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Popular Effects Used in Rock Music

by | Audio, Music

My New Pedalboard (Complete for the moment)
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If you listen to rock music today, you are undoubtedly familiar with the sound of guitar effects, whether you realize it or not. In the early days of guitar effects, it was relatively easy to identify what was being used. The first widely used effect was built-in tremolo in Fender amps, which allowed early rock and roll to achieve the distinctive buzzing sound. Later, distortion pedals gave rock bands their edgy sound, and flangers allowed psychedelic rock to emerge.

These days, you’ll find that what was once avant-garde has now become commonplace. However, there is still a lot of exciting progress happening in the realm of effects combinations used in popular rock music. Guitarists are becoming more confident in creating unique and even startling sounds. If you listen to the early solos of Rage Against the Machine, you can hear the impact of a wide range of stompboxes and unconventional improvisation that leads to completely new sounds, much like how the wah pedal sounded fresh when Hendrix popularized it.

Beyond the familiar effects, there are now numerous effects that have become standard for any aspiring rock guitarist. Compression, for example, helps tidy up the overall sound, making …

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Blues Guitar Lessons

by | Guitar, Music

Blue guitar
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The blues is a soulful genre that has its roots in black history and the hardships they endured during their time as slaves in the Americas. These distinct guitar scales have a profound sense of soul and express deep sorrow, which is why they are called the blues. If you want to explore the blues, it is essential to have a solid foundation in understanding basic scales and chords.

To learn how to play the blues correctly on your guitar, you should already have a decent background in your major scales and have developed dexterity in moving your fingers around the fretboard. Practice your finger speed and agility, especially with your index and ring fingers, as they are frequently used in blues progressions.

Search online for a blues scale pattern that you can practice. If you’re having difficulty finding what you’re looking for, a scale is essentially a sequence of single string plucks on your guitar that typically starts from the bass strings Electrical Bass Strings Explained - The characteristics of a bass guitar strings largely depend on the winding (roundwound, flatwound, etc.) and the material used. We'll explain the most common materials and windings, which …

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