HELP WITH ANGUS
I am new to this site. It seems pretty cool. I am a big no huge Angus Young fan. I have all the needed tools the Gibson Sg, the marshall amp etc. I have been practicing with the tab books but feel like I need more. Can anyone out there give me some suggestions on how I can further learn his style. Please shoot me an email at Bledsoe1qb@aol.com. Thanks for your help.
# 1
first of all, learn power chords, and pentatonic scales,
then you need to practice your rhythm skills, untill your fingers will bleed
than learn some double stops (which are playing 2 strings together while soloing, like in johny b.goode), and listen to lots of their music...
i think the coolest thing about ac/dc is their riffs, which are easy to play, but yet they have their magic, so in the minute you can play malcolm's parts you will be able to play angus' solos
then you need to practice your rhythm skills, untill your fingers will bleed
than learn some double stops (which are playing 2 strings together while soloing, like in johny b.goode), and listen to lots of their music...
i think the coolest thing about ac/dc is their riffs, which are easy to play, but yet they have their magic, so in the minute you can play malcolm's parts you will be able to play angus' solos
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but i know better.
It is not I who am crazy.
It is I who am mad.."
ren hoek
but i know better.
It is not I who am crazy.
It is I who am mad.."
ren hoek
# 2
he really gets into playing his guitar..
he really attacks it (as well as malcolm)
and really wrings his notes out of it
so, its not just your equipment, if you
want to play/sound like him...i think you
have to really study his playing
(or find someone who knows
or read old interviews with him)
i mean...if you bend an A up a whole step to B
(2nd string 10th fret...bend up to 12th fret)
if you bent that note..adn I bent it, and Angus..
we'd get 3 different sounds...
(well the sounds would be similar..)
but he might throw in a little vibrato...
its all personal technique...
oh, one thing i read..that might be of some help..
in an interview, i read that when Angus plays power chords...he doesnt just play them solid..he adds a little
bend to the chord...the whole fretting hand slightly bends
his chord..and i think malcolm plays his normal
this causes a little different sound in their chords..
(grab a c power chord and kind of bend the whole thing)
(not very much tho...keep it a C chord)
anyway, im done blabbin...good luck
-G
he really attacks it (as well as malcolm)
and really wrings his notes out of it
so, its not just your equipment, if you
want to play/sound like him...i think you
have to really study his playing
(or find someone who knows
or read old interviews with him)
i mean...if you bend an A up a whole step to B
(2nd string 10th fret...bend up to 12th fret)
if you bent that note..adn I bent it, and Angus..
we'd get 3 different sounds...
(well the sounds would be similar..)
but he might throw in a little vibrato...
its all personal technique...
oh, one thing i read..that might be of some help..
in an interview, i read that when Angus plays power chords...he doesnt just play them solid..he adds a little
bend to the chord...the whole fretting hand slightly bends
his chord..and i think malcolm plays his normal
this causes a little different sound in their chords..
(grab a c power chord and kind of bend the whole thing)
(not very much tho...keep it a C chord)
anyway, im done blabbin...good luck
-G
yo
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