by Ed Haas
The blues has influenced almost every genre of music. All the great guitar players of our time have been influenced to some degree by the blues. The music theory involved in playing the blues is rather simple, but the feeling that can be applied to playing the blues is what makes it so popular.
The 12 bar blues progression:
If you want to learn how to play blues, you need to know the 12 bar blues progression. Just as its’ name implies, it is made up of 12 bars (measures) of music. the 12 bars just keep repeating. The most common chord progression would be the I, IV, and V chords of the key that you want to play in. Read more »
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Blues Guitar, Guitar, Learn To Play, Music Styles | TipsForTheBand.com May 17, 2010 | 
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By Fred Grazier
Recording in the home studio is done more and more these days. The electric guitar is well suited to being captured within the restrictions of this environment. Guitar amplifiers are naturally quite loud, so compared to recording violin, less soundproofing is required, not to mention the possibility of using the vast array of Amp Simulators. With Amp Simulators, a good DI or a hardware amp simulator is all you need!
So all you have in your home studio beside your instruments and amp is an MBOX, a few microphone leads, a dynamic and condenser microphone, computer, monitors and a stand! Not much, but more than enough to capture a great guitar recording. As two inputs are enough in most cases, some interesting techniques can help you get the sound you’ve always wanted.
One of the first things to do is make sure you have a great sounding instrument that is properly setup, has relatively new strings and of course, is in tune. An out of tune guitar is one of the remaining things that you can’t “Fix” in pro tools! Read more »
Tags: Amp Simulator, Amplifier, Computer Monitors, Condenser Microphone, electric guitar, Great Guitar, Guitar Amplifiers, Mbox, Microphones, Pro Tools, Shure Sm57, Simulators, Tune Guitar
Guitar, Recording | TipsForTheBand.com March 30, 2010 | Comments (0)
