Creating guitar parts that compliment those of other musicians you are playing with will make you a very popular guitarist! Following are some of the options I think of when creating rhythm guitar parts onstage or in the studio.
Rhythm Guitar Options
High to Low
Fast to Slow
Active to Sparse
Groove vs. Fills
Clean to Dirty
Chords to Notes
Sustain to Staccato
Simple Harmony to Complex
Play 'with' vs playing 'against
Creating parts that are ...
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Do you like music? Have you heard of a little company named Google? Ever wish there was a way to musically embrace every one's favorite search engine? Well, have I got a song for you! Enter "Google It!", a song written by
Kyle Rothchild and featuring yours truly on guitar.
Kyle was the bassist in ...
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I believe arpeggios to be some of the most beautiful sounds we can produce on the guitar. The word 'arpeggio' simply means broken chord. On the guitar, the notes of a chord can be played in a melodic fashion (think of the beginning melody to 'The Star-Spangled Banner') or in a chordal fashion where the notes overlap and ring together. The latter is common in ...
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I have a few pieces of information about GuitarTeacher.com to share this week...
First, as you may or may not know, I do most of my website work and video shoots at my teaching studio at
Sparks Music Center. We have had internet problems that made updating GuitarTeacher very awkward. Thankfully, these are resolved as of today and I should be back on-track to posting ...
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You might look at the following picture and ask "How does a bathroom sink help me Play Guitar Better?"
As my last post was on good 'warm-ups' before playing here is another really simple one, pun notwithstanding. Fill a sink with warm to hot (not scalding) water and then place your hands under ...
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Hey Axemen & Axewomen,
Here is a warm-up drill on guitar that is a simple and elegant way to get both right and left hands working together.
Like any physical activity, warming up when playing guitar is important. A common mistake I see among students is putting favorite songs first in their practicing as a warm-ups. It is better to warm-up on a simple drill, ...
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Hey Guitar Players,
This latest website page is a test of a new video template I plan to use for upcoming guitar lessons. The video shows how to play the opening riff to Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love". Cream featured, of course, Eric Clapton.
The video features both full-speed and half-speed versions of the parts shown. In an overlay within the video I show full tablature (with ...
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Hi! My name is Storm Stenvold and I thank you for visiting my website, GuitarTeacher.com. I am introducing a service that is new and exclusive to the internet that I believe will be of tremendous value to guitar players of all levels and interests. The service is called 'Ask the Teacher' and it is designed to fulfill a need of guitarists who want to play ...
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Did you ever have one of those days you just feel like ROCKIN??!! That is just about every day for me ;-) And I hope to make this one of those days for you with the following METAL GUITAR JAM TRACK!!
The jam track pedals on the open 5th string A note while stabbing out a C major triad across strings 2, 3 and 4 at ...
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Have you changed your guitar strings this month?? This year??? Ever???!!! If you haven't because you are intimidated by the process, this lesson is for you.
There are many benefits to keeping your strings fresh, including better tone, better feel and better dynamics to mention a few. Of course your guitar will look better. And a guitar with clean, new strings practically begs to be played!
Replace ...
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