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An original work (part one of two preludes) composed for solo electric guitar, in tabulature and standard notation.

Do you still think the Aeolian mode is a ship from Star Trek? Are you comfortable discussing Mixolydian and Phrygian modes in mixed company? Tony Young cuts to the heart of modes.

Don`t let your current concept of reality dominate your guitar playing.

An original work composed for solo classical guitar, in tabulature and standard notation.

An arrangement of the Tchaikovsky piece for solo guitar, in tabulature and standard notation.

Learn some substitutions for those tried and true barre chords. How the knowledge of triads can help you come up with original sounding guitar parts.

Tips for playing arpeggiated chord progressions using string skipping.

Some creative uses of digital delay when writing or recording.

Arnold Schulman discusses lyric writing for the beginner.