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Guitar moves are moves or stunts, which are done involving (most commonly) an Electric Guitar or Bass Guitar . These moves exist as pieces of stage flair used by band members to either emphasize a climax to a song or as a piece of visual entertainment to impress the audience.


WINDMILL

Made famous by while warming up for a concert, and after the concert Pete asked Keith if he could use the move, Keith had no recollection of doing it. The windmill involves holding the guitar in a chord position while rotating the picking arm quickly and hitting the strings, thereby striking the chord.


DUCK WALK

See Also: Duck Walk



Made famous by Chuck Berry . The Duck Walk is a guitar move that consists of jumping on one leg and moving the other in a back-and-forth motion, which looks vaguely like the awkward waddle of a duck.


SETTING GUITAR ON FIRE

A move usually credited to Jimi Hendrix ,http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/27/hendrix.guitar/ involves literally setting the guitar on fire and burning it partially or fully, sometimes playing it during the process, sometimes with injurious outcomes. Setting the guitar on fire is often also followed by smashing it to pieces.

Jimi Hendrix is known to have performed this trick on at least three occasions with his Fender Stratocaster guitars:



GUITAR SMASHING

Another move popularised by Pete Townshend , guitar smashing is just as the name suggests, smashing the guitar usually at the climax of a set.


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