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
One of flamenco guitar's great strum patterns 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.