Saturday, April 4, 2009

Ringing the Open High E String

If you don't know how to read guitar tab (as computer text), this section of a Wikipedia article may help.

Letting the open High E string ring while playing a lead melody might spice up your playing a bit. This technique works *best* in an E key/mode. The droning quality might even be reminiscent of various non-guitar stringed instruments:


Em E Em
e|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
B|-12-10--8--7--5--4--5--7--9-10-12-14-16-17--0--1--3--5-
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------

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