What is a Chorus Pedal, What Does A Chorus Pedal Do, And How / When to Use Chorus in Your Playing

What is a chorus pedal

The warm, shimmering sound produced by a chorus effect is one of the most recognizable electric guitar sounds in modern music.

Whether it’s provided by an old-school effects pedal or its modern, software equivalent, this classic effect includes a number of ‘standard’ controls such as depth and rate that can be altered according to the player’s requirements.

On this page we’ll explain just what the chorus effect does; take a look at the standard chorus pedal controls; and find out how you can use chorus in your own playing.

Most guitarists use an effect pedal, or ‘stompbox’ to get their chorus sound, and further down the page we’ll take a look at some classic guitar chorus pedals.

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What is a Compressor Pedal, What Does A Compressor Pedal Do, And How / When to Use Compression in Your Playing

What is a compressor pedal

What Is A Compressor Pedal?

A guitar compressor pedal smooths out the audio levels of your playing by suppressing the loud parts and boosting the quiet parts. This results in a flatter, more even tone. Potential benefits of compression are: increased sustain; a louder overall tone; and a sound that potentially sits better in a mix. Over-use of compression can result in a lifeless, un-musical tone that lacks nuance and can be tiring for the listener.

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Why Learn More Than One Pattern To Play A Bass Scale?

Why Learn More Than One Pattern To Play A Bass Scale

A single bass guitar scale is often represented with multiple diagrams. Why is this? Do you need to learn more than one pattern in order to play a scale on the bass guitar?

Many bass guitar scale books (including our own Bass Scales, Chords and Arpeggios Book) use fretboard patterns / diagrams to represent bass scales, and often provide more than one pattern per scale.

On this page we explain why there is often more than one bass scale pattern for a scale, and what those extra patterns are for…

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