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The use of “open strings” is a simple, yet effective sounding technique that can really impress your audience, while you improvise. It adds an outside flavor to your solos.
To add the “open string” technique to your improvisation, simply stay in whatever key you are playing and play the random open string you have to choose from on the 6 notes open on the guitar. The open strings notes are.
E, A, D, G, B, E
The spontaneous choice of open strings when soloing will move you’re playing into a cool moment of harmony and it will produce an “outside feeling”. It will catch your audience’s ear and keep them connected to the flow.
When you use the “open string” technique in your song, you create a second key center in addition to the key center of the song you’re playing. Music aficionados call this unique effect the “Polytonal Effect.” It simply means that your solos will invite the sound of two different keys, put together, and they work in a unique sounding way.
You can also use the polytonal chord effect by mixing two chords together. The next time you are jamming with a guitar friend, you can try this technique together: You can play a “C” chord in a broken arpeggio manner and have your friend play a “D” chord in a broken arpeggio manner. This creates an awesome sound, especially if both guitars are both picking random strings. I like to call it a “mystical sound.” It creates mystery and evokes the unknown.
Here’s another idea you can try with your guitar friends. To create a minor type mystical polytonal chord sound, have your friend play a “G” minor bar chord, and you play a
“C” minor bar chord. The key to really getting a mystical sound is to individually pick the strings again randomly. This effect will seriously put you in awe.
If your band is interested in trying different techniques that will really impress your audience, the polytonal effect is one technique that will open your mind and your audience to a greater experience of mystery. If you’re interested in learning more theory or practice about the polytonal chord arrangements for two guitar bands get my DVD on it. Rick Washbrook DVD Creative Polytonal Chords For Two Guitar Bands.
I would be glad to help you master this technique and
discover other surprises you can use in your guitar band arrangements.
By Rick Washbrook
Love Your Temple
June 6, 2011
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rick@washbrookmusic.com
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Rick Washbrook Guitar teacher in Aurora shows how to use open strings randomly.
Use the “open string” technique in your song. You will create a second key center in addition to the key center of the song you’re playing.
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