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Using the Harmonic Minor Scale and Phrygian-Dominant Mode to Create Neoclassical Metal-Style Solos

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How to Use Quick Shifts and Long Slides to Add Interesting Movement to Licks

How to Reinvent a Modal Melody by Changing Only One Note

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Fun with Two Bright-Sounding, Uniquely Flavored Scales Built from the Same Six Notes

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Combining Sweep Picking and Fretboard Tapping to Forge Long, Flowing Melodic Phrases

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June 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

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April 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

Expanding on Chord Shapes Within the Context of Funk Guitar

Country-Influenced Application of Hybrid Picking for Blues and Rock

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Examining Five Essential Minor Mode Scale Patterns

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Using String Skipping to Create Angular, Sweep-Type Sounds

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Hitting the Pocket: The Importance of Dynamics and Grooving When Soloing

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The Attractively Balanced and Highly Musical E Minor Hexatonic Scale

How to Play Ozzy Osbourne's "I Don't Know"

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How to Forge Aggressive, Memorable Riffs with Unexpected Twists

How to Create Flowing, Stylish Licks Like Eric Clapton

Tapper's Delight: 20 Challenging Tapping Licks

The Oddly Fascinating Pairing of Two Completely Unrelated Triads

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How to Craft a Long Riff with No Repetition

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Applying Sweep Arpeggios Musically Over Chord Changes

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How to Incorporate Suspended Chords into Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts

Employing Chromatic Passing Tones to Connect Phrases and Fretboard Positions

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May 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

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How to Use Slapping and Raking in Blues Guitar

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Little Walter's Exciting Up-Tempo Jump-Blues Soloing Style

Infusing Dark Heavy Metal Riffs with a Touch of Blues

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Bluesy SRV, Betts and Page-Style Soloing Over a Mid-Sixties Jazz Classic

Clever Ways to Conjure Haunting, Mysterious Melodies

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How to Devise Melodic Metal Licks for Rhythm Guitar Parts

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March 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

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How to Construct Classic Eighties-Style Metal Guitar Parts

Applying Modes to Improvised Guitar Solo Ideas, Part 1

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Weird Science: The 10 Strangest Vintage Effects of All Time

The Intriguingly Exotic Sound of the C Lydian Hexatonic Scale

Pentatonic Trailblazing: How to Navigate Through a Familiar Scale to Produce Fresh-Sounding Licks

February 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

Detail from the 'Muddy Waters: At Newport 1960' Album Cover

Unraveling the Mysteries of Chicago and Texas Blues Shuffles, Part 1

How to Solo Like Angus Young, Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi

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Guitar World's Jimmy Brown and Paul Riario Play Rock Arrangement of "Deck the Halls"

How to Incorporate Minor Scales Into Riffs and Rhythm Parts

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Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Using String-Bending and Vibrato to Personalize a Melody

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Unlock the Secrets of the Seven Fundamental Modes Favored by Randy Rhoads

January 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

Constructing Solo Phrases in the Style of Jimi Hendrix

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Holiday 2017 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

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Scary Tapping Licks That Make No Musical Sense But Sound Extremely Cool

Using Fast Down-Picking to Execute Powerful Riffs and Signature Parts

Zakk Wylde's "Unplugged" Riffs and Hybrid-Picked, Acoustic Shred

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A Fresh Batch of Technically Challenging Exercises to Keep Your Chops Fired Up

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Combining Sweep Picking, Legato Techniques and Tapping to Create Exciting Solos

December 2017 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

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