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August 2026

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11 articles

August 23
- Learn “pendulum” strumming – the secret to natural-sounding chords
August 19
- How to write a “song within a song” with your guitar solos
August 18
- “Unlock new sounds while opening up your fretboard vision and knowledge”: Who’s afraid of the Mixolydian mode? Here’s how you can use it for triads
August 16
- “Herein lies the beauty of the blues”: Joe Bonamassa explains why varying your pick attack is a fundamental part of your playing style
- Learn the all-purpose passing chord – the get-out-of-jail-free hack used by everyone from Kurt Cobain to Billie Joe Armstrong
August 9
- Don’t barre the F chord. Try embellishing it instead
August 6
- “The name can be distracting – what’s important is the sound. Jimmy Page thought so”: How recycling chord shapes can unlock new and surprising sounds
August 5
- Feel is more important than accuracy. Just ask Kim Thayil, Alex Lifeson and Jimmy Page
August 2
- “It just sounds like doo-doo under a D chord”: Why muting the low E string is one of the most important lessons any beginner guitarist can learn
- “This is not a tuning I use often, but it turned out to be perfect here”: Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer on how extended-range guitars open up new chord voicing possibilities
August 1
- “It all started during a soundcheck. I was playing a Telecaster, and I said to our drummer, ‘Hey man, play the train beat!’ I began playing what became the main riff in Let It Burn”: Charlie Starr on how to turn a simple, catchy riff into a killer song