Greg Loesch (compulsiveguile) – Blog

This was an unfinished blog post from a few weeks ago that I thought I’d post. I was watching an Acoustic Guitar Techniques podcast – lame, right? – and this was my  ”application” of the Drones and Chord Relations lesson.

Like a lot of guitar principles/techniques, this was something a lot of you guitarists have probably already messed around with without knowing the proper name for it. It involves constantly picking (droning) on open strings (usually b and high e) while changing finger positions on other strings. It’s relatively easy and comfortable to play, and the open strings give it a “full” sound making it fun to jam with by yourself.

Here’s my drone diddy:

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As usual, this was recorded with GarageBand, my SnowFlake mic, and Larrivee LV-03 acoustic guitar. I started with the base “droning” and layered a little acoustic lead on top… which is probably obvious… who actually starts with lead?

For the record, this is the podcast link (Go to Advanced -> Subscribe to Podcast)… though I think it went bye bye.
(http://stream.ivideosongs.com/podcasts/itunes/ivs_acousticguitartechniques.xml).

Until next time…