Conquering the Scale with Michael Angelo Batio By Troy Grady Even though we tend to think of scale playing as the ultimate speed test, speed itself isn't really the problem. It's switching strings.
SongTown: The Anatomy Of A Love Song By Marty Dodson The essential elements that make a great love song.
How to Use the "Spooky" Dimished Seven Chord By Jimmy Brown Look at a few examples of fairly well-known songs from the modern era that utilize the dim7 chord in interesting, effective ways.
Six Tips for Doubling Your Income as a Musician By Rorie Kelly Make it a numbers game, and a few other tips to boost your income as an aspiring musician.
10 Beginner Guitar Songs That Are Easy and Fun to Play By Bobby Kittleberger 10 beginner guitar songs that are easy but interesting and fun to play.
Improve Your String Bends with This Simple Exercise By Will Wallner Testing the accuracy of your bends and vibrato is a good way to judge how developed you are as a guitarist and a musician.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 7 By Steve Stine Learn how to visualize the notes across your entire fretboard more easily and clearly with this lesson.
How to Perform Arpeggios with Barring By Jason Richardson Learn a new approach to playing arpeggios—specifically in regard to fret-hand technique—from our new columnist, Jason Richardson!
Four Easy Guitar Solos for Beginners By Christopher Scapelliti Four easy solos that every beginner should learn.
Playing Tips: Joe Satriani on Improving Your Legato Technique By Guitar World Staff In this bite-sized lesson, Joe Satriani provides some useful exercises for improving your legato technique.
Five Tips for Surviving Your Next Jam Session By Christopher Scapelliti Five practical tips to help you survive a jam session and get called back for the next one.
How to Use Dominant Seven Arpeggios in Blues-Based Soloing By Joel Hoekstra Incorporating dominant seven arpeggios into your improvised lines is a simple way to expand note-choice possibilities.
How to Develop Picking Control With Accented Scale Practice By Matt Warnock These accent patterns can be used to raise your level of rhythmic and right-hand awareness when practicing scales.
A Useful Roadmap for the Pentatonic Scale By Guitar World Staff A five-step lesson that will help you get more, musically, out of the pentatonic scale.
Moving Across the Fretboard in Unusual Ways to Produce Unique Runs By John Petrucci This kind of “positional wizardry” can be used to generate interesting melodic patterns that can be used in a variety of ways.
Expanding Tapping Melodies and Chords By Sammy Boller Tapping melodies and chords at the same time can help you find new to space to live in on the guitar.
B.B. King Lesson: Soloing in the Movable “B.B. Box” By Andy Aledort Learn how to create some cool B.B.-style solo licks and phrases.
A David Gilmour-Style Approach to Beethoven's “Moonlight Sonata” By Jimmy Brown The melody of Beethoven's “Moonlight Sonata”, re-imagined in the style of David Gilmour.
Guitar Chalk Sessions: Building Control from Basic Pentatonic Patterns By Bobby Kittleberger Use patterns derived from pentatonic scales to build fretboard control and dexterity.
15 Ways to Improve Your Tone — Without Breaking the Bank By Guitar World Staff 15 quick and easy ways to get your tone in shape without going broke.
