Seven Amazing Chord Progressions to Inspire You By Tyler Larson Learning these new sounds can be the spark you need to jumpstart your creative juices.
More Ways to Utilize “Chicken Pickin’ ” in a Metal Solo By Mike Orlando With a little diligent practice, the possibilities that this technique will offer are virtually endless.
Scale Sequences: 15 Hot Patterns That Will Fire Up Your Solos By Guitar World Staff These patterns will ignite your solos and licks with a new intensity.
Five Simple Minor Pentatonic Hacks That Open Up the Fretboard By Christopher Scapelliti Make your pentatonic lines come to life with fresh and unexpected sounds.
Tapping in 16th-Note Triplets with Guthrie Govan By Guthrie Govan Get a lesson in intricate tapping from Guthrie Govan.
How Guitarists Can Break Through Speed Barriers By Scott Marano This trick will let you break through speed barriers that have been holding you back from attaining your true technical potential.
The Genius of Chet Atkins: Two Patented Techniques By Dale Turner Learn two patented, incredibly useful Chet Atkins guitar techniques.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 12 By Steve Stine Learn how to apply your knowledge of modes effectively across the fretboard.
Five Quick Legato Tips By Billy Saefong Legato is an essential component of playing smoothly, and absolutely crucial if you want to sound professional (which you do)!
Hybrid Picking, and a Gypsy Jazz–Tinged Run in E Minor By John 5 Learn a useful, Django Reinhardt-inspired lick from John 5.
Blending the E, A and B Chord Progression into the Higher Register By Bobby Kittleberger Make one of the most common guitar chord progressions more interesting to play
How to Reinvent a Modal Melody by Changing Only One Note By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn a simple, effective way to take any Aeolian line and change and mutate its character.
Around the World in Seven Scales By Guitar World Staff There's a great big world out there, and the large selection of non-Western scales that it offers can add an intriguing twist to your playing.
Infusing Major Pentatonic Patterns with Chromatic Passing Tones By Andy Aledort Learn some cool approaches to improvising over an Emaj7-Bm7 chord progression.
Meet the Major Diatonic Drop, a Progression Used by Ozzy Osbourne, Glen Campbell and John Lennon By Jimmy Brown Learn about the major diatonic drop, and how you can use it to great effect in your own songwriting.
Killer Vibrato: How to Master Five Essential Performance Techniques By Guitar World Staff Add some personality to your playing with these five essential techniques.
The Diagonal Arpeggio Trick By Guitar World Staff This trick can help you fluidly play arpeggios all over the neck.
Expanding Minor Pentatonic Ideas with Three-Notes-Per-String Phrases By Glenn Proudfoot Break free of the two-notes-per-string approach by combining it with three-notes-per-string patterns using sweep picking.
Sick Guitar Tricks: How to Create Warbles, Whinnys and Other Cool Effects By Guitar World Staff Have you ever heard an ungodly whoop or cry emerging from another guitarist’s ax and wondered how the heck to do it? If so, then this lesson is for you.
Country-Influenced Application of Hybrid Picking for Blues and Rock By John 5 Learn some more about hybrid picking from John 5 in this classic lesson.
