What Is A Guitar Ghost Note? (Guitar Technique)

This is the first technique that deals with percussive effects on the guitar. A ghost note is basically a muted note, or notes, that is played with no intention of sounding the pitch of the note. It’s a groove thing in my opinion. This is a common technique you'll often see in country music, but in no way limited to…

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Gruppetto Ornamentation (Turn In Music)

The gruppetto is a turn in music, which just means that you highlight a certain note by playing the surrounding notes. There is the standard gruppetto where you play the note above your main note, then the main note, the note below that note, and then finally the main note again. I cover that and the inverted gruppetto and have guitar TAB as an example.

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Music Ornamentation: Mordent For Guitar

The mordent is a music ornamentation in the form of a trill that involves a hammer-on and pull-off to the note above the principal note. A lower mordent involves the note below your target note. I have a number of guitar TAB examples of both forms in the key of C major.   Music ornamentation: The upper and lower mordent…

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Arpeggios On Guitar (Guitar Soling Technique)

If you struggle playing lead guitar then start playing arpeggios right away. Learning to play arpeggios on guitar teaches you theory, fretboard visualization, and will give you insight into how to play lead guitar. I have some simple triplet arpeggio examples for E major and A natural minor which you can use as a basis for your arpeggio practice.

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Guitar Dyads: Double Stop Intervals

Whether you call them double stops or dyads, playing 2 notes at the same time can make your solos and rhythm playing sound fantastic. Assuming you know your intervals and you play the “right” guitar dyads over the changes. I cover the most common intervals that are used for guitar dyads, and include guitar intervals shapes as well as TAB examples.

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Guitar Sliding: Different Guitar Slide Techniques

Guitar slides or guitar sliding is an easy guitar technique and something you should know how to do – even if you are a beginner guitar player. Sliding is as simple as hammer-ons and pull-offs so there is no excuse not to master this technique. I cover legato vs shift slides and glissando vs portamento slides.

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