m0jo
Well-known member
Time to share! Let's make a thread filled with small little tips and tricks to make your playing or song more awesome. So not entire music theory, but little snippets of what can you do to make your stuff more interesting ... from "try combining this and that scale" to "hit a harmonic and wank the wammy bar".
I'll start it off:
1.
Change key when the solo begins. This creates a dramatic shift in the song and can make the solo really hit home.
2.
Different picks sound different. A thin pick will have a warmer, looser tone, thick picks will be more edgy and have more balls. Different materials differ too! (Dunlop Ultex 1.0 or 1.44 are good stuff for rocking hard!)
3.
Want even more balls? Try thicker strings. Still want to solo like a beast? Try skinny top, heavy bottom sets. These have 3 thicker strings (say 032, 042, 052) and thinner top strings (010, 013, 017), basically merging a 010 and 011 set. There's some fear about weaker necks twisting so don't try this on a cheap guitar, anything properly built can easily handle it though.
4.
Hold a high note ... tap really fast with your pick a 3rd or 5th above ... awesome. Do that real quick in the middle of a riff to blow heads clean off!
Now you! Go!
I'll start it off:
1.
Change key when the solo begins. This creates a dramatic shift in the song and can make the solo really hit home.
2.
Different picks sound different. A thin pick will have a warmer, looser tone, thick picks will be more edgy and have more balls. Different materials differ too! (Dunlop Ultex 1.0 or 1.44 are good stuff for rocking hard!)
3.
Want even more balls? Try thicker strings. Still want to solo like a beast? Try skinny top, heavy bottom sets. These have 3 thicker strings (say 032, 042, 052) and thinner top strings (010, 013, 017), basically merging a 010 and 011 set. There's some fear about weaker necks twisting so don't try this on a cheap guitar, anything properly built can easily handle it though.
4.
Hold a high note ... tap really fast with your pick a 3rd or 5th above ... awesome. Do that real quick in the middle of a riff to blow heads clean off!
Now you! Go!