Empirical Explorations of Guitar Players’ Attitudes Towards Their Equipment and the Role of Distortion in Rock Music

This article has its source in a larger research project on distorted guitar playing in rock music which focuses on distortion’s effect on playability and expressiveness, its psychological influences on chord perception, composition, and production, and on issues regarding genre aesthetics. While...

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Main Author: Jan-Peter Herbst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2020-03-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5404