Welcome to the June anniversary edition of the Guitar Nine on-line magazine. June of 1996 marked our entry into cyberspace, and after twenty-four great years, Guitar Nine has become well known for providing a wide variety of free instructional material, news and information. Better guitar tone, double chromatics, and scale connection are just a small sampling of the subjects found in this issue. In total, three guest columnists have submitted six original articles on a range of musical topics of interest to practicing guitarists, bassists and musicians. In addition to reading and mastering the information presented, please sample some great music released by the over 1400 musicians we've worked with over the past 24 years! To date, we've now published over 220 artist interviews, while over 210 musicians and industry experts have written nearly 1200 guest columns for this site since 1996.

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In This Issue

Are You Worthy?
Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Not quite ready to release that record yet? You may be underestimating yourself.
The Power To Release
Inspiration and Motivation
7 Tips On Creating Better Guitar Tone
Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

Don't spend more cash on guitars, effect pedals, and ampsm - better tone for free.
Guest Columnists
Guitar Technique
The Double Chromatic Approach
James Rosocha
James Rosocha

Resolving to the 3rd of the chords in a chromatic fashion.
Guest Columnists
Guitar Technique
Another Brick In The Wall Solo In Major
Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

Decide to choose modal harmony in your solos.
Guest Columnists
Guitar Technique
Connecting Scales
Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

If you know all of your scale patterns, but are not sure how to connect them, this lesson will help you.
Guest Columnists
Guitar Technique
Mysterious Arpeggios: X-Files And Metallica
Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

Create some threatening sounds with your guitar.
Guest Columnists
Guitar Technique
The Emotions Behind Guitar Modes And How To Use Them
Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

Using the Pitch Axis technique to express emotion.
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Guitar Technique
Guitar Nine Focus: Arpeggios
Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

The term arpeggios on guitar means to play chord tones (the notes of a chord) one note at a time.
G9 Focus
Guitar Technique
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