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August 2018

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August 31
- A Tribute to Duane Allman's Genius and Signature Guitar Style
August 28
- Soloing Over Jazz-Blues Chord Changes
August 27
- How to Create Sweet-Sounding Twin Leads with the Major Hexatonic Scale
August 24
- How to Play Blazing Open-String Licks
- Five Easy Tips To Improve Your Acoustic Guitar Playing
- How to Master the Habits of Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Sweeping Arpeggio Workout: Navigating Chord Changes
August 23
- Applying Four-Note Shapes and Patterns to Arpeggios
- Seven Chords That Require Only Two Fingers to Play
- Five Ways to Conquer Sweep Picking
- Modern Shred Arpeggios
August 22
- Try This Difficult Finger Exercise
- In Deep with Blues Masters John Lee Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins
- Country-Funk—What Hank Williams and James Brown have in Common
August 21
- Learn Jimi Hendrix's "Skipping the Root" Chord Trick
- Your Heroes and Your Own Sound
- How to Swing Guitar Scales Like a Horn Player
August 20
- How to Make Soloing Sound Cool on Just Two Strings
- Nine Ways Guitarists Can Write Better Songs
- Dimebag Darrell Lesson: A Vulgar Display of Power Chords
- A Quick Guide to Rolling Harmonics
August 17
- Troy Grady Breaks Down Steve Vai's "Intimidation Lick" from 'Crossroads'
- How to Attack the Aeolian Mode
- Odd Note Legato Patterns
August 16
- 10 Commandments of Playing Guitar in the Style of Pantera's Dimebag Darrell, Part 1
- Six Underrated Guitar Riffs
August 15
- Practice Tips from Joe Satriani
- How to Inject Unusual, Jarring Chord Voicings into Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts
- 12-Bar Blues Endings for Beginners
- Five Small Things That Make a Big Difference in Your Guitar Playing
- Sweep Picking Seventh Arpeggios
August 14
- Weird Chord Shapes That Sound Awesome
- Synesthesia and the Musical Mind
- Hyvmine Premiere "Feather Bed" Playthrough Video
- Raising the Barre: Classical Barring Tips from Guitar Salon International
- Paul Gilbert: “Five Things You’re Doing Wrong with Your Guitar”
- Jazz Guitar Chord Exercises
August 13
- How to Never Run Out of Licks Again
- Seven Easy Guitar Chords That Will Make You Sound Better
- Why Guitarists Get Stuck and What to Do About It
August 10
- Exploring the Diminished Scale with Alex Skolnick
- 'Doug Aldrich Master Class: 10 Steps to Monster Chops, Part 1
- Learning Triads from Jimi Hendrix
August 9
- Beautiful Chords That Are Easy to Play
- Economy Picking Made Easy, Part 2
August 8
- How to Solo on Just One String
- Five Underrated AC/DC Guitar Riffs—and How to Play Them
- Building Metal Riffs with the Phrygian Dominant Scale
August 7
- Horizontal and Vertical Natural-Minor Runs
August 6
- From Doc Watson to Carl Miner: The Power of Bluegrass Crosspicking
- Paul Gilbert-Style, Sequenced String-Skipping Arpeggios
August 3
- Secrets of Shred: How to Add Sweep Picking to Pentatonic Scales
August 2
- Learn Jason Hook's 'Hired Gun' Solo
- Seven Common Mistakes Guitar Players Make
- Combining Pentatonic Scales to Create Unexpected Phrases
- Pedalboard Wiring Ideas and Organization: How to Hide the Mess
August 1
- How and Why to Use Your Amp’s Effects Loop
- How to Play Three of Jerry Garcia's Most Influential Grateful Dead Riffs
- Brad Paisley's Guitar Tones (and How To Get Them)
- Gallop Rhythms for Heavy Metal Guitar, Part 2