Latest articles by Joel Hoekstra
Joel Hoekstra walks us through the acoustic section of Whitesnake's After All for a fingerstyle lesson in music theory
Exercise your hybrid picking and two-finger tapping chops with these searing leads
With hybrid picking and two-finger tapping, this one'll certainly test your chops
Guitarist Joel Hoekstra teaches you the winding leads of this attitude-driven rocker
This classic-rock belter is taken from the group's latest album, Flesh & Blood
The hard-rock virtuoso walks you through the essentials of power ballad soloing, where melody is always king
Spice up your rhythm and lead work with these essential tips
Learn a few of the rhythm guitar techniques Jimi would most often employ to spice up his rhythm parts and make them melodic.
Learn some cool ways to create angular single-note arpeggios that are based on root-fifth-octave power chord shapes.
Learn how to craft a lead that will fortify and enhance the primary rhythm part without overshadowing it.
Incorporating dominant seven arpeggios into your improvised lines is a simple way to expand note-choice possibilities.
Learn how to use second intervals in different areas of the fretboard and on different string groups.
Learn what adding the ninth can do for your arpeggio-based lines.
Skipping certain scale steps can lead to more engaging, less predictable ascending runs.
How to use a signature element in baroque classical music to great effect in your own playing.
Being aware of the intervallic relationships between notes is useful in many different ways.
Learn some creative, appealing ways to utilize diatonic thirds.
A variety of ways to fortify and improve one’s string bending technique.
In this brand-new Joel Hoekstra lesson, take a look at rhythm guitar and the incorporation and understanding of suspended chords.
Joel Hoekstra demonstrates 15 different ways to add “color” your notes and improve your riffs.
Learn how to utilize multiple taps with different fingers of the pick hand.
Learn how to take a fretboard shape for a given note sequence and “octave mirror” it by “previewing” each note an octave higher.
