Many times as a guitarist it may not even occur to us to play in other parts of the neck. One of the unique things that a guitar can do that few other instruments can do is play the same note in various places on the neck—each having a different sound and character. The same note, not other octaves, but the same pitch can be played in numerous places on a guitar.
Different areas of the neck have subtly different sounds. What may sound like a bluegrass lick when played in the open position can sound like a blues lick when played at the 7th position. Choosing where you want to play a melody is an important decision for how something is going to sound. A guitarist should be able to use the entire fretboard to create different sounds. - Steve Krenz
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Melody-Maker in this lesson.
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Steve Krenz
As an instructor, Steve is best known for the top-selling guitar instruction course, Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar. He has helped thousands of students in over 95 countries across the globe to learn, improve, and master the guitar.
Steve's performing experience covers a large gamut, from playing guitar with the symphony orchestra, to jazz big bands, to performing with Grammy-winning artists like Donna Summer, Michael W. Smith, The Fifth Dimension, Israel Houghton, and Tommy Sims (producer, renowned bass player for Bruce Springsteen and co-writer of Eric Clapton's Grammy-winning song "Change the World").
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This Skills House Foundation Lesson was brought to you by the makers of Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar with Steve Krenz. Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar, the world's most in-depth home study course for guitar. Developed in partnership with Legacy Learning Systems, this 20-DVD course takes beginning players from the ultra-basics of guitar all the way through advanced skills training. It is truly years' worth of training in a single box, all presented in a simple step-by-step progression that anyone can follow on their path toward mastering the guitar. The Learn & Master Guitar course received the 2011 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice GOLD Award for outstanding guitar instructional materials. Steve is also the author of the Learn & Master Blues Guitar DVD course with Legacy Learning Systems. For more information, go here!
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