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How to Compose Your Own Prog-Rock Riffs

By Tyler Larson published

Learn how to navigate the grid of prog and create your own stellar riffs within that genre.

Techniques
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Living Colour's Vernon Reid Shows How to Play "Cult of Personality" and More

By Guitar World Staff published

In this classic GW lesson, learn Living Colour's "Cult of Personality" from Vernon Reid.

Lessons
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A Simple Scale That Works As a "Musical Dictionary"

By Damian Fanelli published

Get a handy tip from guitar instructor extraordinaire Steve Stine.

Lessons
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A Tribute to Cliff Gallup’s Legendary Flash

By Keith Wyatt published

The Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps guitarist defined the classic rockabilly guitar sound.

Lessons
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Major Pentatonic Scale Exercises with Alternate Picking Patterns

By Bobby Kittleberger published

Learn and memorize three of the most common major pentatonic scale shapes.

Lessons
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Is This the Mother of All Finger Exercises?

By Christopher Scapelliti published

See if you can perform this drill.

Lessons
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How to Play Jimi Hendrix-Style Rhythm Guitar

By Joel Hoekstra published

Learn a few of the rhythm guitar techniques Jimi would most often employ to spice up his rhythm parts and make them melodic.

Lessons
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Guitar Chalk Sessions: A Clean Guide to Understanding Seventh Chords

By Bobby Kittleberger published

Take a look at the theory behind seventh chords, and learn how to build them from the ground up.

Chords
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Why "Noodling" on Your Guitar Might Be Underrated

By Chris Breen published

Creativity is hard to regiment. It's one of those ephemeral moments that is tough to predict and even trickier to practice.

Lessons
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Use Melody to Avoid Cliche Scale Noodling

By Tyler Larson published

Ripping through a scale pattern with absolutely no emotion or variation can become robotic. Learn how to turn off robot mode and find your voice.

Lessons
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