Eerie Arpeggios: Using Movable Addb2 Shapes to Create Haunting Lead Lines By Jimmy Brown Learn how to create eerie, twisted-sounding melodies with this lesson.
Adding the Major Third to Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scale Phrases By Andy Aledort Bolster your solos through melodic experimentation and contouring.
Rise Against Hope Their New Album, 'Wolves,' Is a Call to Action By Richard Bienstock Since forming in 1999, Chicago-based punk-hardcore kings Rise Against have always worn their liberal/leftist views proudly on their sleeves.
Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Talk Debut Duo Album By Alan di Perna The classic Fleetwood Mac lineup always was an odd bunch.
At the Drive-In's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Talks New Album, Gear and Writer's Block By Jonah Bayer He's a founding member of progressive-punk trailblazers At the Drive-In, as well as a prolific solo artist, writer, actor and director.
Seven Questions with Aerosmith's Brad Whitford By Randy Hayward Like many, many players from my generation, I would have to lay it all on the British Invasion—the Beatles, the Stones, everything in the early Sixties.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Talk New Album, 'Flying Microtonal Banana' By Mike Huguenor On flying microtonal banana the Australian psych-rock band open up the space between notes and expands the tonal landscape of rock.
Post-Hardcore Supergroup Mutoid Man Get a Little Help from Marty Friedman By Brad Tolinski You may not have heard of Mutoid Man, but it seems like just about everyone else has.
Royal Blood Continue to Rewrite the Rock Rulebook—Without a Guitar By Joe Bosso Mike Kerr, who is one-half of the British-based rock duo royal blood (he’s the singer-bassist component; ben thatcher handles the drums), has two distinct views on being in a two-man band.
Rhythm Nation:20 Steps to Becoming a Better Acoustic Rhythm Player By Jeff Gunn All musical expressions occur through rhythm. While the spark for musical creativity often originates from an emotional and spiritual place, rhythms are governed by mathematical values.
Chris Cornell 1964-2017: Paying Tribute to the Legendary Soundgarden Frontman By Alan di Perna We will never know what went on in the mind of Chris Cornell after he left the Detroit Fox Theater on the night of May 17.
Steve Howe and Yes Gear Up for This Summer’s Yestival Tour By Joe Bosso Yes fans across the globe greeted the band’s recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a collective response: “It’s about time!”
ZZ Ward Puts a Fresh Spin on Her Classic Blues Influences with 'The Storm' By Laura B. Whitmore Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ZZ Ward digs deep for her latest offering,The Storm.
Review: Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 HH HT M Ash Guitar By Paul Riaro I’ve always been a huge fan of Charvel Guitars for their unapologetically streamlined guitars geared for high-speed playability, unbridled power and peak performance.
A Tribute to Joan Baez’s Celebrated Fingerstyle Guitar Playing By Dale Turner Joan Baez (b. 1941) began her performing career at age 17, playing traditional folk songs in Boston-area coffee shops while studying dramatic arts in college.
August 2017 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos By Guitar World Staff These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the August2017 issue of Guitar World.
