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Simulating Music

Think of how much fun it is to be able to make your guitar sound like a banjo, or a ukulele, or a bass.

-> Banjo4 string: use folded paper5 string: use rubber coated piece of wirePut a capo up higher on the guitar neck.-> ClarinetPick 12 frets higher than the fingered notes for to approximate the clarinets’ “wooden” sound quality.

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If you have a floating whammy barRight after you pick each note, quickly and briskly push the whammybridge block down with the side of your hand, and immediately release the pressure again.This will quickly push each note a bit sharp very quickly and briefly.The pressure on your whammy bar bridge gives you the notes in betweenthe half steps.

If you don’t have a floating whammy barYou need to create the effect with your fretting hand.Follow each note that you pick by a really small, fast and short bend and release. It is essential that make your bends very small. You want to bend to the notes in between the half steps. In other words: the notes that don’t have frets.Applying this technique: you turn your guitar into an instrument that has more than 12 frets.

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Proper Thumb PositionGuitar teachers are usually adamant about keeping your thumb behind the guitar-neck.

• To teach you “proper” guitar technique. Even if grabbing over with your thumb is not an issue as long as it does not create tension in your wrist or arm, you still benefit from getting used to holding your thumb behind the guitar neck as well.

• To avoid tension in your wrists, hands and fingers, which can cause physical hand and arm problems, including tendinitis and in later stages possibly carpel tunnel syndrome.

• To accommodate the style you want to learn or practice. When learning classical guitar, or work on shred picking technique; thumb is always behind the guitar neck.

The Most Common Chord Progressions For Each Mode

•IonianImaj7 IVmaj7 V7

•DorianIm7 IV7 Vm7

•PhrygianIm7 bIImaj7 bIII7

•LydianImaj7 II7 Vmaj7(or I #IVm7b5 Vmaj7)

•MixoI7 IVmaj7 Vm7 (I7 IIm7 Vm7)

•AeolianIm7 IVm7 Vm7

I studied many hundreds of books on music education, psychology, pedagogy, thinking styles, creativity, time-management, neuroscience, etc. This blog is for music teachers who want to improve their skills, services and results with their students. This blog is also for guitar students who want to know what makes a great music

teacher. –Vreny