How do I make my lead guitar sound less like blues and more like rock?
What do you mean rock? Chuck Berry? Yngwie Malmsteen? Jimmy Page? Grateful Dead?You're going to want to play more modally, in general. Learn especially the Mixolydian mode (b7) the Dorian mode (b3 b7) the Ionian (major) and Aeolian (minor or b3 b6 b7). Learn to recognize what mode a song is in and what kind of feel that imparts.Play arpeggios over your chord changes.Land on notes that are not in the pentatonic scale (like the F's in Zep's Stairway solo or the 9's and 11's he plays frequently on Rain Song or No Quarter solos).Avoid mixing the b3 and natural 3 during a solo.Don't bend a lot of notes.But all that is just methods. It's really about getting the feel of it, which is much less tangible. Try playing along to records you like and figuring out licks. Play with no pick. Play on only one string, or octaves, or with unison bends a la gilmour. Play with only three or four notes or maybe just one box pattern. Essentially make it harder for yourself to go on auto-pilot and start babbling blues licks.Good luck.
Has anyone ever used this guitar tuning?
nope, never heard of it. And I use open tunings A LOT. Have you tried doing a google on "DGCGCD".....? might throw up something. I'd associate this type of tuning with English "folk" music. So there's every chance other English players use it. Page's playing has strong folk roots.
What are some fun songs to learn on the acoustic guitar?
TOP 50 songs to learn on the acoustic guitar.1 – Hotel California – (Hell Freezes Over) – Eagles – Tabs2 – Blackbird – Paul McCartney – Tabs3 – Angie – Rolling Stones4 – Heart of gold – Neil Young – Tabs5 – More than words – Extreme – Tabs6 – Wonderwall – Oasis – Tabs7 – Layla (Unplugged) – Eric Clapton – Tabs8 – To be with you – Mr. Big9 – Under the bridge (acoustic) – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tabs10 – Working class hero – John Lennon – TabsRelated posts:Top 5 free and paid online guitar coursesTop 20 tips to learn guitar faster11 – Crazy little thing called love – Queen – Tabs12 – The Times They Are A Changin’ – Bob Dylan13 – Dust In The Wind – Kansas – Tabs14 – Daughters – John Mayer15 – Everlong (acoustic) – Foo Fighters – Tabs16 – The scientist (acoustic) – Coldplay17 – The River (acoustic) – Bruce Springsteen18 – Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers19 – When the stars go blue – Ryan Adams – Tabs20 – Teach your children – Crosby, Still, Nash & Young – Tabs21 – Cannonball – Damien Rice – Tabs22 – Trouble – Ray La Montagne – Tabs23 – Jolene – Dolly Parton – Tabs24 – Wild horses – The Stones – Tabs25 – Redemption Song – Bob Marley26 – Free fallin’ – Tom Petty – Tabs27 – She Talks To Angels – Black Crowes28 – Fire and Rain – James Taylor – Tabs29 – Give a little bit – Supertramp30 – Pride and joy (acoustic) – Stevie Ray Vaughan – Tabs31 – Sound of silence – Paul Simon32 – Sweet home Chicago – Robert Johnson – Tabs33 – Patience – Guns N’ Roses – Tabs34 – Country roads – John Denver35 – Have you ever seen the rain – CCR – Tabs36 – Yellow (acoustic) – Coldplay37 – The needle and the damage done – Neil Young – Tabs38 – Horse with no name – America39 – Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson – Tabs40 – About a girl – Nirvana – Tabs41 – American Pie – Don Mclean42 – Jack and diane – John Mellencamp – Tabs43 – Iris – Goo goo dolls44 – Wanted (Dead Or Alive) – Bon Jovi45 – Both sides now – Joni Mitchell46 – Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton – Tabs47 – Maggie May – Rod Stewart – Tabs48 – Good riddance (time of your life) – Greenday – Tabs49 – The A team – Ed Sheeran50 – I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab for Cutie
How to tune your guitar from standard tuning to dsus2 without a tuner?
Thanks to Tony's link, we now know the notes in Dsus2 tuning. To get there without a tuner, you'll need to use comparative notes from other strings. You can see that the A(5th) and D(4th) strings stay the same as standard tuning. Note that the 6th string will be tuned to D(-2). The -2 denotes the string is 2 frets lower than standard. Follow me here.....normally, the open A string would be the same note as the E string fretted on the 5th fret. Since you're going to tune it 2 frets lower, you'll need to go 2 frets higher to make the same A note....the 7th fret. So... Play the 6th string on the 7th fret and de-tune it until it sounds the same as the open 5th string. That will make the open 6th string a D note....and the 3 lowest strings will be correctly tuned. Next, you want the 3rd string to drop 3 half steps (frets) to an E. Where can you find an E to tune against? The 4th string on the second fret is an E. So play that note and de-tune the 3rd string until it sounds the same. When the 3rd string is tuned to E, the 5th fret will be an A note.....so tune the open second string to that. When the 2nd string is tuned to A, the 5th fret will be a D note....so tune the open first string to that. If you understand this process, it's possible to ear-tune to any tuning without a tuner. You only need to know where the correct notes are, then tune each string by comparing it to those notes.
What's the song with a piano and rain intro?
might be "riders on the storm" by the doors