’re new to playing the guitar, I’m sure you’ve probably heard of modeling amps before: a form of digital amp that mixes analog and digital circuits together, resulting in an amp that can sound like a wide variety of well-known amp types. In other words, it’s like having a pretty accurate emulation of potentially …
Music exists outside the realm of language and it isn’t always easy to categorize without being slightly limiting. That’s why some of the most creative people are genre-bending artists, and a few of those have even ended up creating sub-genres. These sub-genres likely stream from indie. Originally, ‘indie’ was short for independent. That meant any …
The guitar’s slide is a technique that is both underappreciated and underused. Based on your preferences, you can use a slide guitar with different types of guitar to create a wider variety of glissando effects and louder vibratos. Guitar slides have the distinct benefit of being incredibly simple to master. You can play every song …
Learning the guitar is an amazing journey that keeps blossoming as time goes by. But that doesn’t mean that you need to wait for years to play your favorite songs. Today I am going to share many easy one string guitar songs whose iconic riffs and choruses can be played using just a single string. …