Smooth, effortless-sounding fast picking is a goal for many guitar players. One of the most effective ways of achieving this oft-elusive aim is by using economy picking, which minimises changes in pick direction, helping to make your solos and licks sound slick and articulate. It's not an ...
Move your wrist to the side, not up and down. This will make the process of picking up-down feel natural to your wrist as well. You can actually practice this sideways motion of the wrist when you are not playing the guitar as well. Just place your hand on a flat surface, imitate h...
Alternate picking isn’t really used by everyone yet, but once you try it for yourself you might never go back to regular plectrums. Plus, with alternate picking you don’t have to worry about changing hand positioning while strumming, making life easier when playing fast licks or trying to...
You’ll want to set the mic up to pick up as much of the natural sound of the instrument that it can. The most common starting point for miking an acoustic guitar is right where the neck meets the body. If the guitar sounds a bit boomy, you can inch it away from the body and a...
Hi, I use guitar pro to write lead sheets for myself and the rest of my band, it is fast and easy to use. Unfortunately if I have to transpose a chart later on, the melody would be transposed but not the chord names on top of the melody. Am I using a wrong strategy? Can it ...
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Glasgow Kiss by John Petrucci (with TAB) | Guitar Lick Spotlight About the Song: Glasgow Kiss Glasgow Kiss is an instrumental off of John Petrucci’s 2005 solo album, Suspended Animation. It’s a fast and interesting song that gives you a great alternate-picking workout. There are... Gu...
Start simple. Maybe it’s waking up 10 minutes earlier for somequiet coffee timebefore the day begins, or taking abrisk evening walkto clear your head. You could even try picking up that guitar gathering dust in the corner or painting—the point is to find joy in something n...
“This guitar chord loopis probably my favorite sample from the pack,” he shares. “I almost didn’t put it on the pack because of how much I personally enjoyed it. It’s the result of a new recording hack I discovered using my SP-404SX (Roland’s hardware sampler). It has a coa...
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