One of the coolest ambient guitar tricks I learned was from Steve Hillage. He used a wah pedal, overdrive and delay, maybe some flange. He uses the wah as a filter, slowly cranking the wah back and forth. It creates a sound like an analog synth with the filter slowly opening and closing. I actually did think it was synth for a long time, but then finally realized what he was actually doing. there's so much that can be done with ambient guitar with very little gear. Even just overdrive, delay and a volume pedal can do a *ton*
@samseitz99375 ай бұрын
Great vid! Love to see the Chapman back out!
@Brucaleeffo5 ай бұрын
man that chord progression you laid down to sound "bad" sounded effing awesome lmao
@rTwoJ5 ай бұрын
yeah it reminded me of a movie score
@crash9363 ай бұрын
Dude got so many cool guitars
@RonNewsham5 ай бұрын
Interesting. I gravitate towards plainsong/psalm tones such as Dies Irae, Pange Lingua, or Tallis' 3rd psalm tune (the inspiration for Ralph Vaughn Williams' Variations)
@adammindykowski69844 ай бұрын
I've tried this before with a couple of old folk tunes, but I didn't consider how the structure of some originals will lend themselves better to Frippertronics than others. I have fallen into the muddy chord trap many times. It took me a while to simplify the chords. As for variations, I wonder if it would also work using chord inversions? All food for thought and experimentation. A great tutorial, Bill. Thanks!
@mark.guitar5 ай бұрын
Polychords ahoy! That "Onward" is so flakey that it is great. GAS. Dang. Birthday 9 months away...
@Yyz19715 ай бұрын
ahhh, but you still have 270ish UN-birthdays that you can use to buy something!!
@GreenSkyDill4 ай бұрын
Christmas is only 5 months away ;)
@mk1st5 ай бұрын
Beautiful guitar (and sounds!)
@chordsoforion5 ай бұрын
Thanks!!!
@BongoMusicTheory5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@edwardanderson35063 ай бұрын
I see a project in the works... The Frippertronic Hymnal
@edwardanderson35063 ай бұрын
Play chords with add 9, omit thirds.... and yes wide intervals
@bobsavage33174 ай бұрын
☮
@MrPodvig5 ай бұрын
Now do "Simple Gifts".
@Mclennnan4 ай бұрын
and about 3 grand in effect...
@coryfeldman-hz2yj3 ай бұрын
Challenge: Deicide, skillex, and the worst song you can find in the top 40... The choosing won't be as hard as the task of listening to the top 40..
@coryfeldman-hz2yj3 ай бұрын
Just to clarify. The techno-autotune-disco on robotussin that infests the radio waves more frequently than the dumb country-pop, or occasional rhcp or green day song that sneaks in..
@BillyMoonMan3 ай бұрын
Looking for some solid barefoot shoes. What are you wearing here?
@chordsoforion3 ай бұрын
Those Xero shoes. Big fan here!
@BillyMoonMan3 ай бұрын
@@chordsoforion thanks! I dig your style. I think it’s the second time I’ve asked you about shoes. Lems and Xero.