What new techniques have rock players brought to guitar

koneguitarist

As it says above, tongue planted firmly in cheek, I shall now run away and hide.

ElectroDan

Back-combing.

Danny1969

Just listen to the first VH album, it's all on there. Oh and not being the first to do something doesn't mean you weren't the one who brought new techniques to rock music.

PolarityMan

Power stance?

Deijavoo

None, they just improved all the old ones.

Yay for Rock!

 

I actually am struggling to think of any. Shredding I suppose, heavy distortion or effects in general?

PolarityMan

Excessive down-tuning?

Divebombs?

Pinch harmonics?

EricTheWeary

Down tuning goes back to at least Leadbelly, down to C I think,although maybe that's not excessive.

ThePrettyDamned

Excitement.

koneguitarist

ThePrettyDamned said:

Excitement.

Yep I will go along with that one!

Barney

The only difference i can hear is drop tuning and 7 string guitars....nothing new from the shrapnel record days otherwise that i can think of .....

koneguitarist

Actually the 7string goes back to the Russians at the beginning of the 19th century.

EricTheWeary

koneguitarist said:

Actually the 7string goes back to the Russians at the beginning of the 19th century.

it was certainly used in jazz long before rock.

dafuzz

There is nothing new under the sun. Rockers just added a cooler sort of attitude to the whole thing

frankus

the "I'm bending a note really hard" grimace.

bluesers always had "I'm bending this note with emotion" it just didn't look like it hurt... and seven minutes into an extended solo, the audience want to believe the guitarist is suffering.. they are

also there's the looking at another member of the band - to show connection. Metal took this to new heights with men in animal print leotards leaning against one another but the "wtf we doing" and "ama rully feeling this" look belong in rock.

GuyBoden

Simplification.

Phil_aka_Pip

management of feedback?

the ripping off of dead classical composers' ideas and passing them off as your own?

richardhomer

Tapping, palm-muting, dive-bombing, tremelo picking.... And I'm not really a 'rock' player, nor a fan....

But undeniably, the 'sonics' of the electric guitar have been widened by rock players.

EricTheWeary

richardhomer said:

Tapping, palm-muting, dive-bombing, tremelo picking.... And I'm not really a 'rock' player, nor a fan....

But undeniably, the 'sonics' of the electric guitar have been widened by rock players.

I think part of the point of the Discussion is that a lot of the obvious ones pre date rock music - tapping goes back to the 1930's at least, tremolo picking goes back to at least Surf, if you don't count that as rock.

ChrisMusic

Playing with the guitar slung lower than your testicles...    ~:>

koneguitarist

richardhomer said:

Tapping, palm-muting, dive-bombing, tremelo picking.... And I'm not really a 'rock' player, nor a fan....

But undeniably, the 'sonics' of the electric guitar have been widened by rock players.

I think this is a good point, the "sonics" are one of the major differences between all musical styles and Rock. Yes we have had distorted tones, effects etc in country mainly back in late 50's early 60's but it's the way they have been used that has created the excitement and the dynamics etc.

frankus

richardhomer said:

Tapping,

Joe Pass - Jazz Guitarist

richardhomer said:

palm-muting.

Bucky Pizarelli - Jazz Guitarist

richardhomer said:

dive-bombing

Jack Teagarden - Jazz Trombonist ... oh all right for guitar:

Probably came from Blues Slide guitarists like Blind Willie Brown.

richardhomer said:

tremelo picking

You mean as in the Classical Spanish technique?

seriously all the techniques Rock introduced really stem from the guitars interaction with the amp or recording equipment (multi-tracking artefacts creating phasing, flanging, chorus etc .. and Les Paul made the first 4 tracks and loopers in a sense)... jazz guitarist