Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Learn the essentials of the swept arpeggio from one of the masters of the technique.

Highlighting the ways that other instruments and their players can profoundly effect us.

Gerry Magee continues his multi-part series on expanding your mind, as well as your fretboard, with an article on focusing your mental energy.

Peter Neri on how to get those fingers (and thumbs) flying.

Don Lappin discusses the endless possibilities of the 5-tone tapping technique.

Systematically deaiing with our musical need to improvise.

Sweep those old sweeping techniques under the rug! Marshall Harrison`s got some great ideas in store for you.

You don`t have to be a shredding, virtuoso guitar player to learn proper phrasing, and your solos will stand out from the pack.

How is your timing? Are you about to lose your gig because you always rush the beat? