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Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Page

An analysis of Jimmy Page's playing style, courtesy of Guitar World's Jimmy Brown.

A Clean Sweep: Sweep Arpeggios

John Petrucci breaks down the mechanics of the proper sweep arpeggio.

The Who: Unplugged

Jimmy Brown shows you an acoustic arrangement of The Who classic "Baba O'Riley."

"Sweet Child O' Mine" Unplugged

Jimmy Brown shows you an acoustic arrangement of the Guns N' Roses classic.

Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Page

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Title: Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Jimmy Page

A Clean Sweep: Sweep Arpeggios

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Title: A Clean Sweep: Mastering Sweep Arpeggios with John Petrucci

The Who: Unplugged

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Title: The Capo Crusader: An Acoustic Arrangement of The Who's "Baba O'Riley"

"Sweet Child O' Mine" Unplugged

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Title: The Capo Crusader: An Acoustic Arrangement of Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine"

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VH1 Save the Music: The Importance of Rests, and How to Use Fret-Hand Muting Effectively

Posted 04/17/2013 at 5:12am | by Matt Blake

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In this column, I’d like to share with you a useful lesson that I teach my students, and that is the importance of rests, or silence, in music, and how to achieve it in a meaningful, controlled manner. I do this by teaching them some basic, stock jazz “riffs” that are both fun to play and beneficial for their general technique development.

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Elf Riffs with Carl Roa: A Left-Hand Octave Finger Twister

Posted 04/16/2013 at 4:49am | by Carl Roa

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I often use this exercise as a quick left-hand warmup. It's great for loosening up your left hand, especially for more complicated chordal work. It's also an excellent study for left-hand coordination and control. The concept is to play chromatic octaves starting on the low open E string entirely in first position. We will move up chromatically starting on the low E up to the G# on the first fret of the third string.

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All That Jazz: Learning Solos Played on Other Instruments to Expand Your Improvisational Approach

Posted 04/15/2013 at 7:33am | by Mike Stern

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The following content is related to the May 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Fiddling Around: Building Left-Hand Strength Through Violin-Inspired Chromatic-Scale Workouts

Posted 04/15/2013 at 7:31am | by John Petrucci

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As I was walking around, I heard a violinist playing these wild exercises-he was wailing! I thought it would be really cool to adapt those licks to the guitar. Since the violinist didn't speak any English, I had to gesture for him to show me what he was doing. He gladly did, and then he showed me a bunch of variations, too. It was great; though we didn't speak, we nonetheless communicated very easily.

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The Guitarist's Guide to Playing Bass

Posted 04/12/2013 at 8:37am | by Matt Scharfglass

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Bass is more than just a guitar with two fewer strings. It has a different tone, scale length, feel and musical role, and in many cases it requires a different conceptual and technical approach. Guitarists who are new to playing bass will often double the guitar part one octave lower. There is certainly a place octave doubling — just listen to Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion," Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean" and Pantera's "I'm Broken." But there is so much more that can be done with the bass guitar.

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John Five: Chop Shop (July 2011) Video

Posted 04/11/2013 at 2:21pm | by John 5

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John 5 shows you a cool fingerstyle lick in the key of E.

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String Theory: Using Upper-Structure Voice Leading to Create a Climactic, Jazzy Finale to Last Month's Arpeggio Etude

Posted 04/11/2013 at 8:36am | by Jimmy Brown

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The following content is related to the May 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Hole Notes: The Progressive, Acoustic Stylings of Virtuoso Picker Robert Fripp

Posted 04/10/2013 at 9:26am | by Dale Turner

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The following content is related to the May 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Zakk Wylde: Guitar Boot Camp

Posted 04/10/2013 at 9:18am | by Zakk Wylde, Nick Bowcott

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OK, maggots, fall in and let the supreme sergeant of shred, Zakk Wylde, show you how to be all you can be with his 100 percent brewtal guitar boot camp!

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Pickin' & Grinnin': 20 Tasty Country Guitar Licks

Posted 04/09/2013 at 8:50am | by Gary Potter

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Exploring the world of country guitar is a diverse and exciting journey, one from which a guitarist of any background can benefit, while having fun. Modern country guitar is an amalgam of traditional and not-so-traditional playing approaches borrowed from several related homegrown American styles. As such, it includes elements of blues, bluegrass, rock and roll, and even jazz, and it offers a tasty mix of expressive and challenging playing techniques.

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