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History of the guitar solo in 6 minutes and the 100 riffs that made rock

22 Saturday Mar 2014

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guitar, guitar solos, rock, rock & roll, rock music

Bonus content:
100 Riffs: A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll, in one take

wanna play along?

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Pearl Jam busts out the Van Halen, Mike McCready shreds!

02 Monday Dec 2013

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guitar, Pearl Jam, Van Halen

Friday the 25th in Hartford, Pearl Jam busted out a really good cover of Van Halen’s Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love, preceded by Mike McCready shredding Eruption on a 1959 Strat, a most un-EVH guitar.

This is really cool.

Hey science: how do guitar strings vibrate?

17 Sunday Nov 2013

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guitar, music, science-a-go-go, waveforms

We know that lower frequencies vibrate at longer wavelengths and that higher frequencies vibrate in shorter, faster waves. But when you watch a guitar or bass play, you really can’t tell.

There are two different ways to see what’s going on. This upright bass was shot with a high-speed camera and played back at a normal rate, which allows you to see the strings vibrate. They look like spaghetti.

The other way to see the effect is to backlight the strings. This guy put an iPhone 4 into the soundhole of his acoustic and filmed. I’m guessing it was mounted on something to minimize the vibrations of the guitar, and the relatively cheaper camera introduces some artifacts. But you can actually see the waveforms. Notice how the bass strings at the top have longer, slower waves, while the treble strings at the bottom have more peaks at closer intervals.

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