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Stevie Ray Vaughan Lesson: How to Play "Couldn't Stand the Weather"

By Andy Aledort published

An in-depth look at the title track to Vaughan's second album.

Lessons
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How to Build a Guitar Solo Using Thematic Development

By Andy Aledort published

Build a musical “story” with your solos.

Lessons
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A Tribute to Duane Allman's Genius and Signature Guitar Style

By Andy Aledort published

An examination of some of the key elements of Duane's lead guitar playing.

Lessons
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Soloing Over Jazz-Blues Chord Changes

By Jimmy Brown published

Chords
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Applying Four-Note Shapes and Patterns to Arpeggios

By Oli Herbert published

This lesson can really strengthen one’s awareness of intervallic construction, scale recognition across the fretboard and virtually every aspect of one’s playing.

Lessons
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How to Shift Pentatonic Licks to Create "Outside" Sounds

By Joel Hoekstra published

Techniques
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Betcha Can't Play This: John Petrucci's Descending E Mixolydian Run

By John Petrucci published

Lessons
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Improvising on a I-IV Chord Vamp

By Andy Aledort published

Chords
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Using Chord Positions As a Springboard for Soloing

By Andy Aledort published

Chords
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Exploring the Phrygian Mode’s Evil Sister Scale, Phrygian Dominant

By Metal Mike Chlasciak published

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