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January 2019

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January 31
- Using Open-String Drones in Melodies
January 30
- How and Why to Set the Action on a Strat for Blues
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 4
January 29
- How to Create Guitar Solos That Convey Melodic Continuity
- How to Get More Mileage Out of Your Scales
January 28
- Jazz-Blues Comping with "Chord Jabs"
- A Clean Sweep: Running the Arpeggio Gauntlet
January 25
- Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Using String-Bending and Vibrato to Personalize a Melody
- Intensive 30-Minute Workout for Guitarists On the Go
January 24
- Synthesizing Different Musical Styles in the Quest for Inspired Improvisation
- How to Play 7#11 Chords
January 23
- How Guitarists Can Build Super-Human Legato Chops
- Joscho Stephan: Django vs. Yngwie Arpeggios
- Adding Chromaticism to Your Playing
January 22
- Using Triad Arpeggios to Imply More Complex Chord Qualities
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 3
January 18
- 60-Second Songwriting: Songwriting Building Blocks—Tempo and Rhythm
- How to Incorporate Finger Slides and Legato Techniques into Intricate Phrases
- Add Some "Speed" with This Simple Shred-Style Lick
January 17
- How to Play Fast Arpeggio-Based Licks Without Sweep Picking
- Learn the Fretboard Like Joe Pass
January 16
- How to Use Your Whammy Bar Within a Riff
- Romancing the Fretboard: Chopin Arranged for Guitar
January 15
- The Bleak, Ominous Second-Inversion Minor Chord
- A Guide to Sweep Arpeggios with Chromatic Runs
January 14
- Arpeggio Studies Based on the Cycle of Fourths
- Zakk Wylde Lesson: How to Link Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns
January 11
- Skipping Scale Steps on an Ascending Run
- The Six Most Important Chord Progressions in Jazz
- Bring Out the Sound of Each Chord in Your Solos
January 10
- The 10 Hardest Guitar Chords: See If You Can Play These
- Joe Satriani's Guide to Building Chords from “Stacked” Fourths
- Ninth Chords Made Easy
January 9
- More Methods for Constructing Powerful, Expressive Solos
- Bridging the Chasm Between Scales and Arpeggios
January 8
- Mastering Two-Handed Percussive Techniques
- Secrets of Shred with Sammy Boller: Speed Pentatonic Scales
January 7
- Using a Pedal Tone to Forge Fast, Keyboard-like Phrases
- The Technique That Changes Everything
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 2
January 4
- Soloing in Odd Meters
- Why (and How) We Should Learn John Frusciante’s Guitar Habits
- John Petrucci Lesson: How to Play Movable Chords with Open Strings
January 3
- Using Quick Shifts and Long Slides to Add Interesting Movement to Licks
- Using the m7b5 Chord to Comp and Solo
January 2
- The Biggest Mistakes Guitarists Make (And How to Fix Them)
- Three Blues Moves You Need To Know
- Left-Hand Path: Exploring the Extended Range of the Eight-String Guitar
- Should You Use Your Pinky When Playing Guitar?