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| 7 Cool New Guitar Skills To Learn In Lockdown |
The lockdown provides an
opportunity for you to learn things. If you are feeling bored just staying
inside your home, you can consider some music lessons. This
is one way on how you can make your day productive and worthwhile. Guitar is
one of the most accessible and easy to learn musical instruments. If you have
always wanted to learn some techniques in playing it, you are reading the right
material. Here are some cool new guitar skills you can learn while its
lockdown:
Two-Hand Tapping
This is not a new technique but
it is still one of the most interesting. With two-hand tapping, you use both
your left and right hand. You need to have strong fretting hands so be able to
perform pull-offs and hammer-on. To be able to access higher notes, you can
make use one of your fingers from the picking hands. To learn more on how you
can do this effectively, you can watch videos of Eddie Van Halen. This artist
is one of those few people who are associated with this style.
Guitar Phrasing Techniques
When you think of guitar
phrasing, you should be focusing on how notes and licks are presented by guitar
players in their music. There are different techniques in guitar phrasing that
you can consider. Firstly, you can create motifs or repeat stuff. You can also
sing while you are playing. Aside from that, you can use words and tell a
story. You can leave more space. One of the most used techniques in solos is
rhythmic displacement and superimposition.
Power Chord Guitar Riffs
When you talk about power chords,
you will certainly associate this with rock music. This is also called the full
barre chord. For you to be able to understand better, power chords are 2 or 3
note chord that is played on the bass strings.
Advanced Guitar Chords
If you want to become an advanced
guitarist, you should know the advanced guitar scales. These will certainly
make you sound amazing as it enhances the musicality and the rhythm. Here are
some advances guitar chords you should learn to play:
• Major 7 Chords
You can usually hear this
versatile chord being used in jazz, soul, funk and pop music. To build a major
7 chord, you can just consider adding a major 7 interval to an already existing
major chord.
• Minor 7 Chords
For this chord, it is usually
being used in soul and funk music. For this one, you can easily play it by
putting your first finger on the B string (1st fret) and your 2nd finger on the
D string (2nd fret). This also requires you to use a barre across the 6
strings.
• Dominant 7 Chords
This chord is being played in 12
bar blues. This chord contains a major triad and a minor 7th that is placed on
the root of the triad. This chord is built on the dominant that is contained in
a diatonic scale.
• Major 9 Chords
This chord is known as a version
of major 7 chords but a more advanced one. There are 5 notes that are contained
in a Major 9. This includes a root, a major third, a perfect fifth, a major
seventh and a ninth.
• Minor 9 Chords
The Minor 9 Chord stands out
because of its rich and deep sound. Just like the other chord, the Major 9 has
its root, a minor third, a perfect fifth, a minor seventh and a major ninth.
• Dominant 9 Chords
This is another chord that is
usually being played in funk music. Logically, this is the continuation of the
dominant 7th. This is a combination of a dominant chord, which comes with a minor
seventh, and a major ninth.
Using Pedals To Shape Your Tone
Every advanced guitarist plays
with pedals. This is to be able to achieve more advanced guitar effects. The
most common is the distortion pedal. This is pretty popular for both
professional guitarists and aspiring guitarists. There are different things that
you need to consider when you are purchasing pedals for your guitar.
First of all, there are pedals
that produce the same sound. With this, you have to consider buying only one of
those. If you already have an overdrive pedal, you do not need a distortion
pedal. Aside from that, the size also matters. Since most pedals and
rectangular in shape and are heavy, you should consider getting one with
compact size. This is most especially if you are collecting a lot.
Aside from the overdrive and
distortion pedal, you can consider a delay pedal. There are also others such
ash fuzz pedal, reverb pedal, chorus pedal, phaser pedal and others. But before
you even consider purchasing one, you have to reflect on the type of music that
you want to play. Ask yourself if the pedal will be able to enhance your
playing. Not all of these are needed especially if you are focusing on a
certain genre. Learning about the type of music that you love is always the
first step towards improving.