Inject some drama into your compositions with the sweetly painful augmented chord By Jimmy Brown Learn how to use this somewhat painful- yet sweet-sounding chord to dramatic effect
Meet these 12 gorgeous open-string chords By Tyler Larson Including open strings in the chords you play is a quick way to expand your sound and stretch out over a wide sonic space
Building solos on specific adjacent string groups By Andy Aledort Force yourself out of the same old, familiar position-based patterns and into new, uncharted territory
Devise solo lines from long alternate- and economy-picked sequences By Jason Richardson Learn how to navigate tricky picking passages in this lesson from Jason Richardson
Plini shows you how to solo over prog chord progressions By Plini Take a proggy chord progression and learn how to solo over its various chords
Speed Demon: Delving Deeper Into Two-Hand Tapping By Mike Orlando Learn more about two-hand tapping in this lesson.
How "Free Exploration" Can Inspire New Compositional Creations By Julian Lage Hone in on your toolbox and develop gestures and sounds that represent what is unique about you as a guitarist.
Allan Holdsworth's 10 Most Useful Scales By Damian Fanelli Sit back and get a comprehensive lesson in scales from the great Allan Holdsworth.
Finding Inspiration on Three Adjacent Strings By Andy Aledort Applying this construct to any improvised solo will automatically force you away from playing familiar licks and standard melodic “shapes.”
The Ultimate Transition Chord, Part 3: Old-School, Jazzy Dim7 Resolutions By Jimmy Brown Learn how to employ this restless yet alluring chord as a musical attention grabber.
Monster Licks: E Diminished 7th Arpeggios By Glenn Proudfoot Take your playing to “another planet” with this three-notes-per-string approach.
14 “Expensive” Guitar Chords You Can't Live Without By Tyler Larson These chords sound like a million bucks, and they can be yours.
How to Tune Your Guitar to Open D By Guitar World Staff In this Guitar Basics lesson,Jimmy Brown shows you how to tune your guitar to open-D tuning.
How to Tune Your Guitar Using 5th Intervals/Power Chords By Guitar World Staff In this Guitar Basics lesson, Jimmy Brown shows you how to tune your guitar using 5th intervals, otherwise known as power chords.
How to Tune Your Guitar Using Unisons and Natural Harmonics By Guitar World Staff In this Guitar Basics lesson, Guitar WorldMusic EditorJimmy Brown shows you how to tune a guitar usingunisons and natural harmonics.
How to Tune Your Guitar to Open G By Guitar World Staff In thisGuitar Basicslesson, Jimmy Brown shows you how to tune your guitar to open G.For more of Jimmy's Guitar Basics videos,head here.
How to Tune Your Guitar to Open A By Guitar World Staff In thisGuitar Basicslesson, Jimmy Brown shows you how to tune to open A.
How to Tune Your Guitar to Drop D Tuning By Guitar World Staff In thisGuitar Basicslesson, Jimmy Brown shows you how to tune your guitar to drop D.
Unusual and Challenging String-Skipping Patterns By Jason Richardson Do your best to keep up with these dizzying, hand-strengthening string-skipping patterns—courtesy of Jason Richardson.
