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.
Riffing in 6/8, and How to Play "The Ramble" By Julian Lage Learn how to play in 6/8 from our new columnist, Julian Lage!
Essentials to Playing Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning By Andy Aledort Learning slide guitar in standard tuning allows you to focus on fret-hand touch and pick-hand articulation without having to re-learn the fretboard and chord forms in an alternate tuning.
Molly Tuttle's Amazing Freightliner Precision By Troy Grady Watching Molly Tuttle switch effortlessly between rhythm comping and high-velocity single-note lead lines is like listening to at least two guitarists at once.
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.
More Tasteful Examples of How Dim7 Chords Are Used By Jimmy Brown A few examples from the rock and pop catalog of how famous composers have successfully harnessed this enigmatic chord to great effect.
Applying Six-String Arpeggio Exercises to the Seven Modes By Jason Richardson Learn a mode-based application of some of Jason Richardson's top six-string arpeggio exercises.
Whammy Bar Tricks with Dream Theater's John Petrucci By Damian Fanelli John Petrucci demonstrates “the Horse” whinny made famous by Eddie Van Halen, "the Satch method" and more helpful whammy bar tricks.
Using the Harmonic Minor Scale and Phrygian-Dominant Mode to Create Neoclassical Metal-Style Solos By Jacky Vincent Craft some truly epic solos with the harmonic minor scale and phrygian-dominant mode.
Pick Up Some Simple Shred Licks By Guitar World Staff Some simple shred ideas that are perfect for players who are dipping their toes into the style for the first time.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 9 By Steve Stine Learn how to put all the scale theories, chord theories and playing techniques you know together into a coherent musical picture.
Want to Knock 'em Dead in Nashville? Learn These 20 Tasty Country Licks By Gary Potter 20 licks designed to teach you how to play authentic country guitar.
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.
Cracking the (Steve) Morse Arpeggio Code By Troy Grady Get an inside look at the mechanical magic of his arpeggio picking technique.
Lindsey Buckingham Teaches Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" By Guitar World Staff Lindsey Buckingham teaches you how to play "Landslide," and goes in-depth on his picking style.
Brian Setzer: How to Shred Like a Rockabilly Master By Damian Fanelli Learn three of Brian Setzer's most ferocious riffs.
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.
Combining Pentatonics with Tapping By Sammy Boller Take the most common pentatonic positions and string them together to create ripping-fast riffs and runs.
How To Learn (and Remember) Guitar Solos By Jackson Maxwell Learn how to not just pick up guitar solos, but really nail them down.
Steve Howe Lesson: How to Play Yes' "Starship Trooper," "Siberian Khatru" and "Mood for a Day" By Guitar World Staff Steve Howe shows you how to play the key riffs to several Yes classics.
