Playing Technique
Everything published on Viyolens under Playing Technique — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
Common Guitar Plectrums Mistakes to Avoid
Guitar Capo Explained: Features, Types and Tips
A guitar capo is the small clamp that transforms how you play—letting you keep familiar chord shapes whilst changing keys. Learn how it works and why it's indispensable.
The Complete Guide to Thumb And Finger Picks
Thumb and finger picks enable independent finger control and polyphonic playing. Discover how to fit, choose, and master these essential tools for classical and fingerstyle guitar.
Action Of A Guitar for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Guitar action is the distance between strings and fretboard. If your hand hurts or playing feels hard, action might be the problem. Here's what beginners need to know.
Thumb Plectrum for Beginners: A Complete Guide
New to thumb plectrums? This guide explains what they are, types available, how to choose your first one, first-week expectations, and building fingerstyle technique.
The Complete Guide to Pick Bass
Pick bass offers distinctive aggressive tone and rhythmic clarity suited to rock, punk, and modern pop. Learn technique, pick selection, and how to develop fluency.
The Complete Guide to Electric Bass Pick
Choosing the right electric bass pick profoundly affects your tone, technique and playing comfort. Understand what makes picks different and how to select one.
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Agogo Bells
Add bright Latin-style rhythm and cut-through tone with agogo bells for stage, studio and percussion setups.
Electric Guitar Strings
electric guitar strings provide reliable tone, tuning stability and playing feel for everything from practice to live pe...
Five Strings Bass Guitar
A five strings bass guitar extends the range with a low B string, giving players more versatility for modern bass parts.
Guitar Capo
A guitar capo changes key quickly, helping players adapt chord shapes, vocals and arrangements with minimal effort.
Guitar Plectrums
Guitar plectrums help shape tone and technique, with different gauges and materials suited to different styles of playin...
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Handpan
Handpans combine melody and rhythm with resonant, hand-played tones for solo, ambient and acoustic music.
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Lap Harp
Lap harp instruments are compact, lap-held harps with a gentle tone, suited to learning, home practice and solo music.
Nose Flute
Distinctive traditional wind instrument with a soft, expressive tone for melodic and ceremonial playing.
