PubData Leuphana Repository: The Electric Guitar in Rock Music

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Element	Wert
Ressourcentyp	Habilitation
Titel	The Electric Guitar in Rock Music
Untertitel	Guitar Playing, Technology, and Culture
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1664
Handle	20.500.14123/1753
Autor*in	Herbst, Jan-Peter 0000-0001-7453-0141
Gutachter*in	Schoop, Monika 1136044485 von Appen, Ralf 0000-0001-8850-5617 Doehring, André 0000-0001-7320-3050
Betreuer*in	Ahlers, Michael 0000-0002-2678-9236
Abstract	This research examines the role and practices of the electric guitar in rock music in terms of playing styles and techniques, technologies, and various relevant cultures. With a portfolio of three books, four articles, and three chapters, the research analyses the affordances and limitations of harmonic distortion for solo and rhythm guitar playing in rock music from its beginnings to contemporary practices, with a particular focus on virtuosity and ‘shredding’—the (often) ostentatious display of technical prowess. Concerning technology, the research explores the musical, sociological, and psychological dimensions of equipment choice and acquisition (including the so-called ‘gear acquisition syndrome’), advances in guitar and amplification technologies, and the creation of an effective and expressive guitar sound in record production. Finally, the research documents how playing practices and equipment use are negotiated in mainstream and niche cultures, focusing on more recent scenes prevalent on the internet. The portfolio, as a whole, fills significant gaps in current (electric) guitar scholarship by examining topics relevant to practising guitarists from a musicological perspective, as opposed to 1) common approaches in popular/cultural studies that tend to ignore issues of playing and technologies in favour of issues related to identity, society, and the environment, and 2) computer science and engineering approaches that quantify the material reality of the instrument with little regard to playing and guitar culture.
Sprache	Englisch
Schlagwörter	Electric guitar; Distortion; Rock music; Performance; Music technology; Music equipment
DDC	787.87
Datum der Disputation	2025-01-29
Jahr der Veröffentlichung in PubData	2025
Art der Veröffentlichung	Erstveröffentlichung
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung	2025-02-27
Entstehungskontext	Forschung
Fakultät / Abteilung	Fakultät Bildung
Verfügbar ab / seit	2025-02-27T07:03:26Z
Archivierende Einrichtung	Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg 02w2y2t16)
Grad-verleihende Institution	Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Veröffentlicht durch	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

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ISBN: 978-3-643-13553-7
Herbst, J.-P. (2016). Die Gitarrenverzerrung in der Rockmusik: Studien zu Spielweise und Ästhetik. Münster: LIT.

DOI: 10.1386/mms.3.1.23_1
Herbst, J.-P. (2017). Historical Development, Sound Aesthetics and Production Techniques of Metal’s Distorted Electric Guitar. Metal Music Studies, 3(1), pp. 24-46.

DOI: 10.23668/psycharchives.2805
Herbst, J.-P. (2017). Influence of Distortion on Guitar Chord Structures: Acoustic Effects and Perceptual Correlates. In: Auhagen, W., Bullerjahn, C., Louven, C. (Eds.). Akustik und musikalische Hörwahrnehmung. Göttingen: Hogrefe, pp. 26-47.

DOI: 10.1525/mp.2019.36.4.335
Herbst, J.-P. (2019). Distortion and Rock Guitar Harmony: The Influence of Distortion Level and Structural Complexity on Acoustic Features and Perceived Pleasantness of Guitar Chords. Music Perception, 36(4), pp. 335-352.

DOI: 10.1017/9781009052962
Herbst, J.-P., Vallejo, A. (2023). Guitar Virtuosos: Advances in Electric Guitar Playing, Technology and Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

DOI: 10.1017/9781009224420.010
Vallejo, A., Herbst, J.-P. (2024). Thumping, Glitch, and Butterfly Tapping: Innovations in Guitar Technique in the New Millennium. In: Herbst, J.-P., Waksman, S. (Eds.). The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 165-188.

DOI: 10.1386/mms.4.3.481_1
Herbst, J.-P., Czedik-Eysenberg, I., Reuter, C. (2018). Guitar Profiling Technology in Metal Music Production: Public Reception, Capability, Consequences and Perspectives. Metal Music Studies, 4(3), pp. 481-506.

DOI: 10.1386/mms.5.1.53_1
Herbst, J.-P. (2019). Old Sounds with New Technologies? Examining the Creative Potential of Guitar ‘Profiling’ Technology and the Future of Metal Music from Producers’ Perspectives. Metal Music Studies, 5(1), pp. 53-69.

DOI: 10.4324/978042935684
Herbst, J.-P. (2023). ‘It Just Is My Inner Refusal’: Innovation and Conservatism in Guitar Amplification Technology. In: Moore, A., Bromham, G. (Eds.). Distortion in Music Production: The Soul of Sonics. London: Routledge, pp. 174-184.

DOI: 10.5920/GearAcquisition.fulltext
Herbst, J.-P., Menze, J. (2021). Gear Acquisition Syndrome: Consumption of Instruments and Technology in Popular Music. Huddersfield: Huddersfield University Press.

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