Session Guitar: Arranging and Production Tips to Really Make Your Guitar Stand Out By Ron Zabrocki Some tricks you can use to make a guitar really stand out in a track.
Riffing in 6/8, and How to Play "The Ramble" By Julian Lage Learn how to play in 6/8 from our new columnist, Julian Lage!
Mutant Blues! How to Modify the Minor Pentatonic Scale to Create Something New, Exotic and Twisted By Scott Marano How to modify the DNA of the beloved minor pentatonic scale to create a new, exotic, twisted musical species.
Essentials to Playing Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning By Andy Aledort Learning slide guitar in standard tuning allows you to focus on fret-hand touch and pick-hand articulation without having to re-learn the fretboard and chord forms in an alternate tuning.
Molly Tuttle's Amazing Freightliner Precision By Troy Grady Watching Molly Tuttle switch effortlessly between rhythm comping and high-velocity single-note lead lines is like listening to at least two guitarists at once.
The Most Important Jazz Guitar Chord By Tyler Larson Believe it or not, you’ve probably already played one or two shapes of this chord.
More Tasteful Examples of How Dim7 Chords Are Used By Jimmy Brown A few examples from the rock and pop catalog of how famous composers have successfully harnessed this enigmatic chord to great effect.
Steve Morse Lesson: Bach Chorale Voicings By Steve Morse In this classic Steve Morse lesson, learn an approach to chord playing inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorales.
Applying Six-String Arpeggio Exercises to the Seven Modes By Jason Richardson Learn a mode-based application of some of Jason Richardson's top six-string arpeggio exercises.
Develop Your Rhythm Playing with This Funky Guitar Lick By Guitar World Staff Watch guitarist Allan Salmon teach a funky lick and demonstrate ways to improve rhythm playing.
Solving the Mysteries of Economy Picking, Shred-Style By Scott Marano Manipulate economy picking for the powerful execution of rapid-fire arpeggios.
Whammy Bar Tricks with Dream Theater's John Petrucci By Damian Fanelli John Petrucci demonstrates “the Horse” whinny made famous by Eddie Van Halen, "the Satch method" and more helpful whammy bar tricks.
Using the Harmonic Minor Scale and Phrygian-Dominant Mode to Create Neoclassical Metal-Style Solos By Jacky Vincent Craft some truly epic solos with the harmonic minor scale and phrygian-dominant mode.
Pick Up Some Simple Shred Licks By Guitar World Staff Some simple shred ideas that are perfect for players who are dipping their toes into the style for the first time.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 9 By Steve Stine Learn how to put all the scale theories, chord theories and playing techniques you know together into a coherent musical picture.
Want to Knock 'em Dead in Nashville? Learn These 20 Tasty Country Licks By Gary Potter 20 licks designed to teach you how to play authentic country guitar.
How to Apply Chromatic Passing Arpeggios Into Major-Key ii-V-I Progressions By Matt Warnock Add tension and resolution by applying chromatic passing arpeggios into major key ii-V-I progressions.
Guitar Techniques of Prog-Rockers Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis and King Crimson By Andy Aledort Examine the envelope-pushing sounds of some of the essential prog-rock bands of the Sixties/early Seventies era.
Cracking the (Steve) Morse Arpeggio Code By Troy Grady Get an inside look at the mechanical magic of his arpeggio picking technique.
Lindsey Buckingham Teaches Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" By Guitar World Staff Lindsey Buckingham teaches you how to play "Landslide," and goes in-depth on his picking style.
