Chords aren’t just for guitar players – they’re a fantastic addition to a bass player’s tool kit too. Structure your knowledge of chords all over the fingerboard allows you to accompany vocalists, add interest to solos, fill out the noise in a three-piece and more. In this short bass guitar video tutorial, Elixir Strings artist […]

Our artist of the month for August 2020, Cecil Alexander, offers a cigarette smoking’ play-through with our OPTIWEB coated strings, and shares his thoughts on their resilience after breaking in the strings for a few weeks. Register For Elixir Strings! https://www.youtube.com/user/ElixirSt … https://www.elixirstrings.com/products https://www.instagram.com/elixir_stri … Tweets by ElixirStrings https://www.facebook.com/elixirstrings/ Follow Cecil online at https://www.instagram.com/cecilalexandermusic/ and […]

In this second acoustic guitar lesson of his 2 part series, Elixir Strings artist Shawn Persinger takes the standard Irish fiddle tune Red Haired Boy and takes you through a bluegrass-style rhythm guitar part for the song. Download Tab: https://bit.ly/3f2TioY Counting on basic open chords and uncomplicated “boom chuck” ideal hand pattern, Shawn’s method will […]

Our Performer Publication artist of the month, Hayley Reardon, shares her experience with our NANOWEB layered acoustic strings. Make certain to offer her a follow and listen to her brand-new song & video, “Kid of A Provider,” out now! Related Video Posts Sub-Radio | Performer Magazine's Artist of the Month – July 2021 | ELIXIR […]

If the word “tapping” only evokes six-string super-shredders or bass virtuosos like Billy Sheehan or Dream Theater’s John Myung, then this is the video for you! On bass, the strategy has applications far beyond “stunt guitar” and is a fantastic tool to create unique basslines. Used artistically, tapping can be utilized to mimic bubbling synth-bass […]

How does an injury 3rd compare to a plain 3rd in terms of tone? Can you tell the difference? Plain 3rd Clean Picked – 1:39 Plain 3rd Crunch Picked – 1:53 Plain 3rd Tidy Strummed – 2:07 Plain 3rd Crunch Strummed – 2:20 Wound 3rd Clean Selected – 3:05 Wound 3rd Crunch Chosen – 3:18 […]

In this fast acoustic guitar video lesson, Elixir Strings artist Shawn Persinger gives an intro to bluegrass picking by taking the melody to conventional Irish fiddle tune Red Haired Boy and breaking it down into A and B sections. Showing both “straight” and embellished approaches to the tune, Shawn provides some fantastic pointers regarding how […]

In this easy-to-follow electric guitar tutorial, composer, teacher and Elixir Strings artist Matt Wong reveals a much more useful method to technique scales and integrate them into improvised solos etc. Beginning out with an easy three-note-per-string C major scale highlighted the fretboard, Matt then explores playing different intervallic patterns, which actually helps to construct the […]

In this simple to follow bass tutorial, Elixir Strings artist Derek Jones breaks down a wonderful bass part that sees him use a pick with right-hand man muting, double stops and a cascading single-note go to excellent impact. Find out more about Derek’s go-tos: https://www.elixirstrings.com/products Moving between alternating picking (up and down strokes) and downstrokes […]

The unique feel of the jig rhythm is a vital part of Irish and other standard music. It’s a fantastic, fun groove to play on acoustic guitar and one you need to master for attending sessions with fiddle players, for sure! In this short acoustic guitar video lesson, Elixir Strings artist Flynn Cohen breaks down […]