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 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.
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.
How to Play the Dreamy Arpeggios in Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” By Jimmy Brown Learn this neat, May and Gilmour-influenced guitar arrangement of “Moonlight Sonata.”
More on Developing Proper Sweep Picking Technique By Michael Angelo Batio Perfect your sweep picking technique with this lesson.
A New Approach to the Blues Scale By Glenn Proudfoot 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 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 Learn how to cleanly execute two-handed-tapping riffs from Guthrie Govan.
