15 of the greatest all-star guitar teachers By Jonathan Horsley From legends of the old-school to the internet era’s pedagogues of polyphonic fingerstyle, these are the players who changed the guitar teaching game
These fast-moving melodic phrases will help you chromatically ascend the fretboard By Andy Aledort Get your picking and your fretting hand in sync with licks that can be applied up and down the fretboard
How to use the major hexatonic scale of a I-IV progression By Andy Aledort Learn to implement the scale beloved of Dickey Betts, Duane Allman and Eric Clapton into your playing
Enrich your solos by incorporating major pentatonic and hexatonic scales By Andy Aledort Diversify your compositional palette with this essential primer
Deepen the impact and feel of your solos by string-bending across the fretboard By Andy Aledort Learn these techniques to really make your guitar sing
Learn Randy Rhoads' warm-up exercises and more in this complete 1982 guitar clinic By Andy Aledort The Ozzy Osbourne guitarist himself teaches technique and the Crazy Train solo
Learn the secrets of the blues guitar masters with these essential string-bending techniques By Andy Aledort String bending and vibrato are vital expressive tools for playing blues-rock
Master the signature elements of Gary Moore's instantly identifiable guitar style By Andy Aledort An in-depth examination of Gary Moore’s piercing, deeply emotional guitar work
Learn to supercharge your blues solos by seamlessly switching between major and minor pentatonic scales By Andy Aledort All of the greatest blues and rock guitarists - such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix - routinely incorporated this technique into their solos
Learn the hallmarks of the hugely influential guitar style of Mountain's Leslie West By Andy Aledort Take a look at Leslie West's heavy, dense guitar work in this lesson
Why using the major third is crucial for your blues-based solos By Andy Aledort When soloing over dom7 chords, the inclusion or substitution of the major third in a minor pentatonic line always sounds good
The major 3rd is the key to a killer blues solo - here's why By Andy Aledort Get your minor and major pentatonic licks in shape with this essential lesson
Freddie King lesson: go in deep with a blues guitar legend By Andy Aledort King's hard-driving intensity gave his guitar lines and solos a fiery spirit
Make your blues solos awesome using dominant seven chords By Andy Aledort Many blues songs are built around major-key progressions based on this shape
Building solos on specific adjacent string groups By Andy Aledort Force yourself out of the same old, familiar position-based patterns and into new, uncharted territory
Finding Inspiration on Three Adjacent Strings By Andy Aledort Applying this construct to any improvised solo will automatically force you away from playing familiar licks and standard melodic “shapes.”
Exploring Slide Guitar in Open E Tuning By Andy Aledort Learn how to master one of the most distinctive sounds in blues and rock music.
Want to Solo and Wail Like Peter Frampton? Let Us Show You the Way! By Andy Aledort Learn the unique lead guitar stylings of Peter Frampton in this comprehensive lesson.
A Guide to Modal Slide Soloing in Standard Tuning By Andy Aledort It's super useful to familiarize oneself with modal scale positions and patterns and learn how to navigate them with the slide.
Blues Shapes: Using Triadic Forms as Soloing Templates By Andy Aledort Chord forms can provide useful templates of fretboard shapes for improvising melodic lines.
