For level ahead rock and roll it's hard to beat Ac/Dc. Formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young this band is everything a good rock band should be.
Ac/Dc use solid time-tested musical principals to deliver 100% high voltage rock, the energy is in the way they assemble the musical raw materials, rather than the amount of sheer amplification.
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Here's three tips to give you the very best sounding Ac/Dc guitar parts.
Tip 1: Make sure to bend in tune
Bending notes on an electric guitar seems pretty level forward, just bend the sting and the job is done right? Not really, very few guitarists precisely bend their notes to the accurate pitch.
Two guitarists who are particularly good at bending their notes in tune are, Slash from Guns N' Roses and Angus Young from Ac/Dc. Commonly speaking, the modern guitarist is not trained to pay attention to the intonation of the notes their are playing. Keep in mind that the majority of modern guitarists could not tune their guitar without an electronic tuner.
Imagine if you were playing an instrument such as a violin or trombone where you didn't have frets to give you a predefined pitch. When a guitarist bends a note it is precisely leading that the guitarist knows exactly how far to bend the note, they must know the "sound" of the pitch they are bending to. Violinists learn to do this right from the start.
Here's a good way to practice your bends, start by playing the note "E" on the third string, ninth fret, let the note ring for four beats, now play the note "F" on the same string tenth fret, listen closely to the sound of the note as it rings for four beats. Next go back to the "E" note this time bending to the "F" note, repeat this process of firstly playing the notes without the bend and then bending to the "F", the idea is to "pre-hear" the note you are bending to.
Another leading point to keep in mind is to only bend with your second or third fingers, use your first finger to help your second or third fingers when they are bending.
Tip 2: Thirds in the bass
Walk past any music store, everywhere in the world and you will mostly hear whether (a) "Smoke On The Water", (b) Stairway To Heaven, or (c) Back In Black by Ac/Dc and you know what? You will mostly hear these songs played incorrectly!
Why is this? These songs are some of the most tasteless songs known to guitarists of all ages and technical ability.
The riposte is the ability of information, or should we say the source of the information. How do the majority of guitarists learn songs? ordinarily from whether (a) guitar Tab or (b) from a friend (who has ordinarily learnt the song from a guitar Tab)... Do you see a trend here?
My point is ... It's leading for you to develop your own ear by playing the exact same sounds you are hearing on the recorded versions of the sounds you want to play. Let's take a look at "Back In Black" by Ac/Dc by the time most cover bands get to the third chord they have lost their audience, whereas Ac/Dc have their audience begging for more. Why is this so?
Here are two versions of the same song for you to study.
Back In Black- proper version:
E / D / | A / / /| etc ...
Back In Black - accurate version:
E / D / | A/C# / / / | etc ...
notice the only change is with chord three in bar two, this chord is an "A" chord with a third in the bass, in this instance a C# in the bass.
The importance of this chord is that it creates tension in the music that holds the attention of the audience. The tension is created by the semitone movement in the middle of the "D" note in chord two and the "C#" in chord three (A/C#).
Tip 3: Power chords on the middle two strings
Earlier I mentioned "Smoke On The Water" as being a song that is often played incorrectly, Smoke On The Water utilizes high impact power chords similar to Ac/Dc's "You Shook Me All Night Long", and George Thorogood's "Bad To The Bone"
Guitarist's ordinarily play these songs with power chords played of the fifth and sixth strings whereas in reality Ac/Dc, George Thorogood etc., play their power chords on the third and forth strings.
Example of proper "G" power chord played on the fifth and sixth strings, the note "G" played on the sixth string, third fret plus the note "D" played on the fifth string fifth fret. In dissimilarity Ac/Dc plays this chord as follows: "G" power chord played on the third and forth strings, the note "G" played on the third string "open" and the note "D" played on the forth string
"open".
Not only does this chord sound better in a band situation, it's also easier to play!
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