Satch on Hendrix, learn every note on the fretboard, and lots more
From Chasing Sound, welcome back to another Six String Sunday. This week is all about finding new players, making your life easier, and getting your chops up on the guitar. Let’s get right to the links!
8 Fantastic female guitar players — I started off the week by featuring eight of my favorite female guitar players. Everyone from the rocking Orianthi (who can rip up a Hendrix cover or play for Michael Jackson), to the percussive styles of Rodrigo y Gabriela and Kaki King, to classically influenced players like Gretchen Menn.
The world of guitar has always been a boys club, but if you think of it that way you’re missing out on a ton of great players. Go head over to the article, and listen to these amazing women who rock.
The perfect portable practice setup — Later in the week I posted about how you can take one of your favorite streaming services (like Apple Music or Spotify), and use them as a backing track, while plugging your guitar directly into your phone and using something like Bias’ JamUp Pro for amp modeling. They key here is turning on JamUp’s background audio mode.
This way your whole “on the go” setup is super portable. Whether you’re taking it with you while traveling, or if you don’t want to make a whole lot of noise at home, this setup is super compact and a lot of fun. Check out the post here.
Michael Angelo Batio live stream — A little while back on Six String Sunday, I talked about how I got to ask the shred legend Michael Angelo Batio a guitar question on Troy Grady’s live stream. I was able to ask him about left and right hand synchronization.
Thankfully, Troy just made the whole replay available for free, and Guitar World also let Troy explain how he set the whole thing up, from cameras to computers, and lots more. It seemed like a lot of work, but the end product was awesome. Check out the replay for a background on MAB, and lots of great guitar knowledge.
Satriani on Hendrix — Jimi Hendrix is often praised because of his lead playing, but he was also a monster rhythm player. In this new post from Guitar World, none other than Joe Satriani, who is a legend in his own right, breaks down Jimi’s R&B rhythm guitar style.
Satch brings up classic Hendrix tunes like Castles Made of Sand, Little Wing, or Bold As Love. All songs that set the bar high, and influenced countless other players from a wide amount of different genres. There’s a video, tab, and five riffs to run through. Go check out the lesson and level up your rhythm playing.
Learn every note on the fretboard — I’m a big proponent of not only being able to play well, but knowing the theory behind what you’re doing. A big part of that comes down to knowing all the notes on the fretboard, which admittedly I’m still working on myself every day!
The website guitar.ch has an awesome lesson with tab, which makes you play all the notes from A-G with sharps and flats thrown in, all over the fretboard. I feel like this exercise would be great early on in your practice regimen, because it gets your brain going right away. It could also be done without a guitar in hand, just by visualizing where the notes are on the fretboard.
Album of the week — Brad Paisley’s Play — Every Friday on Twitter and Facebook I’m recommending a great guitar album. Last week, people went nuts on Twitter and Instagram when I mentioned John 5’s new album, and a new live album from Gary Clark Jr.
This week I’m recommending a country album from one of the best country players on the planet, Brad Paisley. Brad Paisley’s Play is an album that came out nearly 10 years ago, and was Brad’s “guitar album”. If you want to learn more about this style of playing, go check out one of my favorite country guitar player’s on YouTube, Jim Lill.
Play showcases incredible country licks played on Telecasters. If you’re looking to learn country, this is a great album to start with. Some of my favorite songs on the album are Cluster Pluck, which features Paisley, and a who’s who of country guitar players throughout the song. Other favorites include Let the Good Times Roll (featuring the legendary B.B. King), Kentucky Jelly, and Les Is More.
There’s just so much good guitar on this album, listen to it from front to back! I’ll be featuring a new guitar album every Friday, and then talking about it more right here on Six String Sunday.
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-Brian Sutich
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