FEEL, STYLE, AND MUSICALITY: "pocket" - locking into rhythm, being EXACTLY on beat Articulation - staccato (short, punchy), legato (smoothly connectly), held, mutes Vibrato, REST STROKE, slide offs, clicks, intentional rhythmic ghost notes - shaking, striking, impacting, moving, etc., notes to bring more energy and life out of every pitch Tuning & Bending EXACLY on pitch Muting unintentional notes Dynamics - quiet in verses, Loud in chorus Tone - using appropriate pickup selectors, amp tones, equalization, using distortion Mixing - getting the volume between instruments balanced ACCENTS - Back Beat: one TWO three FOUR (2 and 4 are staccato), Syncopations: accenting "AND"s of beats Tight Form - hitting the shifts between sections EXACTLY when they start (playing the new chords for the chorus, on the first beat, right when it starts) Using range (high and low pitches)