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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.

Angus Young: A Whole Lotta Malcolm

From the archives: Angus Young on the importance of his brother's guitar playing to AC/DC.

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"

Angus Young: A Whole Lotta Malcolm

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Title: Let There Be Rock: AC/DC's Angus Young on the Rhythm Playing of Malcolm Young

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Paul Gilbert Lesson: Right-Hand Warm-Up Exercises, Part 2 [Shred Alert 3, January 2009]

Posted 07/16/2009 at 10:40am | by Paul Gilbert

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Eric Peterson Lesson: Getting Down On Warming Up [Practice What You Preach 2, August 2008]

Posted 07/14/2009 at 10:50am | by Eric Peterson

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Here's the second installment of Eric Peterson from Testament's Practice What You Preach video lessons.

Eric Peterson Lesson: Getting Down On Picking [Practice What You Preach 1, July 2008]

Posted 07/14/2009 at 10:07am | by Eric Peterson

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Here's the first installment of Eric Peterson from Testament's Practice What You Preach video lessons.

Marty Friedman: The Lost Lesson

Posted 07/10/2009 at 3:04pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Check out this video lesson from Marty Friedman from April 15, 1998.

Led Zeppelin "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" Lesson

Posted 07/06/2009 at 12:03pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Learn how to play the Led Zeppelin classic in this video lesson.

Quick Lick: Van Halen "Beautiful Girls" Video Lesson

Posted 06/30/2009 at 11:29am | by Jimmy Brown

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Learn how to play the intro riff to "Beautiful Girls" from Van Halen II.

Daath's Emil Werstler: Betcha Can't Play This!

Posted 06/02/2009 at 1:22pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Daath guitarist Emil Werstler's ripping Betcha Can't Play This lick.

Practice Tips From: Jon Donais

Posted 06/01/2009 at 6:24pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Shadows Fall's Jon Donais gives Guitar World readers some practice tips.

1349 Guitar Lesson

Posted 05/28/2009 at 2:48pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Check out this video riff lesson and question-and-answer interview with Archaon, guitarist for Norwegian black metal act 1349.

Practice Tips From: Joe Satriani

Posted 05/28/2009 at 10:12am | by Joe Satriani

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Practice tips from Joe Satriani.

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