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Loved by Joni Mitchell and Keith Richards alike, essential to slide players, here’s how you can explore chords in open D
These 5 shapes showcase the range of acoustic sounds and textures this open tuning grants access to
Guitarists always talk about down-picking, but have you worked on your up-picking lately? Here's why it could be a game-changer for your playing
Mastering confident upstrokes can take your playing to the next level, whatever style you play
Jared James Nichols on how to play behind and ahead of the beat in the blues
Taking what he learned from Leslie West, Eric Clapton and Paul Kossoff, Jared James Nichols shows us just how to work the pocket and give our playing the personality it needs
Joe Bonamassa invites you to join him on blues shuffle – don’t worry, he’ll show you the notes
Set your phone on silent, your brain on shuffle. JoBo has a blues lesson coming in hot
Cory Wong on the most important technique you can learn from Nile Rodgers
The kingpin of funky strumming defers to the O.G. – as Wong explains what he learned from the Chic master
Metronome magic: master your picking, improve timing, and build up speed – one click at a time
Still ignoring the metronome? These seven examples prove it’s the secret weapon behind precision, speed, and control
Decoding the magic of Carlos Santana’s supernatural soloing style
Stay cosmic with this lesson in how Carlos Santana took the blues as practiced by B.B. King and Peter Green, plus the new radical rock styles of the '60s, and put his signature spin on them
When tapping's not shredding: how to play tapped harmonics like Eddie Van Halen
Tapped harmonics were among Eddie Van Halen's trademark techniques. Learn how to make your guitar scream and sing
