The Easiest Way to Pick Across the Strings By Ben Higgins One thing that often gets overlooked is the position and angle of our picking hand when playing something that moves across several strings.
Add New Dynamics to Your Solos with Triplets By Blaine Kaltman Enough math, let’s get to shredding. Triplets will add a new dynamic to your solos. And they may engage your audience in a way other note progression cannot. Why? The rule of three.
A Brief History of Delay, and a Unique Way to Use It By Blaine Kaltman Delay is one of the coolest and most heavily used effects in rock. In this column, learn a bit about the history of the effect, and a neat way to utilize it.
Five Yngwie Malmsteen Licks You Need to Know By Damian Fanelli Swedish shredder Yngwie Malmsteen was born on this date (June 30) in 1963.
Extreme String Skipping and String-Skipping Tapping for the Fast and the Accurate By Blaine Kaltman Even within complex solos, most guitarists play several notes on one string, and then move up or down to the next string.This creates melodically linear patterns.
A Brief History of Tapping—Plus a Tasty Natural Harmonics Lick By Blaine Kaltman Tapping is one of the coolest, most impressive-sounding techniques in guitar playing. Not surprisingly, it’s also one of the most difficult and least understood.
Shredding and the Phrygian Mode By Blaine “Shred Master General” Kaltman If you search for “shredding” on Google, two definitions will appear at the top of your screen: 1. To tear or cut into shreds. 2. To play a very fast intricate style of rock lead guitar.
Li-Sa-X, Marty Friedman and the Power of Prodigy By Troy Grady Li-Sa-X is an 11-year-old Japanese guitar phenomenon whose YouTube covers of virtuoso rock guitar classics, includung Racer X's "Scarified," have racked up seven-figure viewcounts.
Betcha Can't Play This with Andy James: Roller Coaster Picking By Damian Fanelli GuitarWorld.com has once again teamed up with guitarist and guitar instructor Andy James to bring you a brand-new edition of Betcha Can't Play This.
The Empire Strikes Chords: An Epic Guitar Lesson By Joey Lodes Joey Lodes of MaelstroM here. Let's all just agree...The Empire Strikes Back was the best.
The Never-Ending Shred Guitar Lick By Chris Scapelliti Shredding even short passages can be taxing for your hands, particularly your picking hand.
Blazing "Betcha Can't Play This" Supports Jason Becker's New Album Project By Damian Fanelli In the video below, guitarist Danny Young lays down a challenge that's quitefamiliar to Guitar World readers: "Betcha Can't Play This"!
Betcha Can't Play This: Steve Dadaian's Exotic Tapping Lick By Guitar World Staff In this brand-new (September 1, 2016)edition ofGuitar World's Betcha Can't Play This, guitaristSteve Dadaian is back with a challengingexotic tapping lick.
Betcha Can't Play This: Steve Dadaian's Monster Alternate Picking By Guitar Wold Staff In this latest edition of Guitar World's Betcha Can't Play This, guitaristSteve Dadaian unleashes some monster alternate picking while navigaving his wayover changes.
