Be a String Crossing Badass By Ben Higgins Master string crossing with some simple yet effective licks.
Should You Use Your Pinky When Playing Guitar? By Ben Higgins Though many players have been able to create effective styles using only their first three fingers, does that mean you should abandon your pinky entirely?
Speed Picking: How to Pick Across Strings By Ben Higgins Master speed picking runs by breaking them up into more manageable sections.
The Vital Ingredient for Killer Hand Synchronization By Ben Higgins Learn how to overcome hurdles and improve your timing.
Three Ways to Be a Truly Great Guitarist By Ben Higgins Three tips that can help you play better right now.
How Alternate Picking is Just "Small Strumming" By Ben Higgins There's more than one way to physically approach alternate picking.
Using Tapping for Scale Runs By Ben Higgins Tap through three-note-per-string scalar runs by using the tapped note to replace the third or fourth finger.
Odd Note Legato Patterns By Ben Higgins A super versatile five-note lick that can do wonders for your legato technique.
Why Guitarists Get Stuck and What to Do About It By Ben Higgins Stuck in a rut with your playing? Learn how to dig yourself out with this lesson.
Economy Picking Made Easy, Part 2 By Ben Higgins Implementing economy picking into your playing is easier than you think.
Economy Picking Made Easy, Part 1 By Ben Higgins You’ve probably heard ofeconomy picking, which is where you use one continuous pick motion to cross strings—instead of using alternate picking.
The Easiest Way to Pick Across the Strings By Ben Higgins One thing that often gets overlooked is the position and angle of our picking hand when playing something that moves across several strings.
How to Memorize Scales and Unlock the Fretboard By Ben Higgins Here's is an unorthodox method to memorizing scales using the common three-note-per-string shapes we often employ during runs.