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Loud & Proud: Building Patterns in the Pentatonic Scale

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Hole Notes: The Chord and Rhythm Patterns of Django Reinhardt

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Glenn Proudfoot: Loud & Proud

The video portion of Glenn Proudfoot's first Guitar World column, "Loud & Proud."

Pop Evil: "Monster You Made"

Hard rockers Pop Evil show you how to play their hit song, "Monster You Made."

Lamb of God: 'Resolution' Riffs

Guitarist Mark Morton shows you some of the signature riff of LoG's new album, Resolution.

Hole Notes: Django Reinhardt

Dale Turned takes a look at artistry of guitar great and inventor of "gypsy jazz."

Glenn Proudfoot: Loud & Proud

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In Deep: The Doors

Posted 02/07/2012 at 4:44pm | by Andy Aledort

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This month's "In Deep" sees Guitar World's Andy Aledort taking a look at the guitar artistry of Doors guitarist Robby Krieger.

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Metal For Life: Mega-Metal Licks in the Style of Metallica, Testament and Pantera

Posted 02/06/2012 at 10:30am | by Metal Mike

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In the March edition of "Metal For Life," Metal Mike Chlasciak shows you a smattering of metal riffs in the style of thrash titans Metallica, Testament and Pantera.

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Loud & Proud: Building Patterns in the Pentatonic Scale

Posted 02/01/2012 at 4:13pm | by Glenn Proudfoot

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In the first edition of Glenn Proudfoot's new Guitar World column, "Loud & Proud," the Australian guitarist looks at a few simple ways of building patterns inside the pentatonic box.

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Video Lesson: Pop Evil Show You How to Play "Monster You Made"

Posted 01/30/2012 at 11:14am | by Josh Hart

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In the following video, Michigan's Pop Evil show you how to play one of the hit singles off their latest album, War of Angesl, titled "Monster You Made." The track is tuned a half step down with the low E string dropped to C#.

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Video: Lamb of God Guitarist Mark Morton Demonstrates Riffs from 'Resolution'

Posted 01/25/2012 at 2:07pm | by Josh Hart

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Roadrunner Germany just posted the following video, in which Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton demonstrates some of the key riffs from the band's new album, Resolution. Scroll down to learn how to play the intro riff to "Desolation," the main riff to "Ghost Walking" and more.

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Talkin' Blues: Conversational Phrasing

Posted 01/25/2012 at 11:34am | by Keith Wyatt

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February's "Hole Notes" column looks at the ways in which everyday speech patterns influence blues guitar playing, a concept called conversational phrasing.

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In Deep: Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin

Posted 01/23/2012 at 2:17pm | by Andy Aledort

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In this month's "In Deep," our own Andy Aledort takes a close-up look at the blues guitar artistry of Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin.

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Exotic Techniques: Reverse Pedal Point Technique

Posted 01/18/2012 at 1:02am | by Cyamak Ashtiani

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In this lesson, I will demonstrate an interesting method of utilizing your index finger on your picking hand, which is traditionally used for two-handed tapping. The tablature shows a descending legato run in the key of A natural minor comprised of groupings of eight notes. There are no picked notes whatsoever here, just unassisted hammer-ons and pull-offs.

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Hole Notes: The Chord and Rhythm Patterns of Django Reinhardt

Posted 01/17/2012 at 3:11pm | by Dale Turner

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In this month's "Hole Notes," Musician's Institute instructor Dale Turned takes a look at artistry of guitar great and inventor of "gypsy jazz," Django Reinhardt. Because his famed quintet, Hot Club of France, didn't have a percussionist, the rhythmic patterns and chord choices in Django's unique brand of jazz were of paramount importance.

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Metal For Life: Using a Metal Approach with Classical-Style Themes

Posted 01/13/2012 at 4:31pm | by Metal Mike

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This month's "Metal For Life" shows you how to utilize a metal approach when playing classical-style themes. Classical music -- being used as an umbrella term to cover the Classical, Romantic and Baroque periods -- has been a major influence on heavy metal, particularly after the arrival of the "neoclassical shred" movement in the '80s.

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