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1.) Guitar Noise Podcast #21 - ?The Star of the County Down? (part 1)
2.) Guitar Noise Podcast #20 - Using Space (plus an intro to chord substitutions and chord voicings)
3.) Guitar Noise Podcast #19 - Anticipations, rests and dynamics
4.) Guitar Noise Podcast #18 - ?Streets of Laredo? Part 3
5.) Guitar Noise Podcast #17 - ?Streets of Laredo? - Part 2
6.) Guitar Noise Podcast #16 - Streets of Laredo
7.) Guitar Noise Podcast #15 - Mixing Strumming and Crosspicking
8.) Guitar Noise Podcast #14 - Putting Things To Practical Use
9.) Guitar Noise Podcast #13 - Getting Into Swing
10.) Guitar Noise Podcast #12 - a slightly different strum
11.) Guitar Noise Podcast #11 - Adding String Muting
12.) Guitar Noise Podcast #10 - Adding Palm Muting
13.) Guitar Noise Podcast #9 - Adding Fills
14.) Guitar Noise Podcast #8 - Combining strumming and crosspicking
15.) Guitar Noise Podcast #7 - A little crosspicking?
16.) Guitar Noise Podcast #6 - 3/4 Timing
17.) Guitar Noise Podcast #5 - ?Adding a Basic Walking Bassline?
18.) Guitar Noise Podcast #4 - ?Sixteenth-note Accent & Partial Chord Strumming?
19.) Guitar Noise Podcast #3 - ?Combining What We?ve Got (so far?)?
20.) Guitar Noise Podcast #2 - ?Strumming Part 2 / Adding Hammer-ons?
Topics
A guitar is a musical instrument characterized by its visually dominant body and neck. Guitar strings are strung parallel to the neck, whose surface is covered by the fingerboard (fretboard). By depressing a string against the fingerboard, the effective length of a string can be altered, which in turn changes the frequency at which the string will vibrate when plucked. Guitarists typically use one hand to pluck the strings and the other to depress the strings against the fingerboard. The strings may be plucked using either fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick), thus creating the sound of notes or chords. The strings of a guitar produce little sound by themselves. Instead, their vibration must be amplified to audibly useful levels. In general, this amplication is achieved either mechanically or electronically, with the result being that there are two main categories of guitar: acoustic (mechanical amplification) and electric (electronic amplification).




