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May 2019

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May 31
- Use Melody to Avoid Cliche Scale Noodling
- How to Construct Classic Eighties-Style Metal Guitar Parts
- Essential Guitar Licks: Slippery Duane Allman-Style Mixolydian Slide Lick
May 30
- Odd Couplings: More Approaches to Soloing in Odd Meters
- Guitar Anatomy: Four Fundamental Movements Every Guitarist Should Know
May 29
- Blues Shapes: Using Triadic Forms as Soloing Templates
May 28
- Shredding with the Minor-Drop Progression
- How to Utilize Unusual Alternate Tunings Like Jimmy Page
May 23
- More Ways to Utilize “Chicken Pickin’ ” in a Metal Solo
May 22
- Five Simple Minor Pentatonic Hacks That Open Up the Fretboard
- Tapping in 16th-Note Triplets with Guthrie Govan
- How Guitarists Can Break Through Speed Barriers
May 21
- The Genius of Chet Atkins: Two Patented Techniques
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 12
May 20
- Hybrid Picking, and a Gypsy Jazz–Tinged Run in E Minor
- Blending the E, A and B Chord Progression into the Higher Register
May 17
- How to Reinvent a Modal Melody by Changing Only One Note
- Around the World in Seven Scales
May 16
- Infusing Major Pentatonic Patterns with Chromatic Passing Tones
May 15
- Meet the Major Diatonic Drop, a Progression Used by Ozzy Osbourne, Glen Campbell and John Lennon
- Killer Vibrato: How to Master Five Essential Performance Techniques
May 14
- Expanding Minor Pentatonic Ideas with Three-Notes-Per-String Phrases
- Sick Guitar Tricks: How to Create Warbles, Whinnys and Other Cool Effects
May 13
- Country-Influenced Application of Hybrid Picking for Blues and Rock
- A Guide to Rolling Shred Patterns
May 10
- Thematic Development, and How to Play "Atlantic Limited"
- How to Play Jazzy Jimi Hendrix Chords
May 9
- How to Develop a Great Slide Vibrato
- Back to Basics with Pentatonics
May 8
- The Ultimate Transition Chord: Four Minor Resolutions for dim7
- Combine Arpeggios, Octave Displacement and Scales for Gloriously Melodic Results
May 7
- Composing Away from the Guitar
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 11
May 6
- Whammy Bar Setup Secrets
- More Open-String Lick Ideas from Metallica's Kirk Hammett
May 3
- Combining Metal-Style Rhythm-Playing Techniques to Create Memorable Riffs
May 2
- How to Play Soul-Blues Rhythm Guitar
- Soloing with the Mixed Blues Scale
May 1
- Continuing Our Look at Moving "Outside" the Tonal Center
- Yngwie Malmsteen Pays Tribute to the World's First Shredder, Niccolo Paganini