The Little Book of Tips and Tricks for Guitar

by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

• ISBN13: 9780825618086
• ISBN10: 0825618088
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Music Sales Amer

Summary

This handy little book is an essential guide to technique, soloing, rhythm and musical styles for guitar. Contains tips on hand positions, capo use, creating certain types of use, effective wah-wah playing, distortion circuits, professional soloing, slide guitar, altered tuning, Hendrix-style rhythm, eastern modes, alternate picking and a whole host of other topics. It contains something for every guitarist, beginner or pro, and will give your solo and rhythm playing the small touches that make you stand out from the pack.

Table of Contents

Playing Techniques
Check Your Hand Positions	6	(2)
The Guide Finger	8	(2)
The Capo: Transposing Made Easy	10	(2)
The Capo: Better Fingerpicking	12	(1)
The Capo: A Fuller Sound	13	(1)
The Art of Fingering	14	(2)
Pick and Fingers	16	(2)
More Tones from Your Electric Guitar	18	(2)
Violin Tone	20	(1)
Gear
Wah-Wah Effect	21	(1)
Using a Power Soak	22	(1)
Using Two Distortion Circuits	23	(1)
Tricks for Soloists
How to Play Lead	24	(2)
Playing Lead with Open Strings	26	(1)
Riffing with Open Strings	27	(1)
Fingering a Lead Run	28	(1)
Play Lead Without Learning Scales	29	(1)
Getting the Most from a Lead Lick	30	(2)
Great Solos with No Effort	32	(2)
Play Blues Lead the Easy Way	34	(2)
Rhythm Tips
Dropped D Tuning for Rockers	36	(2)
Dropped D Tuning for Fingerpickers	38	(2)
Going Up with D	40	(1)
Going Up with C	41	(1)
Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning	42	(1)
Power Chords	43	(1)
More Power Chords	44	(1)
Power Fourths	45	(1)
Perfect Bar Chords	46	(2)
Two More Altered Tunings	48	(2)
Style Ideas
Two Rock and Roll Rhythm Figures	50	(2)
Add Some Eastern Flavor	52	(1)
Alternate Picking for Indie Guitar	53	(1)
Better Tone for Fingerstyle Guitar	54	(1)
Hendrix-Style Rhythm Lick	55	(1)
Hendrix-Style Broken Chords	56	(2)
How to Start a Blues Solo	58	(1)
Knopfler-Style Rhythm	59	(1)
More Blues Licks	60	(1)
Quick-Change Blues	61	(1)
Writing Songs	62