Inject some drama into your compositions with the sweetly painful augmented chord By Jimmy Brown published 15 August 19 Learn how to use this somewhat painful- yet sweet-sounding chord to dramatic effect
Meet these 12 gorgeous open-string chords By Tyler Larson published 14 August 19 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 published 14 August 19 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 published 13 August 19 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 published 12 August 19 Take a proggy chord progression and learn how to solo over its various chords
Creative Legato Exercises with Odd Meters By Mark Holcomb published 9 August 19 Learn how to execute “spider crawl” riffs.
Speed Demon: Delving Deeper Into Two-Hand Tapping By Mike Orlando published 8 August 19 Learn more about two-hand tapping in this lesson.
How "Free Exploration" Can Inspire New Compositional Creations By Julian Lage published 6 August 19 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 published 6 August 19 Sit back and get a comprehensive lesson in scales from the great Allan Holdsworth.
Finding Inspiration on Three Adjacent Strings By Andy Aledort published 5 August 19 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 published 2 August 19 Learn how to employ this restless yet alluring chord as a musical attention grabber.
Monster Licks: E Diminished 7th Arpeggios By Glenn Proudfoot published 30 July 19 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 published 23 July 19 These chords sound like a million bucks, and they can be yours.
Unusual and Challenging String-Skipping Patterns By Jason Richardson published 23 July 19 Do your best to keep up with these dizzying, hand-strengthening string-skipping patterns—courtesy of Jason Richardson.
How to Play the Dreamy Arpeggios in Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” By Jimmy Brown published 15 July 19 Learn this neat, May and Gilmour-influenced guitar arrangement of “Moonlight Sonata.”
More on Developing Proper Sweep Picking Technique By Michael Angelo Batio published 10 July 19 Perfect your sweep picking technique with this lesson.
A New Approach to the Blues Scale By Glenn Proudfoot published 9 July 19 Create unique and distinctly challenging licks and runs with this different approach to the blues scale.
These Two Magic Fusion Chords Work with Any Bass Note By Christopher Scapelliti published 8 July 19 Learn some movable magic chords and how you can use them.
Using Four Fingers to Tap Arpeggios, and How to Play the Lick to "Sevens" By Guthrie Govan published 8 July 19 Learn how to cleanly execute two-handed-tapping riffs from Guthrie Govan.
Two Things You Must Practice to Master Pentatonics By Chris Scapelliti published 5 July 19 Two handy techniques that will help you master pentatonics all over the neck and move smoothly between positions.