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Guitar instructor holding a Fender Stratocaster

How to play surf music on guitar: 3 techniques that will make your playing sound authentic

By Mike Olekshy published

This introduction to surf guitar will teach you the basics of the style popularized by Dick Dale, The Surfaris and The Ventures

Techniques
Arianna Powell of Pickup Music with a green Gretsch guitar

Surf guitar can teach you a lot about attitude and note choice – Arianna Powell shows you how your playing can benefit from catching the wave

By Arianna Powell published

Using the A minor pentatonic scale as a launch pad, Pickup Music's video lesson teaches you how to catch big waves of melody that bring that '60s surf style right up to date

Techniques
Martin Schmidt

Martin Schmidt walks us through the Surf Guitar Book, a deep dive into the scene's tones, techniques and greatest players

By Amit Sharma published

“I wanted to break it all down like you would learn a basic 12-bar blues. There’s no reason you can’t approach surf guitar the same way“

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Add Some Color to Your Sound with This Fake 12-String Guitar Technique

By Dave Wronski published

Techniques
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Masked Musings: Danny Amis' Tab for "Calhoun Surf" by Los Straitjackets

By Danny Amis published

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Deep Water: How to Get the Classic Surf Guitar Sound

By Dave Wronski published

The movie Pulp Fiction seemed to help elevate the surf guitar music from under a pile of seaweed to a spot on the party-song playlists of hipsters around the world.

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