That would depend on the 'mood' of the metal, I guess. If it isn't especially Dark in tone, you can always use the blues scales and the Penatonic. However, for...
Hi Y'all, A music theory topic: what is "resolution" or "resolving". I know in, for example, 12 bar blues, the V or V7 at the end of the 12 bars "resolves" to...
You’ve asked a critical question that has no single correct answer. The first question is whether to play just 1 scale, perhaps in different positions all...
... Just got the UX1 today (a birthday present from my wife). I think the differences are that the GuitarPort XT cannot be used as an input device to the...
yeah i live a couple hours from rochester in pennsylvania! i've been up there to the house of guitars a couple of times! cool place! although they got so...
Hi, Simple put resolving is ending a phrase, solving a tension. Take for instance the simplest of all: C-F-G. The G chord "solves", "ends", releashes the...
I'm no expert -but I understand resolution to be going from a dissonant chord in the key (a 7th, 6th, minor, etc.) to a consonant chord in the key, usually the...
<< is that on line great guitars place hon?great great House of Guitars place alex? ... http://www.houseofguitars.com I think it's the world's largest music...
I teach resolution thusly: 1. Play ANY note - in this case the worse, the better. 2. Select a note in the chord being played (or that will be played when the ...
I'm a fan of the more jazzy jump/swing West Coast blues players like the late Hollywood Fats, Rick Holmstrom, Alex Shulz, etc. One thing these excellent blues...
A lot of folks think blues is simple. It is anything but. Blues uses notes that are missing on piano, which accounts for the prevalence of voice, guitar...
!#$&* kids. I'm 62, and lie about my age. And I'm still learning, too. For every new thing I learn, I find ten more hiding underneath - which I think is...
(This is the Line 6 UX1 - I think it is called Pod Studio UX1 - hooked up to the Pod Farm software) The software has been rock solid so far, no crashes or...
oh i know what ya mean, some the stuff yall was talking was so totally over my head but yet was some soaked in so yeah i know the feeling but im still sticking...
yeah i have the toneport ux2 with the phantom power mic inputs! it's a pretty sweet setup for recording! it has some really good sounds, however it is such a...
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Greetings from the Green Mountains of Vermont. Newbie acoustic player here. At 45 I finally decided to do 2 things...go fishing in Canada with my father and...
... I would again say that it would depend on the tone, or mood of the piece of music you are playing. In Heavy Metal there are various types of 'sub-types' of...
RaveTrade.com has a Search ALL Craigslist - Kijiji - Backpage.com program. It let's you search multiple States at a time for Guitars ,etc. They also have a "...
There are two recent entries that I would like to tout as an excellent advancement in "Software Amp" tech. Many folks have heard of the "Guitar Rig" and...
... I agree here, sometimes you have to spend a ittle cash to get things to sound good on the PC. I tried just going Line-In out of my old BOSS GT-3 into a...
I uploaded the backing tracks from the video to the file section of this group. Go to the file section and scroll down. I hope that helps! Keep Playing!...
Heard this on the radio today. Shortly before Van Halen's breakout album, Eddie Van Halen sought to take the lead guitar role for Kiss, which had just become...
This echoes what I was eluding to in an earlier post where I mentioned "Improvising". I play a scale/mode that is derived from the penetonic scale, but adds...
Yes! :) *Smiles and applause* Exactly. You probably "know" and use lots of the scales and scaleforms but just never called them by name. If you diagram...
Wow, for the second time since I joined this group the motes have been plucked from my eyes and I can see clearly (well, more clearly anyway) now! I was...
Hi Everyone, Speaking of the "blue notes" . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_note The "blue notes" are usually bent or slurred into. The blue notes are...
That's just making & giving life to lifeless tones then you just made music. haha lol mmd (make my day). Oh yaaaa! Skynyrd kicked rockss last night, 1st time...