Improve your shredding skills by connecting string-skipping patterns By Sammy Boller These patterns are easy to link up with your pentatonic scales, and can be very useful for adding some flash into your riffs and solos
How using the augmented chord in a minor drop progression can change your songs By Jimmy Brown Paul McCartney, David Gilmour, George Harrison, Tom Petty and many more have done this in their music, so why shouldn't you?
Add tension to your solos with the atonal 'X' scale By Blake Scopino This flexible scale sounds great in a modal jam or fusion context
Go beyond the normal boundaries of the minor pentatonic scale with this lick By Glenn Proudfoot Improve on different techniques, and give your fingers a workout, with this Monster Lick
This compositional trick has been used to great effect by Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, The Eagles, Queen and many more By Jimmy Brown Learn how to walk down scales with contrary motion
Dave Mustaine lesson: Learn about exotic voicings, major and minor diads and "upside down" chords By Dave Mustaine Learn some more about exotic voicings, plus major and minor diads, from the Megadeth frontman
Robert Johnson: Unlock the guitar mysteries of the Delta blues great By Andy Aledort Learn the variety of picking techniques and tunings that Johnson used to craft his timeless, deeply emotional music
This monster lick takes the blues scale to ferocious new places By Glenn Proudfoot It's amazing how the same six notes, when played with a new spin, can have such a dramatic impact
Learn Yngwie Malmsteen's legendarily fast rotational picking mechanic By Troy Grady Malmsteen's rotational motion mechanic is a highly capable all-rounder and also a great introduction to rotational picking techniques that are so common in guitar
Using fourth intervals as a building block for chords and solos By Alex Skolnick This topic can be quite useful for better fretboard understanding even if jazz guitar isn’t your main thing
Tosin Abasi's comprehensive introduction to double picking By Tosin Abasi Pick up a useful technique from the Animals as Leaders guitarist
Want to shake up your solos? Try this minor pentatonic super scale on for size By Glenn Proudfoot Glenn Proudfoot takes your playing into another realm in his newest Monster Licks lesson
Master some useful melodic tactics for a minor jazz-blues progression By Jimmy Brown In this lesson, learn some cool, musically effective things to play over a rather dark, intriguing set of chord changes
How to tap like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Reb Beach By Martin Goulding Learn some tapping licks in the styles of three of the technique’s most celebrated practitioners
What nobody teaches you about the blues scale By Guitar World Staff Some nuggets of info that'll make this common scale twice as versatile and thrice as much fun
All that jazz: how to expand your compositional creativity and play Splendor Riot By Julian Lage Julian Lage teaches you how to think outside the box with your guitar-based compositions
Make your blues solos awesome using dominant seven chords By Andy Aledort Many blues songs are built around major-key progressions based on this shape
How to play acoustic guitar like Yes's Steve Howe By Dale Turner Take a closer look at Howe’s acoustic output with this timeless prog act
Plini shows you how to build a complex riff from a simple melody By Plini Craft mesmerizing guitar parts from basic components
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
