How to two-hand tap like Eddie Van Halen By Andy Aledort This hands-on and tabbed lesson offers a comprehensive primer in Eddie's signature lead style, as well as a brief history of two-hand tapping itself
Shake up your leads with these one-string bend techniques By Andy Aledort Mastering precise bends on the B string can offer new ideas for pentatonic solos
Create twists and turns in your solos with four-note 7th-chord arpeggios By Andy Aledort Expand your understanding by incorporating chromaticism and a “scalar” approach
How to play 7th-chord arpeggios in four-note sequences By Andy Aledort Unlock the fretboard for Santana-style improvisation with this lesson that takes the A Dorian mode and runs with it
GA-20's Matthew Stubbs: ”By 16, I really had the blinders on for that early electric blues sound” By Andy Aledort The Boston-based retro blues-wailers are the product of swampy influences, impressive pedigree and total dedication
How to master arpeggios built from 7th chords By Andy Aledort A little bit of theory goes a long way and can add tension and intrigue to your lead playing
These fast-moving melodic phrases will help you chromatically ascend the fretboard By Andy Aledort Get your picking and your fretting hand in sync with licks that can be applied up and down the fretboard
How to use the major hexatonic scale of a I-IV progression By Andy Aledort Learn to implement the scale beloved of Dickey Betts, Duane Allman and Eric Clapton into your playing
How the major hexatonic scale can help you bust out of a soloing rut By Andy Aledort Refresh your lead playing by adopting new positions on the fretboard
How to traverse the entire fretboard using major pentatonic and hexatonic scales By Andy Aledort Unlock the fretboard by applying E major pentatonic and E major hexatonic scales to a repeating chord progression
Enrich your solos by incorporating major pentatonic and hexatonic scales By Andy Aledort Diversify your compositional palette with this essential primer
Supercharge your pentatonic solos with the six-note major hexatonic scale By Andy Aledort Adding one scale degree to major pentatonic can yield a plethora of exciting new lead-writing opportunities
Build a solid foundation for your soloing by learning major pentatonic scale positions and patterns By Andy Aledort Pentatonics form the basis of an encyclopedia of lead lines, so it's important to grasp them fully
Deepen the impact and feel of your solos by string-bending across the fretboard By Andy Aledort Learn these techniques to really make your guitar sing
Learn Randy Rhoads' warm-up exercises and more in this complete 1982 guitar clinic By Andy Aledort The Ozzy Osbourne guitarist himself teaches technique and the Crazy Train solo
Take your lead playing even further with these unusual string-bending techniques By Andy Aledort Master these and make your guitar sing like the human voice
Learn the secrets of the blues guitar masters with these essential string-bending techniques By Andy Aledort String bending and vibrato are vital expressive tools for playing blues-rock
Master the signature elements of Gary Moore's instantly identifiable guitar style By Andy Aledort An in-depth examination of Gary Moore’s piercing, deeply emotional guitar work
B.B. King's 10 greatest guitar moments By Andy Aledort Sit back and take in the blues guitar legend's most electrifying six-string performances
Learn 9 creative and unusual ways to apply string-bending techniques By Andy Aledort How to use one of the most musically expressive guitar skills to take your playing to new heights
Linking parallel major and minor pentatonic patterns will take your blues playing to the next level - here's how By Andy Aledort Switching between these scales is an essential part of blues soloing
“It was like watching a Polaroid develop": An oral history of Stevie Ray Vaughan's earliest days on the road By Alan Paul, Andy Aledort Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, Vaughan's former bandmates and more recall the development of one of the greatest guitarists of all time
Learn to supercharge your blues solos by seamlessly switching between major and minor pentatonic scales By Andy Aledort All of the greatest blues and rock guitarists - such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix - routinely incorporated this technique into their solos
10 things you didn't know about Stevie Ray Vaughan By Damian Fanelli, Andy Aledort Think you know everything there is to know about the late, great SRV? Read on!
Learn the hallmarks of the hugely influential guitar style of Mountain's Leslie West By Andy Aledort Take a look at Leslie West's heavy, dense guitar work in this lesson
