The Importance of Rests, and How to Use Fret-Hand Muting Effectively By Matt Blake published 9 July 19 After working through these exercises, you should find that your control of fret-hand muting feels more secure and natural.
Guitar 101: Heavy Metal Hybrid Picking By Greg Harrison published 6 June 19 Hybrid picking can be smartly employed as a shredder’s “secret weapon.”
The Songwriting Sourcebook: How to Turn Chords Into Great Songs By Guitar World Staff published 13 August 14
VH1 Save the Music: How to Change Chords Smoothly and Explore the World Beyond the Third Fret By Rich Giannotti published 27 March 13
VH1 Save the Music: How to Break Away from the Open Position and Discover New Chords Higher Up the Neck By David Haiman published 11 March 13
VH1 Save the Music: An Effective Strategy for Teaching Young Beginners the Joy of Playing Guitar By Ted Meyers published 25 February 13
Guitar 101: A Great Flamenco Strum Pattern Demystified By Marcelo Berestovoy published 19 November 12
Guitar 101: Mastering Rhythm and Syncopation, Part 2 — 16th Notes, Rests and Dotted Rhythms By Jimmy Brown published 15 October 12
Guitar 101: Mastering Rhythm and Syncopation, Part 1 — Whole, Half, Quarter and Eighth Notes By Jimmy Brown published 12 October 12
Guitar 101: Learning Harmony Through Six-Note Hexatonic Scales, Part 4 By Jimmy Brown published 5 June 12
Guitar 101: Learning Harmony Through Six-Note Hexatonic Scales, Part 3 By Jimmy Brown published 25 May 12
Guitar 101: Learning Harmony Through Six-Note Hexatonic Scales, Part 2 By Jimmy Brown published 16 May 12
Guitar 101: Learning Harmony Through Six-Note Hexatonic Scales, Part 1 By Jimmy Brown published 14 May 12
Guitar 101 - Mastering Rhythm & Syncopation, Part 5: Quintuplets and Nightmare Licks By Jimmy Brown published 14 March 12
Guitar 101 - Mastering Rhythm & Syncopation, Part 4: More Fun with Triplets and Hemiola By Jimmy Brown published 7 March 12 In this lesson I'm going to show you more slick hemiola tricks that will help expand your phrasing vocabulary.
Guitar 101 - Mastering Rhythm & Syncopation, Part 3: Triplets and Hemiola By Jimmy Brown published 2 March 12 As promised at the end of our last lesson, we're now going to learn how to count, read and play triplets.