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February 2024

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February 29
- Triads are integral to gospel, neo-soul and jazz guitar – in fact, they're essential for any style of guitar playing. Expand your repertoire now with these effortlessly cool licks
February 28
- Tosin Abasi and Rick Beato love his playing. Now Josh Meader shows you how to solo over one of the most important chord progressions in jazz
February 27
- Willie Nelson wrote his first song at 7 years old. Now he’s one of the music world’s true ‘hitmakers’ – and an outlaw country icon with a unique guitar style
February 26
- Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram is a modern master of blues guitar – and learning the Mississippi phenom’s soloing style will make you a better player
February 23
- Guitar solos feeling uninspired? Learn how you can breathe new life into your licks and make sure your solos always sound like they’re going somewhere
- Smooth fingerstyle, emotive phrasing and expert control of dynamics – Mateus Asato is a shred-rock neo-soul virtuoso for the social media age, and every guitarist can benefit from learning his tasteful techniques
February 22
- Jeff Beck was a master of string bends and the whammy bar – and this masterclass in his ‘blues and beyond’ guitar style will make your solos more expressive
February 21
- The minor pentatonic is the ultimate guitar scale, but it can get stale quickly. Here are 5 ways to get more from it
February 20
- Are you taking an honest look at your technique before you practice? By working on the fundamentals, you’ll get much more out of your routine
February 19
- How to improvise on guitar: 5 easy ways to improve your solos
- Intro licks are different to solos – they have to be concise and melodic, with a real start and end. Here's how to open your solos like the pros
February 16
- Ed Sheeran isn’t just a fingerpicker or a strummer – his ‘guitar orchestra’ approach sells out stadiums. Here’s how he does it
February 15
- Robben Ford has been sideman to stars from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and even Kiss – and he's an expert in fusing the worlds of jazz and blues guitar
February 14
- “He is the fastest and cleanest and has more technique than any other”: Jimmy Bryant was one of the very first Telecaster heroes. Learn how his trailblazing playing shaped the guitarists who followed
- Gary Clark Jr. is responsible for some of contemporary blues’ tastiest solos – here’s what you can learn from his approach
February 13
- Steve Morse is the guitar virtuoso's virtuoso – and his technique masterclass will push your upper-fret bending and phrasing to the limit
- “The Gibson SG took me about 30 years to figure out… it’s completely different from a Les Paul”: Joe Bonamassa explains how he learned to love Gibson’s solid guitar – and teaches you his favorite SG licks
February 9
- 5 ways to improve your major pentatonic licks
February 8
- 6 simple but super-effective ways to make easy chords sound great
- Improve your blues soloing now with 10 tasty B.B. King-inspired intro licks
February 7
- Eric Bibb is one of today’s most important acoustic blues guitarists – and his fingerpicking style is an absolute must-learn
February 6
- Welcome to the ultimate Rolling Stones guitar lesson – a tab and audio deep dive into the styles of Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Brian Jones, and Mick Taylor
February 5
- Banish stock phrases with these smart triad chord ideas
- Tony Iommi gave birth to heavy metal – and learning his techniques will make you a better riff writer
February 2
- Tosin Abasi is one of modern metal's most forward-thinking and creative minds – and his groundbreaking selective picking technique will really test your abilities