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Expand Your Jazz Chops with Rhythmic Displacement
When learning how to play jazz guitar, one of the big concepts many players tackle is learning licks from famous players and classic solos. When doing so, you can learn the lick as played on the...
Three Easy Steps to Creating Killer Arpeggio Licks
Improvising with arpeggios is a great way to dig into chord changes, bringing out the exact sound of each chord in your lines. While scales and modes are great for outlining keys and creating modal...
The Fastest Way to Build Guitar Picking Speed
Being able to play fast runs on the guitar has its advantages, and not simply for shredding or showing how many notes you can play per second.
Pentatonic Boxes That Don’t Suck
Any guitarist who’s ever played pentatonic boxes—and that would be just about every one of us—knows the danger that lurks within.
Learn Five Tone-Bending Guitar Techniques
Darrell Braun—whose videos comparing various guitar models have been a hit on this site’s pages—is back with a new video.
Improve Your Guitar Tapping Instantly
You’ll get better by practicing consistently, not looking for shortcuts. In the case of tapping, however, even the best guitar players like Guthrie Govan “cheat” a bit from time to time.
The Never-Ending Shred Guitar Lick
Shredding even short passages can be taxing for your hands, particularly your picking hand.
Meet the Most Important Chord
The most important chord in music isn't all that subjective. This chord is the only answer to a question that isn’t asked enough, and I’m here to deliver the message to the masses, for better or...
Using Syncopation to Disguise the Meter
One of the signature elements of Revocation’s music is our embrace of unexpected rhythmic shifts and syncopations that obscure, or disguise, the meter and de-emphasize the downbeat of the bar ...
The Little-Known Pentatonic Modal Trick
Soloing with the modes is a great way to add new and exciting colors to your guitar playing. It can also add an ear-bending “outside” sound to your playing that lends it sophistication.
Learn Steve Vai's Habits, Not His Licks
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Steve Vai, and it won’t be the last.
Using Triadic Forms As Soloing Templates
A common area of study for all guitarists is the understanding and musical application of chord forms, which is essential to the development of rhythm guitar parts, arrangements and accompaniments.
Five Easy Guitar Riffs Every Beginner Should Learn
If you have a few guitar chords under your belt, chances are good that you want to start learning some riffs. But where do you start, and what techniques do you need?