musical fingers by Vincent Lock, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
One simple chord trick you can do today to improve your guitar playing and add some sophistication to your chords is the use of what is commonly called ‘chord anchors’. This is where you keep some of your fingers on the same fret and same string throughout a chord progression and in this is what we will be going over in this weeks One Minute Guitar Trick.
In the example we are using you keep your 3rd and 4th fingers on the 3rd fret of the 1st and 2nd strings respectively. If that sounds a little confusing, it is very simple in practice and sounds fantastic. Look at the chord charts below to see how simple they are.
Elephant by guido da rozze, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Have you ever wondered how Eddie Van Halen, Adrian Belew and many other great guitarists get that really cool ‘herd of elephants’ type sound? If so, the Eddie Van Halen ‘Elephant guitar sound’ isn’t too hard and can really stand out in your own playing. Read below to find out how to play it.
Mago // Magician by Eva Peris, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
If you love guitar and love a bit of magic, I’m sure you will love these guitar magic tricks below. Here we have 4 of the funniest and most jaw dropping guitar magic trick videos ever. Featuring the likes of Slash from Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, Paul Gilbert of Mr Big, the legendary magician Dynamo and some random guy of YouTube, you’ll be sure to enjoy this combination of guitar, magic and comedy.
The Edge by xrayspx, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
One of the coolest and simplest guitar tricks you can do on an electric guitar features a tempo synced dotted eighth note delay and a little bit of overdrive. The Edge from U2 has made this sound his own over many years. He often gets maligned for ‘hiding behind his effects’ or praised with god like worship for his ‘genius’. Whichever camp you fall into, you can’t deny the sounds and textures he creates from his guitar are often pretty stunning.
Here are 6 brilliant stand up comedy AND guitar moments recorded by a wide variety of comedians such as Dana Carvey, Bill Bailey, Demetri Martin, Rob Paravonian, Mike Rayburn and Stephen Lynch. All of these videos contain great humour and some pretty poignant observations about the world of guitar.