Add a Neo-Classical Dynamic to Your Solos with the Phrygian Mode By Blaine Kaltman published 11 April 18
How to properly execute a guitar pull-off By Blaine Kaltman published 28 December 17 Pull-offs allow guitarists to play two or more notes with just one pick
Add New Dynamics to Your Solos with Triplets By Blaine Kaltman published 16 October 17 Enough math, let’s get to shredding. Triplets will add a new dynamic to your solos. And they may engage your audience in a way other note progression cannot. Why? The rule of three.
A Brief History of Delay, and a Unique Way to Use It By Blaine Kaltman published 28 September 17 Delay is one of the coolest and most heavily used effects in rock. In this column, learn a bit about the history of the effect, and a neat way to utilize it.
Muscle Memory—The Real Trick to Becoming Lightning Fast By Blaine Kaltman published 11 September 17 There are no shortcuts to greatness. The old adage "practice makes perfect" lives on for a reason: the more you do something the better you will get at it.
Extreme String Skipping and String-Skipping Tapping for the Fast and the Accurate By Blaine Kaltman published 13 June 17 Even within complex solos, most guitarists play several notes on one string, and then move up or down to the next string.This creates melodically linear patterns.
A Brief History of Tapping—Plus a Tasty Natural Harmonics Lick By Blaine Kaltman published 8 May 17 Tapping is one of the coolest, most impressive-sounding techniques in guitar playing. Not surprisingly, it’s also one of the most difficult and least understood.
