Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Guitar Techniques

    INSTRUMENTAL inquisition!

    Sep 25, 2019 3 minutes

    GT: What is it about guitar instrumentals that particularly appeals to you?

    DA: Well, for one thing, there’s no stinking lead vocalist stepping on the guitar, haha! Seriously, I love it when I can feel what the guitar is saying with melody and nuances that get lost on lyrics sometimes. Sometimes I think just a guitar melody is the strongest statement you can make.

    GT: What can an instrumental tune provide the listener that a vocal song can’t?

    DA: I think it opens up the imagination for

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Guitar Techniques

    Guitar Techniques2 min read
    Claudio Pietronik
    VIDEO You might associate hybrid picking with country guitar, but there’s no reason why you can’t use it in any musical genre. On paper, it seems like such a great solution. You get all the aggression and definition from the plectrum, combined with
    Guitar Techniques5 min read
    Ashley Sherlock
    GT: Do you have a type of pick that you can’t live without? AS: For the longest time I’ve been using Jazz 3 style picks. There’s a company that makes them for me out in the States and I have to make them white so I can see them when I drop them on th
    Guitar Techniques3 min read
    Nita Strauss
    Los Angeles born Nita Strauss initially gained her reputation as a shred guitar force to be reckoned with as part of the respected tribute band, The Iron Maidens. In 2014 she landed the rock guitarists’ dream gig as Alice Cooper’s axe woman. Nita cur

    Related Books & Audiobooks