The rising popularity of guitar bands and the phenomenal success of the video game franchise Guitar Hero has led to more and more people picking up the guitar recently. Sales of guitars in the UK has reached a record in the last three years and as more and more people are starting to play, the guitar has exceeded the piano as the instrument that is learned in schools.
With all these people who learn thinking about spending some tips from my 10 years experience playing guitar and helping people pointed in the right direction and begin to learn his technique. In this article I have listed some of the things that I think are very important to play well, but are often overlooked by those just starting. If you are an experienced player, then there will be much here, but if you're new to the guitar then I hope I can help and perhaps shed some light on things that perhaps had not thought of before.
Theory
The only factor that has improved my guitar more than any other was to take the time to learn the basics of music theory. Once you get out of the pentatonic scale so overly used by rock guitarists you'll find that his song-writing and improvisation will be advanced by leaps and bounds. Believe it or not, learning scales really going to be much freer than when I did not know. Ironically, learning the rules of music has left me open to play more expressive than before. Do not forget that once known, can break, and this is where your game can really start to be interesting.
So how do I learn the theory needed to play rock guitar, and how you can learn too?
Well, it was not a quick process and I am certainly not over yet, I learn something new all the time and a great many simply do not know yet. I started learning a couple of ways to scale, E major, C major and D major are good to begin with. Try to find a song you know in one of these keys and play on it, choosing the notes that sound good, and the notes do not sound right. A good way to learn the scales is to try one of the guides free floating around the Internet.
I started learning a couple of positions for each scale, with one or two at a time. Once you've made a great method to help themselves is to learn each scale on each single string. Take it easy at first, one or two strings at a time and just happened when you feel comfortable. The advantage of doing this is that before you know it, you'll know every note that you can strike at any chain remain in key positions and the change becomes a breeze. Once you are satisfied with the major scales you can start collecting the minor keys, which is actually much easier than you might think.
In addition to learning scales and chords looked into how to build and how they work together. I would recommend learning the first stops, because once it's down, the construction of chords becomes much easier. The key factor in learning is not just knowing that the way the parrot "this is a Cmin7" but rather learning why it is a C minor seventh. Once you know what the chords are then you can build anywhere you need and you'll find that little bit easier to write great melodies on top.
A detailed guide to the theory of music learning is beyond the scope of this article but I hope I have highlighted an area that may be missing in your playing the guitar. Remember that even the major and minor scales most basic can make a world of difference when writing the next song, or improvising with his band. There are a variety of free classes available on the web, and very few tutorials on YouTube, so be sure to check out.
Bending
Something I feel is crucial to being able to play rock guitar and being able to double precision chain. String bending is what makes the electric guitar the instrument it is, having been used by countless guitarists to convey any kind of emotion you can imagine. When done well a big bend sounds incredible, but may sound horrible wrong. If you have a great ear for music, then you should not have much trouble bending and keeping the key. However, if you're like me and are not blessed with a natural ear then you have to train yourself to bend accurately.
For best results when bending strings always try to use three fingers of his hand Fretting. Rocking I think is the best method to start worrying about the note with the ring finger and using middle and index fingers to help control the string as double. I usually bring my thumb over the neck and 'compression' to bend the note pitch. Some guitarists might argue that everything that the thumb is bad technique, but I think that helps her control and is useful for muting the strings you are not playing.
Once you have a solid technique, the first thing to do is make sure that the key is bent. Pick any note on his guitar. Then pick a note two frets and play it. Play the two notes, one after another to get used to the sound of the interval. Once you have the sound in your head, play the first note and then turn to the second. The tone of the whole curve is most used in the performance of rock guitar and you make sure you're comfortable with it. Once you've mastered that you can try one fret (semitone) bends and curves up to three fret. Remember to always bend to a note which is key to the song you're playing, nothing sounds worse than a curve key!
To hear some fantastic string bending hear any guitar solo by Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd. You should be able to hear a lot of blues style bends and curves very controlled over wide ranges.
Vibrato
His vibrato can be defined as touch or feel as you play. How do you vibrato the notes you play can often be defined as a guitarist and help to differentiate from others. For example take Yngwie Malmsteen, with its super wide vibrato and Steve Vai, with a much more smooth and controlled. You can tell the two apart instantly. In fact, I would go so far as to say that could make both play the same passage of music and you'd be able to tell the difference even when playing the same notes.
The vibrato is to vary the pitch of the note you have to give a voice like quality and expression to their game. The quantity and speed of the vibrato of the note is entirely down to personal preference, so really just experiment with everything you can imagine. Try everything and see what you think sounds best. As a test, try playing a melody with some light vibrato. Then come back to play, but one note vibrato. Time without vibrato often sound rather lifeless and uninteresting. It is an important technique to work on as once you have down sounds like a real guitar and not a beginner more.
When vibrato notes the proposal in general, comes from the wrist. I try not to overdo it and generally let the mood of the music decide how I vibrato the note. There is really a strong way to teach vibrato, I found the best method was simply to see my favorite guitar players while playing and includes the techniques that went along until they settled on a sound I felt comfortable.
Try some songs from Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, BB King to get a good idea of some different vibrato sounds.
Calendar
Timing is everything. You do not have as complex as Dream Theater, but one thing is certain: if you play outside while the sound of garbage. The issue of timing applies to lead and rhythm playing, but of course, is ten times more important than the pace of play, after all, is why you are playing.
A great way to ensure that playing time is always practicing with a metronome. They are inexpensive and available in all music stores, and not that many metronomes are free software floating around the web. By always playing with a blow he used to hit notes in time and sticking to a regular rhythm. Before I joined a band that never played at a pace so the first practice of my time was well outside of the places I was just used to interfere at all on my own.
Remember that even the simplest of passages should be in time and you need to perform their pieces steadily.
Picking
One aspect that is often overlooked by guitarists new collection is hand. I was the same, in general, all the focus is on hand to ensure that Fretting chords curved stick and sound good. However, hand picking is so important and will have a big impact on your sound. There are a number of approaches to gather their notes while you play, you play fast and precise or loose and slower and everything in between. If you ignore your harvest techniques that will have to go back and learn again, that's what I had to do after three years of playing.
A solid collection technique is critical to the pace of play that will be able to reproduce the same thing every time you play the song. You will need to ensure that harvesting by hand is synchronized with his hand rather impatient, they do not want to hit the notes dead, especially in the clean sections.
The proper collection technique is enough for a separate article, but just remember not to ignore. Try searching YouTube for videos of Paul Gilbert and John Petrucci on collection technique. For a looser feel they can always resort to Jimi Hendrix's Wind Cries Mary and Castles Made of Sand have some great sections in them to get some new ideas collection.
In conclusion.
While they have not covered anything new here I certainly hope that I may have uncovered some weaknesses in his game that can take into account when working on technique. These are often things I see new guitarists overlook in favor of playing some power chords or trying to destroy strong away from the start. Remember that the key to learning something new on the guitar is to start slow and make sure you can play it cleanly before moving at speed. By taking it slow and learn the best techniques will become a better guitarist and versatile in the future.
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