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Tapping Guitar

2009-01-20T10:22:00.004+07:00

Tapping Guitar

Author: Ricky Sharples

As you surf through YouTube you have probably seen guitarists tapping guitar and wondered if you could learn to play like that. The sound you get from tapping guitar playing adds some variety and excitement to your range of techniques. You can use the first or second finger of your left hand to tap the fretboard at the fret your note is at instead of fretting the note and striking the string with your pick.

The basic technique is not difficult to pick up but if you decide to make start on your tapping guitar style, be prepared to put alot of practice time in. For many guitar players learning guitar tapping well takes around six months, so do not be sad if you cannot get it right away.

If you are interested in learning guitar tapping, buy or borrow CDs and watch YouTube clips of these guitar players: Stanley Jordan, Zack Kim, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Buckethead, Tom Morello, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert. Some Metallica songs that feature tapping are Ride The Lightning, Blackened, ...And Justice For All, One, The Frayed Ends Of Sanity, To Live Is To Die, Wherever I May Roam and Am I Evil. If you are a beginner guitarist or even at the intermediate stage, you might find that finger tapping is very difficult. This is because it is a whole new skill apart from playing guitar in the normal way.

Tapping guitars is a technique that alot of guitarists are inspired to try by watching guitar virtuosos like Van Halen or Steve Vai. While there is nothing wrong with getting enthusiasm about tapping from a role model remember that no matter how far you go with the guitar it is always best to be yourself. You can only emulate your idols, you cannot BE them.

One way to make use of the songs that have already been recorded is to download Guitar Pro or Powertab do a search for tabs for guitar tapping songs in those formats. The PowerTab trial version and Guitar Pro (free) do not have realistic sound but you can get the notes off the tab and slow the MIDI down to get a handle on how to do the tapping, so they are not totally useless.

When you first try guitar tapping you will want to set the gain on your amp really high. As high as you can handle. In fact better get a pedal so you can lower it again for parts of the music where you are not tapping. If you do not have a top of the range guitar with nice pickups, do your guitar tapping slow so you can hear what you are doing, but keep the beat regular.

As a first attempt at guitar tapping Eruption by Van Halen is not a bad choice. Eddie Van Halen uses three finger tapping which you can pick up by practicing. Hot For Teacher is another Van Halen song you could try. The intro has some nice tapping on the guitar. Just go through any Van Halen CDs to see if there is any tapping you want to try to imitate.

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About the Author:

Do you want to learn to play the guitar? Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free is a constantly updated blog which contains all the resources you need for: learning to play solo guitar, how to learn guitar chords, how to learn to read and play easy acoustic guitar tabs, finding a free online guitar tuner, looking for free guitar lessons online, and how to learn guitar scales.

30 skill wajib bagi gitaris

2008-10-22T14:58:00.001+07:00

1. Mixing Modes
2. Harmonization
3. String Skipping
4. Finger Strength
5. Chord Progresion
6. Building Speed
7. Fret Board Mastery
8. Bends And Vibrato
9. Double Stop
10. Ear training
11. Finding The Note
12. Improvization
13. Music Teory
14. Practicing
15. Jazz Chords
16. Arpeggios
17. Siplification
18. Harmonics
19. 2 Handed Techniques
20. Inspiration
21. Phrasing
22. Guitar Tone
23. Rythmic Division
24. Chord Shapes
25. Wah Pedal
26. Rhythm / Lead guitar
27. Tapping
28. Pentatonics
29. Picking
30. Brain To Hand Connection

Puspa ST12 Tabblature

2008-10-22T14:50:00.003+07:00

Artist :ST-12
Song :Puspa

e|------------------------------------------------------
b|-----------------8-8---6p5-6--8-6-5---------8-6-5-5---
g|---7-9-7-9---7-9--------------------7---4h7-----------
d|-----------10-------------------------5---------------
a|------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------------------------------------------

e|----------------------------------------------------------
b|-12-13-12-13-------------------------13-15-17-17-17b-15---
g|----------------------------12-14-16----------------------
d|-------------------12-14-15-------------------------------
a|-------------12-14----------------------------------------
e|----------------------------------------------------------

e|---------------------------15----13----12-------------
b|-------13-------13--12-13----12----12----12---15-12---
g|-12-16----12-16----------------12----12----12------12-
d|------------------------------------------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------------------------------------------

e|---------------------------------------------
b|-13p12--12h13----13---15--15/17-13-----------
g|------14------/12---12-------------12\-9/10--
d|---------------------------------------------
a|---------------------------------------------
e|---------------------------------------------

Beginners Guitar Lessons, Scales - 4 Tips To Get The Most From

2008-09-08T14:28:00.007+07:00

Author: Mike Hayes

Article:

Learning guitar scales can be frustrating and confusing for the beginning guitarist. Often the student simply doesn't know where to start.

