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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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In Deep: The Jimi Hendrix Rhythm Guitar Method

Posted 02/20/2013 at 8:37am | by Andy Aledort

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In this month's edition of In Deep, Guitar World's Andy Aledort takes a close-up look at the rhythm guitar style of Jimi Hendrix.

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Romancing the Fretboard: Chopin Arranged for Guitar, Part 1

Posted 02/18/2013 at 12:24pm | by John Petrucci

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Here's the first installment of Chopin's Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus No. 2. I've arranged it for guitar, and as you can see, it's not for the meek. But if you've been diligently practicing the chromatic exercises from my past few lessons, you should be ready to tackle it.

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Exclusive Lesson: Guitarist Bill Hudson Shows You How to Play "Seasons Will Fall"

Posted 02/14/2013 at 1:12pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Here's an exclusive video lesson by guitarist Bill Hudson of Circle To Circle. In the video, Hudson shows you how to play "Seasons Will Fall," the title track from Circle To Circle's new album.

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Talkin' Blues: Mickey Baker's Powerful and Influential Guitar Style

Posted 02/14/2013 at 6:00am | by Keith Wyatt

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The following content is related to the March 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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Lesson Video: Michael Paget of Bullet for My Valentine — "Breaking Point"

Posted 02/12/2013 at 11:25am | by Damian Fanelli

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Bullet for My Valentine: "Breaking Point"

Today we bring you a lesson video by guitarist Michael "Padge" Paget of Welsh rockers Bullet for My Valentine, who shows you how to play "Breaking Point," a song off the band's new album, Temper Temper. The album will be released Tuesday, February 12, on RCA Records. It's the band's fourth studio album.

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Jazz Guitar Corner: Five Must-Know ii V I Chord Subs

Posted 02/12/2013 at 7:01am | by Matt Warnock

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As people who study jazz guitar know, learning how to play various chord substitutions is an important part of understanding and applying the jazz language to your comping and soloing ideas. In order to learn how to bring some common subs into your playing this week, in today’s lesson we’ll be exploring five important and often-used ii V I chord subs that come from various famous tunes, and the playing of many great jazz guitarists over the years.

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Elf Riffs with Carl Roa: Superimposing the Major 7th Arpeggio — with Sweep Picking

Posted 02/08/2013 at 2:29pm | by Carl Roa

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Superimposing common arpeggios can add a new and exciting sound to your solos, helping you to utilize patterns and shapes you already know. When we "superimpose," we take one sound and layer it on top of another. In other words, when playing over a particular chord, you "think" a different chord in your improvisation. All it takes is modifying your approach over the chord you're playing over.

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Exclusive Lesson: Guitarist Bill Hudson Shows You How to Play "Dreams That Never Die"

Posted 02/07/2013 at 4:07pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Here's an exclusive video lesson by guitarist Bill Hudson of the band Circle To Circle.

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Randy Rhoads Guitar Clinic

Posted 02/07/2013 at 12:10pm | by Andy Aledort

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Guitar World pays tribute to Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne’s colossal sideman, with this classic transcript of a guitar clinic he conducted shortly before his death.

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The Complete Guitarist: Fun with Arpeggios

Posted 02/06/2013 at 8:25am | by Richard Rossicone

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Hey, everyone! In this blog post, I'd like to discuss one of my favorite exercises to learn the fretboard and add a little mojo to your lead playing. Before we begin, let me define what an arpeggio is. An arpeggio is a broken chord. We can play a chord two ways. The first way is to play all the notes at the same time; the second way is to play the notes one at a time, consecutively. This latter method is called an arpeggio.

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