WHAMMY BAR…

Let’s end our workout with a look at the techniques of Steve Vai, EVH and more

If your guitar’s equipped with a whammy bar, you sure as hell should learn to use it – and crikey can it be tricky! A little vibrato here and there is simple, but there are three other techniques, too. First, the scoop: quickly dip the bar down and release it back to pitch as you play a note. Doops are similar, but you dip the bar after you play the note. Finally, there’s the more challenging note-change technique where you use your bar to target specific notes. Once again, break our riffs down phrase by phrase and you’ll see improvements.

TIME AT THE BAR! Whammy bar techniques are hard, but can be a lot of fun when mastered 2020 Workout Cover Feature Contributor: Charlie Griffiths Engraved by DigitalMusicArt.Com