How important are scales?
It appears that learning and understanding scales is vital to becoming a better guitarist, how many scales should I learn and which scales should I learn first?
Good questions, the truth is scales re important, they're like our musical alphabet. The thing to keep in mind is that you only need to know a few scales, guitarists often become obsessed with practicing scales and over their real purpose which is to make music.
Here's a list to help you choose what scales to practice and eliminate the confusion.

Tip 1 -- Select a style

With literally thousands of scales to learn the first thing to do is decide on which style of music you want to play. Certain scales are more applicable to particular types of music e.g., the minor pentatonic scale works well for rock, blues, metal music...mainly songs with power chords. The blues scale is used mainly for rock, blues, metal music while the major pentatonic scale is mostly used for country, pop, country rock ...generally songs with open chords. Of course, I'm generalizing here, you can use any scale you wish for any style of music, however some scales work better than others. The idea is to use the correct musical alphabet (scale) for the style of music you want to play.

Tip 2 -- start on the keynote

Simply running up and down a scale won't produce any meaningful music no matter how fast you play them. It won't communicate anything to the listener. The idea is to train our brain and fingers to make musical decisions, which note do you want to play next? Where is the note I'm hearing in my head is it higher or lower than the previous note? To get this brain -- fingers connection practice starting on the keynote of the scale and decide whether your next note is higher or lower than the keynote. The keynote is the first note of the scale, e.g., the keynote for the A minor pentatonic scale would be 'A".

Tip 3 -- record a background

Once you have decided on a scale to practice, record a background in the key you want to practice. The recording does not have to be elaborate, a simple acoustic guitar will work fine. Record the backing track for 5 to 10 minutes duration, this will give you plenty of time to practice and try out your ideas. A good idea is to try and play just one note (the keynote is an idea choice for this), practice all different types of rhythms, slides, bends etc., to see how creative you can be. Recording a backing track is very helpful as you will find that you react differently to certain chord textures, the same note will sound different when played against a variety of chords.

Tip 4 -- learn all keys

Guitarists should practice their favorite scale(s) in all keys, this is especially important when working with singers.

Each key has it's own personality, certain keys have a warm feeling, while others are bright. Try playing a "G" minor pentatonic scale over a recorded background in the key of "G", then, play a "B" minor pentatonic scale over a pre-recorded background in the key of "B".

Scales can "free your fingers and freeze your brain" the whole idea of scales is to help you play music. Think of music as a language, scales are our musical alphabet, knowing the alphabet is just the beginning, it's how we use the alphabet to communicate that's important.

These ideas will help you develop your own style and soon you will be transferring the music you are hearing in your head onto the guitar.

About the author: Mike Hayes develops systems and products to help you succeed in your guitar playing. Find out more about how to learn guitar fast with his popular free ecourse, available at: => http://www.guitarcoaching.com

Learn Guitar Fast

2008-08-20T09:54:00.001+07:00

Author: Alex Smith

Article:
I started to learn to play guitar at the age of 12. My dad
bought me a Squire Strat and i was off. I could play
powerchords, as well as guitar chords A, B, C, D, E, F and G
within a few weeks, and then started to learn songs i listened
too. There was a quick learning curve.

However, i hit a plateu when i tried to play solos..

So i searched the internet, and found this: Elmore Music

It has shown me how to move my fingers to the correct frets so i
can solo effectively, as well as giving me exercises to do in
order to play to your full potential.

You have my word; trust Chris Elmore - he is a great teacher and
great guitar player.

Chris Elmore Music

About the author:
I am an advanced guitar player, and i have Elmore Music to thank.

