How to

Latest about how to

Major pentatonic and hexatonic scales

Enrich your solos by incorporating major pentatonic and hexatonic scales

By Andy Aledort published

Diversify your compositional palette with this essential primer

Lessons
Mike McCready and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam

How to play guitar like Pearl Jam

By Jonny Scaramanga published

Discover the lead licks and arrangement secrets of Stone Gossard and Mike McCready

Lessons
Caroline Jones

Sick Riffs: Caroline Jones teaches you the slide-tastic main lick of Tough Guys (Remix)

By Sam Roche published

The attitude-driven country track is taken from the singer-songwriter's latest EP, Chasin' Me

Artist Lessons
Alex Wilson of sleepmakeswaves

Sick Riffs: Alex Wilson teaches you the odd-time swagger of sleepmakeswaves' pyramids

By Sam Roche published

With alternating time signatures - and altered tuning - this riff derives musical ideas from outside the norm

Artist Lessons
Dan Nightingale of Conjurer

Sick Riffs: Conjurer's Dan Nightingale delivers double chug in this ruthless playthrough of Hollow

By Sam Roche published

The savage track is taken from the band's 2018 album, Mire

Lessons
Acoustic virtuoso Kaki King

Bring a new dimension to your acoustic playing with this guide to percussive guitar techniques

By George Howlett published

How you can better utilize the acoustic guitar's rhythmic capacity

Techniques
Mass Worship

Sick Riffs: Mass Worship deliver a full playthrough and lesson of the unfathomably heavy Spiritual Destitution

By Sam Roche published

Drummer Fred Forsberg and guitarist Gustav Eriksson showcase the track's brutal array of riffs

Lessons
Eighth-note syncopations

Accelerate your rhythmic understanding with this lesson on eighth-note syncopations

By Jimmy Brown published

We break down a widely used rhythmic tool, and how bands like Black Sabbath, AC/DC and Deep Purple use the concept in their riffs

Lessons
Charles Elliott of Abysmal Dawn

Sick Riffs: Charles Elliott teaches you the blistering death-metal riffage of Abysmal Dawn's Coerced Evolution - with tab!

By Sam Roche published

The riff-slinging frontman sheds light on the track's dextrous guitar lines

Artist Lessons
Kevin Dye of Gates

Sick Riffs: Kevin Dye teaches you the inventive, effects-heavy solo of Gates’ Shiver

By Michael Astley-Brown published

Set your pitch-shifter to work with this synth-like lead line

Artist Lessons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives