Guitar Technique
Major Triad Arpeggios
Mike Campese will help master your triads in all 12 keys, focusing on the sharp keys for the major triads.
Pentatonic Aggression: The Secret To Playing Badass Blues Guitar Licks
Tom Hess takes you through the exact steps needed for cleaning up unwanted string noise in your blues guitar licks.
Enhance Your Playing Using John Petrucci's Style
Look deeper, and find the overlooked value that makes John Petrucci a much greater guitarist than other players.
Making Fast Progress May Keep You From Becoming A Great Guitarist
The majority of guitar players unconsciously ruin their potential for improvement by learning 'too fast' in some areas of their playing and 'too slow' in other areas.
Metal Guitar 'Wrong Note' Playing Made Easy
If you are wondering how modern metal players use all these "wrong" notes and still sound great - here's how.
Killer Ways To Totally Change The Way You Play Acoustic Guitar, Part 2
Do you feel like you are at a dead end with your guitar playing? Here are three additional killer ways that will totally change the way you play your acoustic guitar from now on,
Fretboard Mastery
In order to be a great guitar player you must develop mastery over the fretboard.
Flat Keys
Mike Campese covers the flat keys moving around the circle of fourths.
How To Create Awesome Shred Guitar Ideas Without Playing Faster
You must master the ability to play with both speed and creativity in order to make your licks stand out.
How To Play Creative Sweep Picking Arpeggios
Build incredible amounts of musical tension by combining sweep picking technique with creative guitar phrasing ideas.
How To Be More Creative With Your Blues Rhythm Guitar Playing
Reynaert takes you on a journey through the possibilities of blues rhythm guitar playing.
How To Make The Wrong Notes Sound Right In Blues Guitar
If your guitar heroes use a lot of "wrong" notes and make them sound "right" (and you can't), here's how to do it.
Tapping Arpeggios
Mike Campese puts both hands on the fretboard to deliver more triad arpeggios.
The Benefits Of Playing Guitar
Read on for seven advantages and benefits of being a six-stringer.
Avoid Sucking At Guitar!
Learn how to develop great rhythm and time with your playing.
Spice Up Your Open Chords With Modal Notes
UK guitarist Sam Russell has some cool ways to spice up both open chords and standard chords with modal notes.
Single String Arpeggios
Mike Campese delivers a fistful of single string triad arpeggios - major, minor and diminished.
How To Turn Average Lead Guitar Licks Into Awesome Guitar Licks
To make your lead guitar playing sound great, you must understand how to play every single note in your licks with as much expression as possible.
How To Play Kick Ass Guitar Licks Quickly And Easily, Part 1
The key to playing killer guitar phrases is focusing on how you play - not necessarily which notes you use.
Blues Progressions And Tritone Substitutions
Dealing with blues songs featuring incredibly complicated chord changes can be easier than you think.
Killer Ways To Totally Change The Way You Play Acoustic Guitar, Part 1
Do you feel like you are at a dead end with your guitar playing? Here are five killer ways that will totally change the way you play your acoustic guitar from now on,
Sweeping Arpeggios
Mike Campese gives you a nice sweep picking arpeggio workout using the chord progression from Pachelbel's Canon in D.
Rhythmical Variations Of Guitar Phrases: The Missing Element
How to breathe new life in your licks and prepare for real-life playing at the same time.
7 String Guitar Playing: 5 Transforming Creative Tactics
Tom Hess' explores creative possibilities with the low B string.
Wider Type Shred Lines
Mike Campese touches on a more modern approach, incorporating different types of patterns into odd-numbered lines.
Creating Rock Guitar Solo Improvisations
Tom Hess' ideas for creating massive positive change in your ability to improvise rock guitar solos.
Unusual Pentatonic Runs
Try these cool runs which be very beneficial, get take you out of trouble.
Create Awesome Guitar Phrases With Sliding Intervals
See how one of the least exciting concepts in music theory can actually help you create awesome licks.
Repeating Speed Picking Patterns
Mike Campese delivers patterns that foster some of the fastest, most accurate picking you can imagine.
Arpeggio Shapes: Major 7
Go ahead and 'burn' your fretboard with these Major 7th arpeggios.
Technical Exercises, Part 2
Mike Campese returns with a second set of exercises to help you improve your picking, dexterity, and overall technique.
The Only Exercise You Will Need To Learn The Fretboard
Knowing all the notes on your fretboard is more useful and simpler than you think. Read here how.
Technical Exercises
Mike Campese is back with exercises to help you improve your picking, dexterity, and overall technique.
How To Turn Your Thoughts Into Musical Emotions
In order to enhance your musical expression and clearly communicate your ideas, you must understand how to think creatively when you play guitar.
Arpeggio Shapes: Dominants
Dominants should be the arpeggios you study first since they are used regularly in Blues/Rock progressions and songs.
Expressive Chord Creation
Wrapping your mind around the old "cowboy chords" but have no idea where to go from there? Here is a simple concept helping you break free and stimulating creativity.