try some E minor pentatonic scale riffing, which utilises a lot of open strings. This, along with the correct guitar tone (single-coil pickups are great) will give you that classic surf sound.

From The Doobie Brothers to The Smiths, James Brown to Metallica, 7th barre chords are fundamental for playing with more ...

modulating to the relative major key of E♭ major for the chorus and then modulating back to C minor. The melodic minor scale is a minor scale with both the sixth and seventh notes raised by half ...