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
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Beginner guitar: how to play minor pentatonic riffs By Chris Bird Learn how to use this essential scale, with two hard-rock riff tabs and two scale shapes
Speed up your leads with this Yngwie Malmsteen-style workout By Chris Brooks This neoclassical shred lesson from Aussie fretboard gymnast Chris Brooks will build speed through economy and alternate picking
Go from Charlie Christian to Chuck Schuldiner with these 6 diverse licks By Pat Heath These licks go from easy to advanced – can you nail them all in 30 minutes?
Learn to solo over the Jimi Hendrix chord with this lead workout By Charlie Griffiths From classic Purple Haze to hip Superlocrian fusion, the E7#9 fits a host of soloing situations
NAMM 2020: Accelerate your guitar learning with the Utility Design Vidami video looper pedal By Sam Roche An innovation designed to minimize disruptions while learning
Take your blues playing in a new direction with the Dorian mode By Jon Bishop Break out of your pentatonic rut with rhythm and lead lessons in the style of Santana, John Mayer and more
Beginner guitar: learn CAGED chords and unlock the fretboard By Total Guitar editors This simple chord system will transform your rhythm playing and get you playing across the neck
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Change the mood and spice up your tunes with parallel major and minor keys By Jimmy Brown Impart a touch of sadness or melancholy to an otherwise happy and predictable-sounding progression
The technique secrets of the decade's best guitarists By Jimmy Brown, Sam Roche A rundown of the explosive playing styles of Mark Tremonti, Tosin Abasi, Gary Clark Jr. and Nita Strauss
The ultimate guitar tuning guide: expand your mind with these advanced tuning techniques By George Howlett Go deep with this multi-pronged, hyper-accurate approach to tuning your guitar
Get a private blues lesson from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons By Guitar World Staff Billy Gibbons teaches you the blues tunes that inspired him to play guitar
Play better than ever with these 5 essential guitar warm-up exercises By Stéphane Wrembel Gypsy jazz guitar master Stéphane Wrembel offers some terrific exercises that will help you develop fret-hand strength
Learn to supercharge your blues solos by seamlessly switching between major and minor pentatonic scales By Andy Aledort All of the greatest blues and rock guitarists - such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix - routinely incorporated this technique into their solos
Expand your creative arsenal by implementing the zero-th fret in your rhythms and leads By George Howlett Explore open strings to create new textures, cluster chords, and scale voicings
Take your improvisation to the next level by listening to your own playing and reacting to it By Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa offers some phenomenal spontaneous soloing strategies
