Ninth Chords Made Easy By Matt Warnock published 10 January 19 Learn how you can use “rootless” ninth chords to expand your jazz-guitar vocabulary without having to learn any new shapes.
Watch Jimmy Page Play Chopin at 1983 ARMS Concert By Christopher Scapelliti published 9 January 19 Page transforms a Chopin piano piece into a bluesy instrumental.
Secrets of Shred with Sammy Boller: Speed Pentatonic Scales By Sammy Boller published 8 January 19 A great way to rearrange the pentatonic scale into a two string-speed pattern.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 2 By Steve Stine published 7 January 19 Build your knowledge of the fretboard from the very ground up.
John Petrucci Lesson: How to Play Movable Chords with Open Strings By John Petrucci published 4 January 19 Adding nothing but the open E and B strings to a major barre chord will drastically change its makeup and expand its harmonic function.
Using the m7b5 Chord to Comp and Solo By Matt Warnock published 3 January 19 Comping and chord soloing over minor ii V i chord progressions can be a tough hurdle to get over when learning jazz guitar.
Left-Hand Path: Exploring the Extended Range of the Eight-String Guitar By Ihsahn published 2 January 19 Ihsahn teaches you how to explore the range and new challenges offered up by an eight-string guitar.
Tommy Emmanuel's "One Christmas Night" By Acoustic Nation published 21 December 18 The Certified Guitar Player delivers a gorgeous, spot-on rendition of "One Christmas Night."
An Introduction to Effective Use of Melody, Part 2 By Steve Stine published 18 December 18 Pick up a few intervallic techniques you can use when composing solos.
Increase Picking-Hand Strength and Produce Great-Sounding Sequences By Adrian Galysh published 14 December 18 Learn a pentatonic scale workout that helps you get the five positions of the scale memorized and under your fingers.
Thinking Two Chords at a Time: Tritone Side-Stepping for Guitar By Matt Warnock published 11 December 18 Bring a more modern sound into your jazz solos.
An Introduction to the Bebop Scale By Matt Warnock published 4 December 18 A quick review of the Bebop scale, how it’s built and where you can use it in your solos.
The Eddie Van Halen Tremolo Mechanic By Troy Grady published 28 November 18 Examine Eddie Van Halen’s legendarily unique approach to tremolo picking.
60-Second Songwriting: Songwriting Building Blocks—Lyrics By Mark Bacino published 26 November 18 The lyrics are both the heart and mind of your song. They’re the spokesperson for your tune.
Exploring Drop-D Tuning’s Unique Melodic Possibilities By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 16 November 18 Some cool things you can do with drop-D (with an emphasis on unusual melodic intervals).
Roy Clark Mesmerizes on 'The Odd Couple' By Damian Fanelli published 15 November 18 A legendary appearance on a classic TV sitcom.
Secrets of Shred: Eddie Van Halen-Style Speed-Picking Technique By Sammy Boller published 15 November 18 Pick up a unique speed-picking technique that was used in countless Van Halen songs.
Jazz Guitar Corner: How to Use Triads to Outline Maj7 Chord Extensions By Matt Warnock published 13 November 18 Different triads you can use in order to outline maj7, 6, maj9 and maj7#11 chords, without having to learn anything beyond the basic triad shapes that you already know.
Bonnie Raitt Lays Down an Acoustic Blues — Video Finds By Laura B. Whitmore published 8 November 18 Bonnie Raitt dishes it out in this fierce performance.
Derek Trucks on Incorporating Harmonics Into Your Slide Playing By Guitar World Staff published 6 November 18 In this bite-sized lesson, Derek Trucks gives you some insights on incorporating natural and artificial harmonics into your slide lines.