Guitar Techniques and Effects
- Created by: hlouiset
- Created on: 28-01-16 11:27
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- Guitar FX
- Wah Wah
- Distortion
- Fuzz
- Overdrive
- Distortion
- Achieved by overloading circuitry at some point in the signal chain
- Modulation Effects
- Chorus
- Slightly detunes the signal and plays the detuned version alongside the clean signal
- Gives the effect of multiple instruments playing at once
- Slightly detunes the signal and plays the detuned version alongside the clean signal
- Phaser
- Similar to flanger
- Gives a 'shimmering' effect to clean guitar and adds movement to lightly distorted parts
- Flanger
- Gives a 'swirling' or 'whooshing' effect; a more extreme setting gives a 'jet plane' effect
- Chorus
- Reverb
- Most common reverb used by guitarists is spring reverb
- Delay
- Thickens sounds
- Adds distinct repeats
- Slapback delay/echo is commonly used
- Effects are on stompboxes which are individual effects units in the form of floor mounted boxes, activated by stomping on a switch
- Guitar Techniques
- Strumming /Plucking
- Palm Muting
- Involves resting the heel of the hand gently on the strings near the bridge
- This muffles the sound slightly
- Slide
- This was developed by blues musicians
- They used the neck of a bottle to slide up and down the strings in order to change the pitch of the note
- This was developed by blues musicians
- Legato
- This is when notes are played using the fretting hand
- Hammer-ons
- Pull-offs
- Slide/ Glissando
- Tapping
- Shredding
- Very fast guitar picking
- Most associated techniques: Speed-picking Sweep-picking
- Harmonics
- Have a clear bell-like tone
- Produced by touching the string at a fraction of its length while simultaneous picking the string with the other hand
- Use of Tremolo Arm
- The whammy bar allows a range of performance techniques
- A vibrato effect can be created by applying and releasing pressure
- Can be used for a 'divebomb' effect
- Press tremolo arm violently toward body of guitar for abrupt drop in pitch
- Use of Volume Control
- Violining
- A note is played at a quiet volume then volume is immediately turned up so that the attack of the note is lost
- Violining
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