Relocating Familiar Scalar Patterns to Different Areas of the Fretboard By John Petrucci John Petrucci teaches you the formation of specific scalar patterns, or “shapes,” and how to connect them while traversing the fretboard.
String Bending in Blues Lead Guitar By Guitar World Staff Learn the mechanics behind successful string bending and specifically how—and when—to use it in blues lead guitar.
Jazz Guitar Corner: Learn to Play Three Classic Jazz Blues Licks By Matt Warnock You'll have plenty of musical ammo for your jazz-blues solos once you pick up these licks.
More Approaches to Soloing on a Pair of Adjacent Strings By Andy Aledort Learn how to solo on the B and G strings, plus how to remain on them while traversing up and down the fretboard.
Five Underrated Led Zeppelin Guitar Riffs—and How to Play Them By Damian Fanelli If you're tired of playing the same old Led Zeppelin riffs (and who isn't?), you're in luck.
Incorporating Groups of Five 16th Notes in Guitar Solos By Elliott Klein Challenge yourself with this difficult 16th note exercise.
Improve Your Soloing Technique with a Few Tricks By Monique Hernandez-Fuentes Looking for ways to spruce up your soloing technique? Look no further.
Using First-Inversion Chords to Create Smooth Bass Motion By Jimmy Brown Some musically appealing ways that great songwriters have used first-inversion chords to craft progressions behind their melodies.
How Alternate Picking is Just "Small Strumming" By Ben Higgins There's more than one way to physically approach alternate picking.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Lesson: How to Play "Couldn't Stand the Weather" By Andy Aledort An in-depth look at the title track to Vaughan's second album.
What Guitarists Get Wrong When They Play AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds" By Guitar World Staff Learn the proper way to play this AC/DC classic.
Repurposing Pentatonic Scales in New Contexts By Plini Repurposing all of your favorite pentatonic licks in different musical contexts and key centers will help you allude to different chords and modes.
Building Eighth- and 16th-Note Rock Rhythms By Bobby Kittleberger Add a ton of variety to your rhythm riffs with a fairly small amount of guitar music theory.
Joe Satriani's Guide to Jimi Hendrix-Style R&B Rhythm Guitar By Joe Satriani Satch gives a comprehensive lesson on Hendrix-style R&B rhythm guitar.
Expand Your Melodic Colors with 9th Arpeggios By Matt Warnock Add a bit of harmonic color to your ideas with 9th arpeggios.
Zeroing-in on Your Own Signature Sound By Richie Faulkner Judas Priest's Richie Faulkner demonstrates how to create solos that feel and sound new and exciting.
Seven Ways to Spice Up Your Rhythm Guitar Playing By Guitar World Staff Ever get the feeling you're putting too much emphasis on your lead playing and ignoring your rhythm playing? It happens a lot.
Guitar Exercises That Don't Suck By Tyler Larson Redesign your practice routine around guitar exercises that won't wear you out.
Combining Rhythm and Lead Effectively By Nita Strauss Nita Strauss dishes on how to seamlessly integrate rhythm and lead techniques into a single unified, powerful guitar part.
How to Build a Guitar Solo Using Thematic Development By Andy Aledort Build a musical “story” with your solos.
