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Summary: Wah guitar effects are great for funk, rock, pop, and many other genres of music. Get expert tips and techniques for guitar effects in this free video.
Stephen Haendiges is a seasoned musician, guitarist, teacher, composer and performer with over 15 years of experience. Stephen has recorded and performed in top clubs all around the...read more
"Ok. In this example, what I'm going to do is again I'm staying on the wah pedal series. And, I'm going to do an A minor chord. Which, is basically I'm going to do the bar chord starting at the fifth fret barring my first finger on the first fret. Third finger on the fifth string or the A string. And, my pinky on the fourth or the D string also on the seventh fret. And doing that. And, what I'm going to do here is just pedal wise I'm just going to go back and forth like this. Giving you another example of how you can use the wah pedal to add a little color to your riffs. So, essentially what I'm going to be doing here is going. And, what I'm doing there essentially is as I'm on the low string I'm doing a scrape here. And, then accenting the G B and E part of the chord here. And, going. So, just getting that wah wah on the high part of the strings. So just going and keeping your rhythm with a little scrape. So, I'm actually not even actually hitting the low strings except to mute them to give that scraping effect to kind of keep a timing. And, also to keep you know just simply you know or something musical within the riffs. So, I'm just going. Then, you can pick up the tempo. And, have a nice little just kind of almost percussive type rhythm with your wah pedal."
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