Using Triad Arpeggios to Imply More Complex Chord Qualities By John Petrucci Learn how you can utilize simple triadic shapes and patterns in order to imply more complex and varied chord qualities.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 3 By Steve Stine Simplifying the notes across the fretboard can make it easier for you to master them.
How to Incorporate Finger Slides and Legato Techniques into Intricate Phrases By Mark Holcomb Employing finger slides can inspire new and different melodic ideas.
Add Some "Speed" with This Simple Shred-Style Lick By Will Wallner This simple shred lick is easy to learn and has many applications.
How to Play Fast Arpeggio-Based Licks Without Sweep Picking By Marty Friedman Marty Friedman demonstrates some cool ways you can achieve the effect of fast arpeggio-based sounds while avoiding the predictability of standard sweep-picking licks.
Learn the Fretboard Like Joe Pass By Matt Warnock This Joe Pass concept will help you always have a harmonic and melodic device close by.
How to Use Your Whammy Bar Within a Riff By Dave Davidson Use your whammy bar to “color” chord patterns and give single-note lines different and unusual textures.
Romancing the Fretboard: Chopin Arranged for Guitar By John Petrucci Try to nail John Petrucci's six-string arrangement of Chopin's Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus No. 2.
A Guide to Sweep Arpeggios with Chromatic Runs By Sammy Boller Learn how to add chromatic runs to your sweep arpeggios.
Zakk Wylde Lesson: How to Link Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns By Zakk Wylde Link a few scale patterns together so you can start making full use of your guitar’s neck when you’re playing a lead.
Six Simple Tips to Better Guitar Playing By Damian Fanelli and Guitar World Staff Six of the most useful of the thousands of tips for guitarists we've offered in our three and a half decades of publication.
The Six Most Important Chord Progressions in Jazz By Tyler Larson These progressions provide a landscape for extremely creative guitar playing.
Bring Out the Sound of Each Chord in Your Solos By Matt Wong Explore the right chord tones to play over changes, and how to bring out the sound of each chord in a progression in your solos.
Bob Clearmountain's Guide to Recording an Electric Guitar Amp, Part 1 By Guitar World Staff Learn about mic selection, mic placement technique and proper gain staging from someone who knows what he's talkin' about.
The 10 Hardest Guitar Chords: See If You Can Play These By Christopher Scapelliti Looking for a new challenge? See if you can play these 10 guitar chords.
Joe Satriani's Guide to Building Chords from “Stacked” Fourths By Joe Satriani Satch demonstrates some interesting things you can do with stacked fourths.
Ninth Chords Made Easy By Matt Warnock Learn how you can use “rootless” ninth chords to expand your jazz-guitar vocabulary without having to learn any new shapes.
Bridging the Chasm Between Scales and Arpeggios By Baron Taurean Helleshaar This arpeggio concept can help separate you from the well-worn path many shredders tend to follow.
How the Beatles’ “Day Tripper” Guitar Riff Blurs the Line Between Major and Minor By Christopher Scapelliti Explore the intricacies of one of the few Beatles originals built around the 12-bar blues format.
Mastering Two-Handed Percussive Techniques By Mike Dawes Learn how to emulate the sounds of a kick drum, snare drum and everything in between on an acoustic guitar.
