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April 2019

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April 30
- Thematic Development, and the Bridge of “T.E. Ranch”
- Intensive 30-Minute Guitar Workout for Guitarists On the Go: Pt. 2—Symmetrical Scales
April 29
- Going the Distance: A Crash Course in Intervals
- How to Learn and Retain Music Faster and Have a Deeper Understanding of What You Know
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 10
April 26
- Learn Steve Vai's Habits, Not His Licks
- Mastering the Modes of G Major with Three Notes Per String
April 25
- Essential Guitar Licks: Bending Up a Storm with Johnny Winter
- David Gilmour's "Comfortably Numb" Arpeggios
- Using String Skipping to Create Multi-Octave Tapped Arpeggios
- Letting Go of Our Perfectionist Tendencies
- Five Essential Blues Licks from Jimi Hendrix, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter
April 24
- Melodic Phrasing and Playing Over Blues Changes
- Joe Satriani Lesson: Go "Pick Surfing" with Satch!
- How to play blues guitar solos
April 23
- Examining Five Essential Minor Mode Scale Patterns
- The Most Electrifying Riffs of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page
April 22
- How to Create Flowing, Stylish Licks Like Eric Clapton
- Three Licks Incorporating Different Ways of Playing the iim7b5 Chord
April 19
- Session Guitar: Arranging and Production Tips to Really Make Your Guitar Stand Out
- Riffing in 6/8, and How to Play "The Ramble"
- Mutant Blues! How to Modify the Minor Pentatonic Scale to Create Something New, Exotic and Twisted
April 18
- How to play slide guitar in standard tuning: essential tips
- Molly Tuttle's Amazing Freightliner Precision
April 17
- The Most Important Jazz Guitar Chord
- More Tasteful Examples of How Dim7 Chords Are Used
- Steve Morse Lesson: Bach Chorale Voicings
April 16
- Applying Six-String Arpeggio Exercises to the Seven Modes
- Develop Your Rhythm Playing with This Funky Guitar Lick
- Solving the Mysteries of Economy Picking, Shred-Style
April 15
- Whammy Bar Tricks with Dream Theater's John Petrucci
- Using the Harmonic Minor Scale and Phrygian-Dominant Mode to Create Neoclassical Metal-Style Solos
- Pick Up Some Simple Shred Licks
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 9
April 12
- How to Apply Chromatic Passing Arpeggios Into Major-Key ii-V-I Progressions
April 11
- Guitar Techniques of Prog-Rockers Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis and King Crimson
- Cracking the (Steve) Morse Arpeggio Code
April 10
- Lindsey Buckingham Teaches Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"
- Brian Setzer: How to Shred Like a Rockabilly Master
- A Six-Note, Three-Octave, Major-Scale Exercise to Help You Know Your Way Around the Fretboard
April 9
- Hybrid Picking Power-Chord Arpeggios
- Combining Pentatonics with Tapping
April 8
- How To Learn (and Remember) Guitar Solos
- Romancing the Fretboard: Chopin Arranged for Guitar, Part 3
April 5
- How to Fingerpick Like Chet Atkins
- Three Ways to Solo Over 7alt Chords
April 3
- Discovering New Ways to Use the Minor Pentatonic Scale
- Learn Some Rut-Busting Pentatonic Licks
- Hybrid picking on guitar: this in-depth lesson will have you playing like a pro in no time
April 2
- The Little-Known Pentatonic Modal Trick
- Expanding on Chord Shapes Within the Context of Funk Guitar
- Hot Licks: How to Develop Your Signature Riff
April 1
- The Attractively Balanced and Highly Musical E Minor Hexatonic Scale
- Major- and Minor-Scale Exercises to Improve Your Playing