Spongebob Squarepant

2008-08-13T15:42:00.002+07:00

Spongebob squarepant. This part is fill in ending.
lebih bagus kalo da 2 gitar maen bareng pasti lebih enak di dengar

Gitar 1 e--7-6-7-9-7---------------7-6-7-9-7--------------12--12--12--|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|

Gitar 2 D------9---9------9---9-------9---9-------9---9-------9---9---|
A--7-----------7-----------7----------7-----------7-----------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Gitar 1 e--15-17-15-15---12--12--12--14--15--15--15--14---7-6-7-9-7---7-6-7-9-7--11--11^^-----|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gitar 2 D--------9---9------9---9------------9--------9-------9---9-------9---9-------9---9---|
A--7-------------7-----------7--------------------7-----------7-----------7-----------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bekal Pentas The Satch Musterion

2008-08-13T15:38:00.001+07:00

JOE SATRIANI merupakan gitaris berkelas Virtuoso
yang telah banyak memberi pengaruh pada gitaris
gitaris dunia seperti Steve Vai, Kirk hammet,
Alex Skolnick. tapi siapa sangka apa yang dilakukan
JOE sebelum ia naik panggung ?

sebelum naik panggung Joe biasanya melakukan sedikit
pemanasan. yang ia anjurkan untuk semua gitaris muda
di dunia, tapi jangan salah sampai saat inipun Joe
masih menggunakan pola ini.

"saya menyebutnya 'Diagonal Relay' saya telah menerapkannya
bertahun tahun" kata Joe terus terang.

E.--------------------------------------------|
B.-----------------4----1---------------------|
G.------------3--------------2----------------|
D.-------2------------------------3-----------|
A.--1----------------------------------4------|
E.--------------------------------------------|

Jika anda ingin mempelajari ini Maka anda harus memainkannya
anda tidak dapat merasakan karena ini bukanlah sebuah melodi
hanyalah pemanasan atau pelenturan jari dan ingat ini bukan
untuk dikuasai. jadi tidak perlu menghabiskan waktu ber jam
jam untuk mempelajari ini.

E.--------------------------------------------|
B.-----------------5----2---------------------|
G.------------4--------------3----------------|
D.-------3------------------------4-----------|
A.--2----------------------------------5------|
E.--------------------------------------------|

"jika kamu membutuhkan waktu 45 menit untuk memainkannya dengan baik
berarti kamu memang cuma butuh waktu selama itu. jadi kalian tidak
akan bisa meresapinya, tidak perlu mengejar timing." Tandasnya

E.----------------------------------|
B.----2----2----3----3----4----4----|
G.----1----3----2----4----3----5----|
D.----1----3----2----4----3----5----|
A.----2----2----3----3----4----4----|
E.----------------------------------|

Teruskan sendiri ya !!!!
kalian juga bisa memainkannya dengan gerakan arpeggio pada setiap
kord. lakukan sesantai mungkin.
]:->

Tab

2008-08-04T15:37:00.006+07:00

Tab atau tabulasi adalah metode dalam menuliskan musik yang dimainkan pada gitar atau bass. Daripada menggunakan simbol seperti pada notasi standar musik. Tab akan memberitahukan anda note apa yang harus dimainkan - tab akan memberitahukan anda string mana yang harus ditekan dan kolom mana yang harus dimainkan.

Tab akan memberitahukan anda dimana hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, slides, harmonics dan vibrato yang digunakan. Tab akan memberitahukan tuning apa pada bagian tersebut. Jika tidak diberikan maka secara umum, asumsi tuning normal. Tab juga harus memberikan anda informasi penggunaan capo dan lainnya.

Tab akan memberikan anda indikasi dari ritme dari bagian tersebut - contohnya tab akan memberitahukan anda mana note yang panjang dan mana yang pendek. Bagaimanapun tab tidak akan memberitahukan anda secara tepat berapa lama atau cepat note tersebut.

Inilah simbol pada sebuah tabulasi

h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - lepas bend
/ - geser ke atas
\ - geser ke bawah
v - vibrato (kadang dituliskan ~)
t - tap dengan tangan kanan
x - mainkan 'note' dengan damping yang berat

Hamer on : Dari nada yang lebih rendah kenada yang lebih tinggi dengan cara memetik nada dan diteruskan dengan pukulan jari pada nada yang lebih tinggi ( Dalam Senar Yang Sama ).

Pull off : Dari nada yang lebih Tnggi kenada yang lebih rendah dengan cara memetik nada dan diteruskan dengan melepas jari pada nada yang lebih tinggi ( Dalam Senar Yang Sama ).

Bend : Mainkan nada pertamanya dan naikkan ( bend ) ke titinada yang setara dengan posisi fret yang di tunjukkan dalam tanda kurung

Reverse Bend : Mula-mula, naikkan nada ke posisi titinada / fret yang ditunjukkan dalam tanda kurung. Mainkan lalu lepaskan pada titinada / fret yang ditunjukkan.

