Tag Archives: funk

How To Accelerate Your Playing In Six Months

by on 13. Aug, 2010 in Practice Tips, Rock n Roll 101

The first thing to do when deciding to advance your playing in a certain period of time is to set short-term reachable goals within a long term goal. The long term goal here would be to advance your playing in a period of six months. In order to do this you must break up the [...]

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Finger Style Bass

by on 07. Jun, 2010 in Bass Guitar, Rock n Roll 101

There are many different styles of playing the bass guitar; most prominent among rock bassists is the use of a pick, or plectrum, to get a more clearly defined sound out of each note. Jazz, Blues and funk styles favour the use of plucking the four (or five) strings of the bass guitar with one’s [...]

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Compression Pedals: What’s the Big Deal? (Part 2)

by on 13. May, 2010 in Effects, Gear

Welcome back to our discussion regarding the compression pedal. Last time I mentioned being under awed by a compressor when trying it out at a store. After taking some advice, I returned for another go and this time set the compressor quite subtly and then left it on for about 10 or 15 minutes, simply [...]

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