(Un)usual Guitar Techniques

Guthrie Govan is proficient in all guitar techniques and his playing is extremely precise. | Photo: Double Head Music
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #8: Legato
With Eddie Van Halen, the shredding phenomenon was started. | Photo: Fin Costello
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #7: Tapping
The bent notes allow us to leave the structured space of the fingerboard and venture into the landscape of quarter tones, "almost-tones" and "between-tones". | Photo: BRILHA
(Un)known Guitar Techniques #6: String Bending
The guitar pickup is the "magical" place where the vibrations of the strings are transformed into an electrical signal, which is then sent to your amp: Dominik Scythe on Unsplash
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #5: Pickups and the Sound They Make
Steve Vai enjoys using the whammy bar to create surreal screams and bizarre sounds to enhance his technically perfect playing. | Photo: Talyn Sherer
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #4: Vibrato Bar
The undeniable advantage of the fingerstyle technique is the direct contact between fingers and strings, which allows you to get much more timbre, emotions and nuance into your playing. | Photo: Patti Black (Unsplash)
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #3: Fingers and Picks
Steve Morse skilfully controls the volume of each note with his right pinky finger during his solos. | Photo: Mark Ellis
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #2: Volume knob
B. B. King je known for his melodic vibrato. | Photo: Foto: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #1: Vibrato