Floyd Rose

2008-08-04T15:34:00.002+07:00

Sekilas Tentang Floyd Rose
Floyd Rose sebenarnya bukan nama dari tipe bridge ini,
floyd rose hanyalah salah satu merek dari model tremolo
bridge yang populer ini. Tapi banyak orang kerap
menggunakannya karena brand inilah yang paling populer
dan banyak dijumpai.

Sejarah Mengenai Floyd rose :

Awalnya Whammy bar disebut juga Vibrato bar oleh penciptanya Paul bigsby, dan disebut juga Tremolo Arm oleh Leo Fender di tahun 1950-an. Ide awalnya adalah membuat bridge gitar bergerak sedikit, sehingga pitch gitar berubah ubah ketika seorang gitaris menaik turunkan lengan mekanis (barlarm) itu. Kepuasan para gitaris dengan sound elegan vibrato biasatidak berlangsung lama. Pada tahun 1959 Hank Marvin menggunakan bar untuk Whole Tone Bend. Pada tahun 1970, Ritchie Blackmore mulai menciptakan tukikan tukikan yang dalam.

Lalu, di tahun 1978 seorang penemu berkebangsaan amerika bernama Floyd Rose menciptakan system tremolo yang terkunci. Karena dawai terkunci pada nut dan bridge, gitaris bisa menarik dan mendorong Vibrato bar atau hendel sekehendak hatinya tanpa menjadikan nada nadanya sumbang.

Free piano sheet music

2008-06-15T10:08:00.001+07:00

Author: Leslie Smith

Article:
Free sheet music guide has a great list of websites where piano players
and students can find free piano sheet music on the internet.

Unlike other "sheet music directories" out there you can quickly
and easily find the sheet music that you want without browsing a
lot of sites that are not that useful or of bad quality, so it
saves you a lot of time. There are a few catergories: classical,
pop/rock, christmas, various styles. That's enough for your
needs. These are the sites that you want to look first for free
sheet music. Most of the commercial music scores, however,
cannot be downloaded without paying, this is to protect the
copyright owners. Make sure the site you are downloading from is
a legal site.

http://free-sheet-music-guide.blogspot.com

About the author:
Music reviewer

Learning To Play Canon Rock on Guitars

2008-06-03T15:43:00.002+07:00

Author: raki

Article:
It has not been easey learning href="http://learntoplaycanonrock.blogspot.com/">Canon Rock on
Guitars . It's been months since I saw this piece and I fell
came to like it right away for the reason that it seemed like
like Canon Rock on guitar is something I can play with enough
practice.

After seeing it, I searched all of youtube for renditions by
various guitarist and there was a lot of them, and they mostly
covers the Jerry C version, this might be because all of them
used the same tab that has been floating online.

One particular redition that I really came to admire is Funtwo's
rendition of the Canon Rock and that's what I decided to learn.
There were parts in his rendition that are more to my taste. In
my search for the tabs for it Funtwo's Canon Rock version I also
bumped into discussions on which is better and which is easier
to learn. In my opinion, it really doesn't matter which one is
easier to learn, I am betting that both would really take some
serious will to master.

Oh, there is no tablature for Funtwo's version of Canon Rock, or
none that I manged to find, and even Jerry C's rendition has 5
different rendition for the Guitar pro program. But anyway I
decided to learn it by watching him and listening.

I will be posting my own transcription once I get about it and
the youtube video I took of me playing Canon Rock in clean tone
using my Epiphone Les Paul. I'm still about 3/4th's of the way
donw with Canon Rock on Guitar but learning it actually taught
me a lot of guitar techniques in the interim that I was able to
use to play other songs.

The sweeping parts of Canon Rock simply is a beast to tame! If
you get the sweeping parts down pat, other sweeping from other
songs becomes easier, like the Final Fantasy VII Boss battle
theme titled For Those who Fight Further (Still More Fighting)
comes to mind <- Which I'm learning as well.

I will be posting a link to my video in the next post and then
we'll start learning canon rock on guitars and isolate and
discuss the difficult parts.

About the author:
Raki's blog provides lessons and tips for the beginning guitar.
Check it out here. href="http://guitar-basics.blogspot.com/">Guitar Basics for
Beginners

Forum Gitaris

2008-04-24T11:04:00.008+07:00

Salah satu tempat forum gitaris dan musik yang berbahasa Indonesia :
www.gitaris.com
atau anda ingin menambahkan?
I'm waiting.

My First Band Blog

2008-04-22T15:08:00.001+07:00

Yes !
This is my first music blog.