Essential Techniques: Pinch Harmonics
Pinch harmonics are one of the trickiest guitar techniques to master, even for many advanced players. This will require very accurate timing for the fingers on both hands.
Pinch harmonics are one of the trickiest guitar techniques to master, even for many advanced players. This will require very accurate timing for the fingers on both hands.
In this guitar lesson we are going to look at the popular technique of palm muting, which is used widely for both solo and rhythm styles.
This guitar lesson is all about vibrato, and how you can use that technique in your guitar solos. Learning to play a good vibrato will really help make your guitar playing more expressive. BB King is an example of one player who has a great vibrato; in fact, BB King patterned his guitar solos after how a voice would actually sing the same part, and if you listen closely to a person singing, you’ll hear the vibrato is a key element.
The hammer on is another essential guitar technique that works very closely with some of the other techniques, most especially pull offs.
Sliding is definitely in the category of “essential guitar techniques” because of how often we end up using it in solos and riffs.
The pull off is a very important technique for guitar players, and even bass players for that matter, and as such we’ve included it in our growing series of Essential Guitar Techniques.
String stretching is definitely an essential technique for any guitar player who wants to solo. Stretches give you the ability to do some things the human voice can do, and they really allow you to add a lot of emotion into your playing too. Checkout this lesson, stretches are well worth learning!