Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 8 By Steve Stine published 25 March 19 Get a practical understanding of the CAGED system so you can start applying it in your own playing.
Enhancing a Basic Progression with Unusual Arpeggios By Joel Hoekstra published 22 March 19 Learn how to craft a lead that will fortify and enhance the primary rhythm part without overshadowing it.
Tosin Abasi Lesson: Seven-String Arpeggios By Tosin Abasi published 21 March 19 Tosin Abasi demonstrates some cool ways to perform a variety of arpeggios on the seven-string guitar.
Riffs in the Key of Sister Rosetta Tharpe By Damian Fanelli and Jonathan Graham published 20 March 19 Learn some of the licks Sister Rosetta used and how to apply them into a traditional gospel chord progression and beyond.
How to Incorporate Suspended Chords into Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 20 March 19 Learn a few different examples of rhythm-guitar ideas that jump around harmonically and also feature the incorporation of suspended chords.
A Guide to Randy Rhoads' Acoustic Techniques and Riffs By Dale Turner published 19 March 19 Take a look at Randy Rhoads' classically influenced acoustic guitar work.
Steve Stevens: The Right Way to Play Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" By Damian Fanelli published 19 March 19 Steve Stevens spill the beans about the lick's bluesy roots—and shows you how to play it correctly.
How to Play Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” Sliding Chords By Chris Scapelliti published 18 March 19 A guitar solo is the highlight of any Stevie Ray Vaughan song, and the solos he performed in his 1983 hit “Pride and Joy” are among his finest.
How to Apply Arpeggio Patterns to a Cycle-of-Fourths Progression By Andy Aledort published 18 March 19 Performing arpeggio patterns in this style poses interesting technical and fingering challenges that have been embraced by guitarists of every ilk.
Conquering the Scale with Michael Angelo Batio By Troy Grady published 18 March 19 Even though we tend to think of scale playing as the ultimate speed test, speed itself isn't really the problem. It's switching strings.
How to Use the "Spooky" Dimished Seven Chord By Jimmy Brown published 15 March 19 Look at a few examples of fairly well-known songs from the modern era that utilize the dim7 chord in interesting, effective ways.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 7 By Steve Stine published 14 March 19 Learn how to visualize the notes across your entire fretboard more easily and clearly with this lesson.
How to Perform Arpeggios with Barring By Jason Richardson published 13 March 19 Learn a new approach to playing arpeggios—specifically in regard to fret-hand technique—from our new columnist, Jason Richardson!
Four Easy Guitar Solos for Beginners By Christopher Scapelliti published 13 March 19 Four easy solos that every beginner should learn.
Five Tips for Surviving Your Next Jam Session By Christopher Scapelliti published 12 March 19 Five practical tips to help you survive a jam session and get called back for the next one.
How to Use Dominant Seven Arpeggios in Blues-Based Soloing By Joel Hoekstra published 12 March 19 Incorporating dominant seven arpeggios into your improvised lines is a simple way to expand note-choice possibilities.
A Useful Roadmap for the Pentatonic Scale By Guitar World Staff published 11 March 19 A five-step lesson that will help you get more, musically, out of the pentatonic scale.
Moving Across the Fretboard in Unusual Ways to Produce Unique Runs By John Petrucci published 11 March 19 This kind of “positional wizardry” can be used to generate interesting melodic patterns that can be used in a variety of ways.
Expanding Tapping Melodies and Chords By Sammy Boller published 11 March 19 Tapping melodies and chords at the same time can help you find new to space to live in on the guitar.
The B.B. Box: learn B.B. King's trademark solo shape By Andy Aledort published 7 March 19 Learn how to create some cool B.B.-style blues solo licks and phrases