Riffs in the Key of Sister Rosetta Tharpe By Damian Fanelli and Jonathan Graham 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 Learn a few different examples of rhythm-guitar ideas that jump around harmonically and also feature the incorporation of suspended chords.
Jazz Guitar Corner: Building a Jazz Vocabulary — Melodic Minor Over iim7 By Matt Warnock Look at three licks that use melodic minor over a iim7 chord.
A Guide to Randy Rhoads' Acoustic Techniques and Riffs By Dale Turner 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 Steve Stevens spill the beans about the lick's bluesy roots—and shows you how to play it correctly.
Randy Rhoads' Scales, Blues Licks and Daring Chromatic Maneuvers By Tom Kolb Learn the scales, blues licks and daring chromatic maneuvers of Ozzy's late, great axman.
How to Play Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” Sliding Chords By Chris Scapelliti 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.
Conquering the Scale with Michael Angelo Batio By Troy Grady 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.
Guitar 911: Matching Hardware by Painting and Heat Treating By Joe Becker Learn about matching hardware by painting and heat treating.
Six Tips for Doubling Your Income as a Musician By Rorie Kelly Make it a numbers game, and a few other tips to boost your income as an aspiring musician.
10 Beginner Guitar Songs That Are Easy and Fun to Play By Bobby Kittleberger 10 beginner guitar songs that are easy but interesting and fun to play.
Improve Your String Bends with This Simple Exercise By Will Wallner Testing the accuracy of your bends and vibrato is a good way to judge how developed you are as a guitarist and a musician.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 7 By Steve Stine Learn how to visualize the notes across your entire fretboard more easily and clearly with this lesson.
Four Easy Guitar Solos for Beginners By Christopher Scapelliti Four easy solos that every beginner should learn.
Playing Tips: Joe Satriani on Improving Your Legato Technique By Guitar World Staff In this bite-sized lesson, Joe Satriani provides some useful exercises for improving your legato technique.
Five Tips for Surviving Your Next Jam Session By Christopher Scapelliti Five practical tips to help you survive a jam session and get called back for the next one.
How to Develop Picking Control With Accented Scale Practice By Matt Warnock These accent patterns can be used to raise your level of rhythmic and right-hand awareness when practicing scales.
Moving Across the Fretboard in Unusual Ways to Produce Unique Runs By John Petrucci This kind of “positional wizardry” can be used to generate interesting melodic patterns that can be used in a variety of ways.
B.B. King Lesson: Soloing in the Movable “B.B. Box” By Andy Aledort Learn how to create some cool B.B.-style solo licks and phrases.
A David Gilmour-Style Approach to Beethoven's “Moonlight Sonata” By Jimmy Brown The melody of Beethoven's “Moonlight Sonata”, re-imagined in the style of David Gilmour.
