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Prog-Gnosis: An Introduction to Double Picking

Using Chord Positions As a Springboard for Soloing

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Incorporating Jazz Chords Into Metal

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Tommy Emmanuel Master Class: Exclusive Tips on Fingerpicking, Flatpicking, Harp Harmonics and More

Guitar Essentials: How to Create Guitar Harmonies

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Learn a Killer Chris Poland Lick

John Petrucci Lesson: Combining Triad Arpeggios to Form Polytonal Chordal Allusions

Introduction to Spread Triads for Guitar, Part 1

Exploring the Phrygian Mode’s Evil Sister Scale, Phrygian Dominant

How to Play Stevie Ray Vaughan's Multi-String "Texas Flood" Bends

A Beginner's Guide to Quintuplets

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How to Master the Pentatonic Scale on the Entire Fretboard

The Conclusion of My Wailing, David Gilmour-Style “Moonlight Sonata” Melody

Three Fingerpicking Patterns Every Guitarist Should Know

Lonnie Mack and the Birth of Blues-Rock Guitar

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In Deep: Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin

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Journey to the Core of Zakk Wylde’s Pentatonic Shred

Eight Tips for On-the-Road Guitar and Gear Maintenance

Synthesizing Different Musical Styles in the Quest for Inspired Improvisation

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How Arpeggios Can Improve Your Alternate Picking

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Maximize the Melody: How to Make a Guitar Solo Sing

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Break Open ii-V’s with This Nine-Note Scale

Steve Vai's Course in Ear Training, Part 1

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Using Four Fingers to Tap Arpeggios, and How to Play the Lick to "Sevens"

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Meet the Major Diatonic Drop, a Progression Used by Ozzy Osbourne, Glen Campbell and John Lennon

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The Fundamental Techniques You Need for a Texas Shuffle Rhythm

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How to Fingerpick Like Merle Travis

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Harmonizing a Melody with Major and Minor Thirds

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Effective Ways to Warm Up Both Hands

Five Hacks to Help You Sound Faster on Guitar

Applying “Whiplash” Triplets to Symmetrical Sequences

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Enhancing a Basic Progression with Unusual Arpeggios

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Going the Distance: A Crash Course in Intervals

Three Essential Blues Scales Every Guitarist Should Know

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How to Play "Hava Nagila"

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Moving Across the Fretboard in Unusual Ways to Produce Unique Runs

Is This the Mother of All Finger Exercises?

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Soloing with Three-Notes-Per-String Patterns

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How to Utilize Unusual Alternate Tunings Like Jimmy Page

How to Expand Your Jazz Chops with Rhythmic Displacement

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60-Second Songwriting: Song Structure Basics—the Pre-Chorus

Joe Satriani's Guide to Building Chords from “Stacked” Fourths

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How to Take Overused Licks and Make Them New

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Seven Ways to Nail Down Slash's Greasy, Slithery Style

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Time to Burn with Michael Angelo Batio: Applying Sweep Picking to Chord Progressions, Part 2

Add Some Staccato, Jake E. Lee-Inspired Licks to Your Arsenal

86 Interesting Guitar Chords

Seven Habits That Will Make You a Better Guitarist

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Stacking Harmony to Achieve Modern, Progressive Sounds

Which Tuning Standard Sounds Better: 432Hz or 440Hz?

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Tosin Abasi Lesson: Seven-String Arpeggios

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