Guitar rehab - picking-hand warmups By Will Wallner If you've spent a period of time away from playing, these useful exercises will help rebuild your technique
Inject some drama into your compositions with the sweetly painful augmented chord By Jimmy Brown Learn how to use this somewhat painful- yet sweet-sounding chord to dramatic effect
How to sing and play guitar at the same time: 11 essential tips By Kathy Dickson Singing while playing guitar can be a daunting challenge for a beginner.
Meet these 12 gorgeous open-string chords By Tyler Larson Including open strings in the chords you play is a quick way to expand your sound and stretch out over a wide sonic space
Building solos on specific adjacent string groups By Andy Aledort Force yourself out of the same old, familiar position-based patterns and into new, uncharted territory
Four actionable practice methods to help you improve every day By Bobby Kittleberger Make the most of your practice time—and to improve—even if you don’t have hours to spare
Devise solo lines from long alternate- and economy-picked sequences By Jason Richardson Learn how to navigate tricky picking passages in this lesson from Jason Richardson
Watch Nashville sideman Colin Poulton break down a modern funk groove By Sponsored Dig into the groove with this syncopated guitar phrase
Plini shows you how to solo over prog chord progressions By Plini Take a proggy chord progression and learn how to solo over its various chords
Turn up the heat in your guitar solos in five easy steps By Adrian Galysh Learn how to give your solos elements that'll keep audiences listening
Constructing Guitar Solos Using Multiple Tracks and Crossfades By Ron Zabrocki Don't feel bad if you can't solo in the studio in one take. Most people can't.
Three Essential Jazz Guitar Chord Soloing Lines By Matt Warnock Study three jazz chord soloing lines that will bridge the gap between your study of chord shapes and applying those shapes to a real, musical situation.
Speed Demon: Delving Deeper Into Two-Hand Tapping By Mike Orlando Learn more about two-hand tapping in this lesson.
Get Your Fingers in Gig-Ready Shape with This Fingerpicking Exercise By Richard Rossicone Work on coordinating left- and right-hand patterns with this great fingerpicking finger twister.
How Playing Guitar in Front of a Mirror Can Improve Your Shredding Skills By Peter Hodgson A mirror can help you to perfect your technique (yes, seriously!)
Incorporate Arpeggios into Your Solos By Will Wallner You don't have to use a sweep-picking technique to play arpeggios! Learn how to use common arpeggio shapes without sounding like an Yngwie clone.
How "Free Exploration" Can Inspire New Compositional Creations By Julian Lage Hone in on your toolbox and develop gestures and sounds that represent what is unique about you as a guitarist.
Five Steps to B.B. King-Style Lead Guitar Playing By Alex Bruce Key concepts to establishing great blues technique.
Allan Holdsworth's 10 Most Useful Scales By Damian Fanelli Sit back and get a comprehensive lesson in scales from the great Allan Holdsworth.
