Continuing Our Look at Moving "Outside" the Tonal Center By Alex Skolnick If you develop a taste for moving "outside" the tonal center, it can provide a very cool expansion of your musical vocabulary.
Melodic Phrasing and Playing Over Blues Changes By Alex Skolnick Learn some more about melodic phrasing from Testament's Alex Skolnick!
Watch Alex Skolnick Jam Devo’s “Whip It” On a Couch in Brooklyn By Richard Bienstock The Testament guitarist paid a visit to Mike Squires’ ‘Couch Riffs’ video series.
Exploring the Diminished Scale with Alex Skolnick By Alex Skolnick The diminished scale is a highly useful resource for adding spice to solos.
Alex Skolnick Trio Announce New Album, 'Conundrum' By Guitar World Staff First album from Testament guitarist's jazz trio since 2011 will arrive September 7.
How to Create “Outside” Lines with Fourth Intervals By Alex Skolnick Back in the April 2017 issue, my column focused on fourths when creating rhythm parts and solos.
Building Chords and Melodies from Fourth Intervals By Alex Skolnick This month, I’d like to talk about using fourth intervals as a building block for both chords and solos.
Melodic Phrasing and Playing Over Blues Changes, Part 2 By Alex Skolnick Last month, we took steps toward developing a deeper understanding of blues and how it informs both jazz and rock.
Alex Skolnick Explains Triads and Sweep Picking By Damian Fanelli Alex Skolnick and Reverb.com recently got together to create a helpful "Guitar Tricks"video dedicated totriads and sweep picking. You can check it out below.
Alex Skolnick and Dave Ellefson Talk Metal Allegiance, Premiere "Can't Kill the Devil" Playthrough Video By Jon Wiederhorn
Metal Allegiance to Launch Self-Titled Debut Album at BackStory Live Interview Event By Guitar World Staff
Alex Skolnick Shreds on 'That Metal Show' — Video By Guitar World Staff "Alex, take us out!" And so begins one of Alex Skolnick's shred showcases on last weekend's edition of That Metal Show. You can check out Skolnick's solo in the video below.
Winery Dogs Announce Dog Camp 2015 with Alex Skolnick and Dave Ellefson — Video By Guitar World Staff
Guitar World's Paul Riario Puts D'Addario's NYXL Strings to the Test on the Streets of NYC —Video By Guitar World Staff
