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

"Sweet Child O' Mine" Unplugged

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Talkin' Blues: The Signature Up-Tempo Soloing Style of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Posted 03/29/2013 at 6:35am | by Keith Wyatt

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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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VH1 Save the Music: How to Change Chords Smoothly and Explore the World Beyond the Third Fret

Posted 03/27/2013 at 3:09pm | by Rich Giannotti

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My biggest challenge on a daily basis is addressing 30-plus young teenagers at a time and maintaining their attention and focus by keeping them engaged and captivated with the subject matter at hand. In this column, I’d like to share an approach I’ve developed and taken with my students that helps keep them motivated to pay attention, practice and explore the instrument more on their own time.

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Exclusive Video Lesson: Guitarist Bill Hudson Shows How to Play "E.G.O." — Part 2

Posted 03/27/2013 at 5:29am | by Damian Fanelli

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Here's another exclusive video lesson by guitarist Bill Hudson of Circle To Circle. It's a continuation of Hudson's last lesson, where he showed you how to play one of his new solo tracks, "E.G.O." In the first clip, Hudson played the entire song all the way through. You can check out the second part of the lesson below.

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Exclusive Video Lesson: The Word Alive Show How to Play "Room 126"

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Exclusive Lesson: The Word Alive's "126"

Zack Hansen and Tony Pizzuti break down how to play the solos in "Room 126."

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Metal For Life: Killer Runs to Sharpen Your Pick-Hand and Fret-Hand Skills

Posted 03/26/2013 at 5:33pm | by Metal Mike

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In this month’s column, I’d like to present a few single-note patterns that are designed to fortify fret-hand/pick-hand coordination while they strengthen your overall chops and ability to play fast and clean. In my own experience, I have found that drilling on one or two very specific melodic fretboard shapes works wonders in uncovering technical areas of weakness in both hands.

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Jam Session: Warren Haynes on Getting Started With Slide Guitar

Posted 03/22/2013 at 2:02pm | by Warren Haynes

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In this entry from his classic "Jam Session" column, Warren Haynes talks about the best way to approach getting started with playing slide guitar.

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Adapting Keyboard-Style Arpeggios to Fretboard Tapping, Part 1

Posted 03/20/2013 at 1:04pm | by Chris Broderick

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This month’s column focuses on an original composition of mine that acknowledges the influence of classical pianists on my playing style, specifically the way in which pianists will play arpeggios across several octaves very quickly (see FIGURE 1). In order to emulate that sound on the guitar, I’ve devised a few fretboard tapping techniques. In fact, much of my two-hand tapping technique is based on that goal and approach.

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VH1 Save the Music: The Art of the Jam — How to Teach Young Children to Improvise

Posted 03/20/2013 at 8:07am | by Mark Hale

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Hello. My name is Mark Hale, and I teach general music and guitar to elementary school students, grades K-4, in Nashville. Having done this for a few years and experimented with various approaches, I have come up with what I believe to be a very effective and fun approach to teaching young, beginner-level students how to tap into the creative part of their brains and improvise melodies. I’d like to share this approach with you.

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The Complete Guitarist: Major- and Minor-Scale Excercises to Improve Your Playing

Posted 03/20/2013 at 7:16am | by Richard Rossicone

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Hey, everyone. In my last two blog posts, I discussed arpeggios and how to incorporate them into your playing to learn the fretboard and add some color to your leads. This time, I'd like to discuss some really cool major- and minor-scale exercises that will help your overall guitar playing on many levels.

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Guitar 101: Heavy Metal Hybrid Picking

Posted 03/18/2013 at 11:57am | by Greg Harrison

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Hybrid picking—the practice of interspersing flatpicked notes with notes plucked by your middle or ring finger—is a technique that many metalheads mistakenly believe is just for country, blues and jazz players. The fact that it remains underutilized by the shred guitar community means that hybrid picking can be smartly employed as a shredder’s “secret weapon”— just ask Zakk Wylde, John 5, Jason Becker ...

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