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Rock
Era - Unit Vocabulary
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| Term |
Definition |
| Alternate
Tuning |
Tuning
the guitar strings to pitches other than E/A/D/G/B/E |
| Articulation |
Elements
of a song/solo that give it a unique sound |
| Bend |
Pluck
a string and then push the string towards the ceiling |
| Blues |
A
standard 12 measure chord progression using chords I, IV, and V |
Box
|
A
basic finger pattern used for improvisation |
Chord
Progression
|
A
set order of chords used as the background for a song |
Classic Rock
|
Rock
styles developed between 1960-1970 |
| Double
Hammer-on |
Like
a hammer-on but add on two fingers |
| Double
Pull-off |
Start with three fingers down, then quickly remove the top two fingers |
Duckwalk
|
Squat
and walk like a dulk holding your guitar like a machine gun(Chuck Berry) |
Hammer-on
|
Pluck
a string and then firmly add your next finger to the next fret |
| Lead Guitar |
Guitar that usually plays the melody or improvises a solo |
Muting
|
To
stop the vibration of a string by touching it while strumming |
Open
String
|
Strum
a string without touching any fret |
| Open-Postion |
Playing
chords using open strings, used in 50's backgrounds |
| Pentatonic Scale
|
Five
note scale |
Pentatonic
Major
|
Based
on the major scale using steps 1,2,3,5,6 |
| Pentatonic
Minor |
Based on the minor scale using steps 1,b3,4,5,b7 |
| Power
Chord |
Chord
without a major or minor tonality, open fifth chord without the third |
| Pull-off
|
Pluck
a string with two fingers down then quickly take off the second finger |
| Rhythm
Guitar |
Supplying
chords in the background to a vocal or soloist |
| Slide |
Start
your finger above or below the desired note, pluck and move to starting
pitch |
| Sus
Chord |
"Sustained
" Chords replace the 3rd of a chord with the 2nd or 4th tone of
a scale |
| Vibrato |
A
pulsing tone created by quickly shaking your finger within a fret |