Richard Rossicone

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Get Your Fingers in Gig-Ready Shape with This Fingerpicking Exercise

By Richard Rossicone Published

Work on coordinating left- and right-hand patterns with this great fingerpicking finger twister.

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Randy Rhoads-Style Melodic Tapping Exercise Using Common Tones

By Richard Rossicone Published

Not only will this exercise get your fingers moving, but it will get your brain moving too.

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An Introduction to Arpeggio Inversions

By Richard Rossicone Published

Arpeggio inversions are quite useful, and will help you improve your fretboard vision.

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A Six-Note, Three-Octave, Major-Scale Exercise to Help You Know Your Way Around the Fretboard

By Richard Rossicone Published

Pick up a unique and cool major-scale exercise to help you learn and eventually master the fret board.

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Major- and Minor-Scale Exercises to Improve Your Playing

By Richard Rossicone Published

Learn some really cool major- and minor-scale exercises that can do wonders for your overall playing.

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The Art of Phrasing: Four Simple Ways to Make Your Leads Sing

By Richard Rossicone Published

Some methods to make your lead playing more melodic and dynamic.

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The Art of Practicing (and Getting Motivated to Practice)

By Richard Rossicone Published

Musical Tips & Advice
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How to Conquer a Creative Block

By Richard Rossicone Published

Musical Tips & Advice
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The Complete Guitarist: How to Get Through a Nightmare Show

By Richard Rossicone Published

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Finger Twisters—Combining Major and Minor Scales and Arpeggios

By Richard Rossicone Published

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Finger Twisters: Re-Thinking Solos Over the I IV V Progression

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: How to Be a Better Student

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: Fun with Chord Inversions

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: Solving the Mystery of "the Zone"

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: Fingerpicking 101 and Beyond, Part 2

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: Fingerpicking 101 and Beyond

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: The Greatest Lessons that Changed My Life

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: Fun with Arpeggios, Part 2

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: Fun with Arpeggios

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: How to Get — and Keep — the Gig

By Richard Rossicone Published

Musical Tips & Advice
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The Complete Guitarist: Teaching 101 — How to Maximize Every Student's Potential

By Richard Rossicone Published

Guitarists
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The Complete Guitarist: Rut Busters, or How to Break On Through to the Other Side

By Richard Rossicone Published

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The Complete Guitarist: Using Your Influences to Find Your Voice

By Richard Rossicone Published

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