Infusing Major Pentatonic Patterns with Chromatic Passing Tones By Andy Aledort Learn some cool approaches to improvising over an Emaj7-Bm7 chord progression.
Killer Vibrato: How to Master Five Essential Performance Techniques By Guitar World Staff Add some personality to your playing with these five essential techniques.
How to Play Jazzy Jimi Hendrix Chords By Matt Warnock Learn how you can take the Hendrix Chord and apply it to jazz guitar comping phrases.
Soloing with the Mixed Blues Scale By Matt Warnock This cool-sounding scale can jazz up your blues solos in no time. Give it a try!
Five Essential Blues Licks from Jimi Hendrix, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter By Guitar World Staff Regardless of what style music you play, it will do your ears and your chops good to go through each of these licks.
How to Create Flowing, Stylish Licks Like Eric Clapton By Andy Aledort When it comes to spontaneous, improvised phrasing, there is perhaps no better blues-rock guitarist than Eric Clapton.
The Most Important Jazz Guitar Chord By Tyler Larson Believe it or not, you’ve probably already played one or two shapes of this chord.
Brian Setzer: How to Shred Like a Rockabilly Master By Damian Fanelli Learn three of Brian Setzer's most ferocious riffs.
The DIY Musician: Five Reasons You Suck at Slide Guitar By Shane Speal Five roadblocks that might be keeping you from sliding.
How to Play Guitar Like Delta Blues Legend Son House By Dale Turner Learn some of the tricks and techniques of blues guitar legend Son House.
Riffs in the Key of Sister Rosetta Tharpe By Damian Fanelli and Jonathan Graham Learn some of the licks Sister Rosetta used and how to apply them into a traditional gospel chord progression and beyond.
How to Play Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” Sliding Chords By Chris Scapelliti A guitar solo is the highlight of any Stevie Ray Vaughan song, and the solos he performed in his 1983 hit “Pride and Joy” are among his finest.
B.B. King Lesson: Soloing in the Movable “B.B. Box” By Andy Aledort Learn how to create some cool B.B.-style solo licks and phrases.
Expand Your Melodic Colors with Ninth Arpeggios By Matt Warnock Explore two common fingerings for ninth arpeggios applied to a ii v I chord progression.
How to Mix Chords with Blues Licks By Christopher Scapelliti Mixing small chords into your blues licks is a great way to give your soloing a more polished sound.
How to Play Like Chicago Blues Guitar Legend Magic Sam By Andy Aledort Learn how to play like one of the most talented and distinctive musicians in the pantheon of Chicago blues guitar greats.
How to Use Open Strings for Blues By Jackson Maxwell This video takes you through a few keys, and shows you how you can use open strings in each.
A Guide to Basic Jazz-Blues Changes By Jimmy Brown Presenting a more musically sophisticated variation on the standard 12-bar blues.
Three Must-Know Jazzy Pentatonic Patterns By Matt Warnock Grab your axe and dust off those classic pentatonic box patterns.
Adding the Major Third to Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scale Phrases By Andy Aledort Bolster your solos through melodic experimentation and contouring.
