Multimedia Powerpoint for podcast

1. By Larry Shea

2. From the Renaissance to Early 1900’s
• Around 4,000 years ago,
instruments such as the
Arch-Lute and Cittern were
the first considerations of
guitars
• Popular instrument’s in the
Renaissance and classical
periods of music

3. The Beginning of the Blues
• Around the early 1900’s-
1920’s, Slavery and
Spirituality influenced the style
of the blues
• One famous early blues
guitarist was Robert Johnson
• “Crossroad Blues”- 1936

4. Jazz Guitar
• Around 1930’s began the
evolvement of Jazz guitar
• Django Reindheart- “Minor
Swing”
• Later Jazz guitarists Wes
Montgomery, Joe Pass, and
Pat Martino

5. Invention of the Electric Guitar
• 1932, Rickenbacker “Frying
pan” was the first amplified
string instrument
• In 1940, Les Paul Invented the
Solid Body Electric Guitar

6. Blues Legends
• 1940-50 produced blues guitar legends like
Muddy waters and John Lee Hooker
• B.B King- “ The thrill is gone ”

7. Blues Techniques
• Invention of electric guitar highly influenced
blues playing
• String bending
• Fret Sliding
• Pentatonic and blues scales

8. Birth of Rock and Roll
• Chuck Berry “Father of Rock and Roll”
• “Roll over Beethoven” – 1956
• Inspiration for musicians like Keith Richards
and Elvis Presley

9. 60’s Guitar Icons
• Jimmie
Hendrix
• Jeff Beck
• Jimmy Paige
• Many More

10. The Unique Rock Sound
• Guitar players used previous techniques from
blues and jazz players as well as many
electronic effects
• Distortion- “Crunchy, Dirty sound”
• Reverb- “Open, Live sound”

11. Other Effects
• Wah Pedal- ( Alt. Guitar frequency to make a
“Whining” noise)
- Ex. Eric Clapton- “White Room”

12. Other Effects (Cont.)
Bottleneck slide- (cylinder around players finger
and would slide over frets to produce a note)
- Ex. Duane Allman solo- “Layla”

13. The 80’s
Guitar Virtuosos:
• Steve Vai
• Joe Satriani
• Stevie Ray
Vaughn
• Slash
• Many more!

14. Techniques and Tools
• Speed “ Shredding”
• Fret Board Tapping
• Whammy Bar- ( Floating Bridge system on
guitar, raises or lowers pitch)
• Eddie Van Halen- “Eruption”

15. Effects Pedals
• Popular Effect in the 80’s were Chorus,
Flanger, and Delay
• U2’s guitarist- “ The Edge”

16. 90’s to Now
Contemporary
Players:
• Jack White
• Tom Morello
• Dan Aurebach

17. I believe every guitar
player inherently has
something unique about
their playing. They just
have to identify what
makes them different and
develop it.
- Jimmy Page