Guitar World: April 2013 Videos

These videos are bonus content related to the April 2013 issue of Guitar World. Check out this month's issue for full tabs, transcriptions and lessons.

• In Deep: How to Expand Your Approach to Improvising by Playing on No More Than Three Strings
• Metal For Life: Unlocking the Secrets of the Seven Fundamental Modes Favored by Randy Rhoads
• All That Jazz: Learn to Burn — My Approach to Warming Up
• Prog-Gnosis: Voicing Options — Devising Chord Voicings on the Eight-String Guitar
• String Theory: Applying Breathtaking Arpeggio Sweeps to the "Autumn Leaves" Chord Progression
• Talkin' Blues: Anatomy of a Classic Solo — Billy Butler and "Honky Tonk"
• Hole Notes: The Killer Chord Moves and Blazing Bluegrass Lines of Flatpicker Tony Rice

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