Open Strings In Soloing

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal

Excerpt: In this lesson, we will be looking at a technique that a lot of people tend to overlook, which is using open strings within your soloing. If you listen to any Joe Satriani, you might know what I am talking about. The first thing we need to do is start with a steady pulse. We'll play this on the high E string and the pulse is just going to be a simple 8th ...

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal

Excerpt: Now that we have the basic motions and understanding of how this is done, I am now going to show you a way of using open strings on 2 or more strings, switching between them simultaneously. This requires a bit of key signature understanding as well, so to start off, we will be going back to the key of E Minor/G Major. If we look, we can see that the only n...

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