​​​​Guitar Knowledge Base – Fast Guitar Techniques

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Last Updated May 5, 2020

Table of Contents ​​​​Beginner Fingering Exercises​​​​Intermediate Fingering ExercisesAdvanced Fingering Exercises These exercises are designed to improve accuracy and finger independence. Finger independence is the ability to use each of your four fretting fingers, without any of them depending or interfering with the movement of others. Above the tabs, above each note, is a number from one

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Beginner Techniques And Information

An arpeggio is a chord where the individual notes are played one after another in succession. The word ‘arpeggio’ means ...

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Equipment Basics

3 Monkeys 65AMPS Aiken Alessandro Allen Ampeg Aracom Area 51 Ashdown Auble Bad Cat Behringer Blackstar Bluetone Bogner Budda Cage ...

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Abstract Guitars Alembic Alexander James Alvarez American Guitar Works Amfisound Andersen Stringed Instruments Andrews Andy Manson Art & Lutherie Artinger ...

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The Nylon String Acoustic (Classical Guitar) The nylon string guitar is often known as a Classical Guitar. The strings are ...

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Reverb A reverb effect simulates the sounds that result from reflections of surroundings walls, creating ambience. Imagine being in a ...

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Strings Guitar strings over time become dull and faded. In appearance and sound. Old guitar strings can still sound good, ...

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Advanced Techniques And Information

Vibrato is Italian meaning tremble or quiver. If you’ve ever listened to an opera singer or a singing diva you ...

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What is tapping? Tapping is a method in which we can play long legato phrases that would normally be too ...

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Staccato is Italian for ‘detached’. When we apply this to musical notes, we literally aim to make the notes sound ...

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Pinch harmonics are those loud squealing notes produced from a distorted or overdriven guitar. Although it is possible to play ...

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Alternate picking is when you pick strings in alternating directions. You’ve probably done this yourself automatically to some degree, as ...

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Hammers, pull-offs and slides Hammers, pull-offs and slides are all names of techniques we use on guitar to get that ...

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Bending strings is extremely common in most forms of guitar playing. Every guitar player on the planet has at some ...

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Accents are a way of adding dynamics to our music. Dynamics are the differences in the way we hit the ...

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Modes, what are they? Modes are a set of different scales that all offspring of the major scale. Modes are ...

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Western music is usually built around major, minor and harmonic minor scales. Other scales and modes we use in western ...

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