The role of a lead guitarist in the songwriting process By Bobby Kittleberger Your mind might bend a completely different way than those who compose and write music, but you both share a common mission
Four actionable practice methods to help you improve every day By Bobby Kittleberger Make the most of your practice time—and to improve—even if you don’t have hours to spare
Adding Dynamic Appeal to Your Power Chords with Intervals and Dyads By Bobby Kittleberger Add some flavor and variety to your power chord progressions.
Power Chords, Perfect Fifths and the Consonant Interval By Bobby Kittleberger If you can hear what’s going on in these patterns and replicate it in other musical situations, then you’ve built a crucial foundational tool for improvising.
Guitar Chalk Sessions: A Clean Guide to Understanding Seventh Chords By Bobby Kittleberger Take a look at the theory behind seventh chords, and learn how to build them from the ground up.
Blending the E, A and B Chord Progression into the Higher Register By Bobby Kittleberger Make one of the most common guitar chord progressions more interesting to play
Guitar Chalk Sessions: Methods for Targeting Problem Areas in Your Guitar Solos By Bobby Kittleberger Be willing to critique yourself and to put in the boring practice time fixing the areas where you’re falling short.
Guitar Chalk Sessions: Building Control from Basic Pentatonic Patterns By Bobby Kittleberger Use patterns derived from pentatonic scales to build fretboard control and dexterity.
Three Insanely Easy Chord Structures for Nuanced Melody in the Key of C By Bobby Kittleberger You can use some incredibly simply dyadic chords to form more melodic and dynamic melodies.
How to Prevent Note Fumbling and Improve Fretboard Control By Bobby Kittleberger Learn how to improve your fretboard control and reduce instances of missed, buzzing or fumbled notes during solos.
Five Simple Reasons Your Solos Sound Cheap By Bobby Kittleberger Your guitar solos will always sound a little predictable to your own ear. But what if you’re doing something that’s causing your solos and lead work to sound bland?
Building Eighth- and 16th-Note Rock Rhythms By Bobby Kittleberger Add a ton of variety to your rhythm riffs with a fairly small amount of guitar music theory.
Guitar Chalk Sessions: Three Nuanced Quality Indicators of a Good Tremolo Pedal By Bobby Kittleberger
Getting Started with Tremolo Picking By Bobby Kittleberger Guitar tremolo picking shows up in nearly every style of music that accommodates electric guitars. Moreover, it’s not necessarily a lightning-fast technique.
