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\"\"<\/a>Rock Guitar Techniques – Part 3<\/h2>\n

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Hey everyone, back for the 3rd installment of rock guitar techniques.<\/p>\n

In this lesson I go a little more in depth.<\/p>\n

Today I will show you several techniques that the famous guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie etc. used to make their playing shine in the 80s and 90s.<\/p>\n

These techniques are difficult and will take some time to master so take it slow and get things right before trying to play them faster.<\/p>\n

There is tabulature and video lesson below.<\/p>\n

Let’s get started!<\/p>\n

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1. String Skipping<\/h3>\n

The first time I heard this technique was on a Racer X CD by a guy named Paul Gilbert. The arpeggios he played had a different sound and I had to find out how to do it.<\/p>\n

Luckily enough Paul put out a lesson video in the late 80s so I could see this neat technique in action.<\/p>\n

Check out the tab below in Fig 1 and follow the pick strokes or come up with your own<\/p>\n

2. Alternate picking<\/h3>\n

This technique is the defacto way most rock guitarists pick and is important because it achieves the best tone (other than straight downstrokes) that you can get out of a guitar.<\/p>\n

Again I harken to Paul Gilbert who had a mini lesson in an advertisement for GIT back in the 80s.<\/p>\n

The idea is to pick down then up or vice versa and not waver from that pattern.<\/p>\n

Check out Fig 2 and follow picking or start with an upstroke.<\/p>\n

3. Sweep picking<\/h3>\n

This is a technique I first heard used by Yngwie Malmsteen although I know many other guitarists in other genres such as jazz were technically using it.<\/p>\n

The idea with sweeping is to have a shape in mind and let the pick fall through the strings as your fret hand release the notes you already played.<\/p>\n

Check out figures 3 and 4 below for examples.<\/p>\n

Thanks and see you for Rock Techniques part 4!<\/p>\n

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