The Importance of Rests, and How to Use Fret-Hand Muting Effectively By Matt Blake After working through these exercises, you should find that your control of fret-hand muting feels more secure and natural.
Big Strokes: A Beginner's Guide to Sweep Picking By Charlie Griffiths Practicing each of theses exercises with a metronome for just two minutes every day will improve your coordination and sweep picking technique immensely.
An Introduction to the Tritone Scale By Matt Warnock A short introduction to the tritone scale, its construction, how to use it and some basic fingerings for this scale on the guitar.
A Tribute to Cliff Gallup’s Legendary Flash By Keith Wyatt The Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps guitarist defined the classic rockabilly guitar sound.
How to Play Jimi Hendrix-Style Rhythm Guitar By Joel Hoekstra Learn a few of the rhythm guitar techniques Jimi would most often employ to spice up his rhythm parts and make them melodic.
Guitar 101: Heavy Metal Hybrid Picking By Greg Harrison Hybrid picking can be smartly employed as a shredder’s “secret weapon.”
Adding Tension to the Minor Jazz-Blues Progression By Jimmy Brown Learn some cool variations of this progression that feature added chord changes and spicier harmony and voice-leading.
Blues Shapes: Using Triadic Forms as Soloing Templates By Andy Aledort Chord forms can provide useful templates of fretboard shapes for improvising melodic lines.
How to Utilize Unusual Alternate Tunings Like Jimmy Page By Andy Aledort Jimmy was often quoted as saying his true passion was to create a combination of “light and shade.”
Tapping in 16th-Note Triplets with Guthrie Govan By Guthrie Govan Get a lesson in intricate tapping from Guthrie Govan.
The Genius of Chet Atkins: Two Patented Techniques By Dale Turner Learn two patented, incredibly useful Chet Atkins guitar techniques.
Infusing Major Pentatonic Patterns with Chromatic Passing Tones By Andy Aledort Learn some cool approaches to improvising over an Emaj7-Bm7 chord progression.
The Signature Elements of Gary Moore's Instantly Identifiable Guitar Style By Andy Aledort An in-depth examination of Gary Moore’s stunning, immediately identifiable guitar style.
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.
Letting Go of Our Perfectionist Tendencies By Chris Breen Even the best musicians make mistakes, but it's how you react and move forward from those setbacks that truly measure your progress.
Guitar Techniques of Prog-Rockers Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis and King Crimson By Andy Aledort Examine the envelope-pushing sounds of some of the essential prog-rock bands of the Sixties/early Seventies era.
Hybrid Picking Power-Chord Arpeggios By Joel Hoekstra Learn some cool ways to create angular single-note arpeggios that are based on root-fifth-octave power chord shapes.
Guitarists' Seven Most Common Mistakes in the Recording Studio By Ron Zabrocki Some mistakes guitarists often make in the recording studio—and how to avoid them.
Enhancing a Basic Progression with Unusual Arpeggios By Joel Hoekstra Learn how to craft a lead that will fortify and enhance the primary rhythm part without overshadowing it.
10 Tips to Boost Your Practice Session By Metal Mike Chlasciak Sure, there are days when we are all inspired to pick up our guitars and play. But what about the other days?
