How to tune your guitar by ear By Jimmy Brown Train your ears and learn how to tune your guitar with two fail-safe methods - no tuner required
Beginner guitar: lock down your rhythm playing with this lesson in basic note durations By Jimmy Brown Everything you need to understand the concept of timing in popular music
How to use finger slides to create expressive, sitar-like sounds By Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa shows you how to utilize this tasteful technique to give your playing an exotic flavor
Go from Johnny Cash to Polyphia with these 6 diverse licks By Pat Heath Advance your guitar playing in 30 minutes by nailing these distinct styles
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
Diversify your playing with Greg Koch's red-hot hybrid-picking lesson By Guitarist editors Koch serves up a little bit of country, a little bit of jazz and a little bit o’ blues on the side as he shares his 8 favorite licks
Make your guitar solos truly epic with these awe-inspiring licks By Richard Barrett Become a better blues player now with this lesson, complete with full audio examples and backing tracks
Give your solos an unexpected twist by using math to craft musical phrases By Dweezil Zappa Utilizing number sequences to approach songwriting will yield unusual results, as Dweezil Zappa explains...
Shake up your songwriting by borrowing chords from a parallel minor key By Jimmy Brown With examples of the technique employed in famous songs across different genres
Get an intense, 'outside' sound with this lick By Glenn Proudfoot Learn an interesting new lick - and give your fingers a workout - with this lesson
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
Bring a new level of rhythm and groove to your guitar playing by incorporating walking basslines By George Howlett An in-depth look at how to bring the goldmine of jazz bass into your guitar playing
Work on your picking hand accuracy with these 4 highly effective warm-ups By Stéphane Wrembel Learn these exercises from one of gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt's disciples, Stéphane Wrembel
Take your solos up a notch by using rhythmic note groupings to build musical phrases By Dweezil Zappa Taking a mathematical approach to building solos will reinvigorate your playing
Improve your rhythm playing with these pick-hand warm-up techniques By Stéphane Wrembel 6 exercises to get you in shape and sharpen up your acoustic skills
Zakk Wylde reveals 15 in-depth playing tips that will take your playing from basic to brewtal By Nick Bowcott The living legend joins Guitar World for an exclusive interview and lesson to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Black Label Society
These 9 randomized fretboard patterns will help you explore new musical territory By Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa explains the concept of randomization and how it'll take your playing to the next level
Give your major-key compositions a moment of darkness by employing the 'four minor' chord By Jimmy Brown How borrowing chords from parallel minor keys can refresh your songwriting
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
