Pentatonic Boxes That Don’t Suck By Chris Scapelliti A way to use pentatonic boxes so that you dont get trapped within them.
Your Heroes and Your Own Sound By Richie Faulkner Learn how to use others' guitar styles in your playing while still creating something unique from our newest columnist, Judas Priest's Richie Faulkner!
How to Swing Guitar Scales Like a Horn Player By Matt Warnock Try out a picking exercise that mimics the way horn players tongue their notes in the jazz style.
How to Make Soloing Sound Cool on Just Two Strings By Andy Aledort Two-string soloing can help force you away from the muscle memory licks and patterns that so many players feel trapped by.
Nine Ways Guitarists Can Write Better Songs By Christopher Scapelliti Nine tips for guitarists who want to improve their songwriting.
Dimebag Darrell Lesson: A Vulgar Display of Power Chords By Dimebag Darrell Dimebag Darrell dishes on some tricky-sounding diads in this classic GW lesson.
A Quick Guide to Rolling Harmonics By Will Wallner A technique that'll work nicely in any guitarists' bag o' tricks.
Troy Grady Breaks Down Steve Vai's "Intimidation Lick" from 'Crossroads' By Damian Fanelli A step-by-step breakdown of Vai's hurricane-speed lick from the guitar-duel scene in the 1986 feature, 'Crossroads.'
How to Attack the Aeolian Mode By Tyler Larson The Aeolian mode is your shortcut to take the box shapes you already know and expand your approach to minor chord soloing.
Odd Note Legato Patterns By Ben Higgins A super versatile five-note lick that can do wonders for your legato technique.
10 Commandments of Playing Guitar in the Style of Pantera's Dimebag Darrell, Part 1 By Scott Marano The 10 pillars of Dimebag Darrell's guitar style.
Six Underrated Guitar Riffs By Christopher Scapelliti Everyone has a riff, or three, that they think deserves more praise from the guitar community.
Tony Iommi on Overwhelming Odds and the Right Way to Play "Paranoid" By Tony Iommi Learn the correct way to play Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" riff from the writer himself in this classic GW lesson.
Deconstructing Jimi Hendrix’s “Manic Depression” Riff By Christopher Scapelliti Dig into Jimi Hendrix's Manic Depression riff, and explore its underlying techniques.
How to Inject Unusual, Jarring Chord Voicings into Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak Dress up your riff ideas with murky, monstrous-sounding, aggressively attacked chord figures and patterns.
12-Bar Blues Endings for Beginners By Guitar World Staff A simple, easy-to-follow lick beginners can use to expand their blues vocabulary.
Five Small Things That Make a Big Difference in Your Guitar Playing By Damian Fanelli Five pointers that can make all the difference in your playing.
Weird Chord Shapes That Sound Awesome By Guitar World Staff Some chord shapes that don't get used very often, but nonetheless offer rich, bold results.
