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George Hlio26th February 2018Very nice drony feeling! A little bit of Post metal
comes to mind! Nice Darius!!!
Xitrum4th June 2016thank you, and I have to do what you have guided
Darius Wave20th May 2016Thank you! I hope they will serve you weel and will help to boost your skills
I decided to go for some basic lately because if me make soem mistakes at the very beginning, then we have problems to get rid of bad habbits in the future - Xitrum19th May 2016
Many thanks ve new exercises for beginners as I hope will be many such good
- Xitrum19th May 2016
Many thanks ve new exercises for beginners as I hope will be many such
- Darius Wave19th May 2016
Thanx Kris and Monica! Mony....Unfortunately I know exactly why you haven't "heard" that part. I hope someday you'll get back to it once you realize what do we do it for
Monica Gheorghevici19th May 2016Awesome tips in the spoken video! Using the index finger from the left hand for muting, is one of your advice that made a huge improvement in my playing.
I didn't heard very well the part with air movements but must be an issue from my browser...hahaha...just kidding (you know why
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Kristofer Dahl18th May 2016Great topic and spoken advice - thanks Darius!
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Welcome to the Beginner Power Chords Strumming lesson
Lesson dedicated for beginners. Strumming power chords is usually the very first step we make, while we start our adventure with electric guitar. When we switch on the distortion for the first time, we should get familiar with some essential differences between chord strumming on acoustic guitar, and chord strumming on distorted electric guitar. Here's a lesson that will intrduce You to electric guitar rhythm playing.
Gear used (in order of connection chain placement):
1. SX SST57 electric guitar
2. Behringer MIC100 tube preamp (-20db switch on, gain and out knobs about 50%)
3. Presonus Inspire 1394 firewire audio interface (input gain 25%)
4. Poulin LeXtac vst plug-in:
- Channel - blue
- Input 50%
- Gain 70%
- Pre EQ - brighter
- Bass 50%
- Middle 40%
- Treble 50%
- Contour 100%
5. Kefir impulse loader (mix 100%)
6. Impulse - Catharsis s-preshigh
Tuning - Standard E
Backing track chord progression:
4/4 E5 | E5 | G5 | G5 | A5 | A5 | E5 | E5 |
E5 | E5 | D5 | D5 | C5 | C5 | B5 | B5 |
C5 | C5b | E5add9 | E5 | C5 | C5b | E5add9 | G5 |
C5 | D5 | E5 | E5 E6 E5 | C5 | D5 | A5 | A5 | E5 ||
Tempo: Main song tempo is 120 bpm. There are also backing tracks available at 60, 75, 90, 105 and 120 bpm.
Time signature: 4/4
Scales used in this lesson:
E-minor
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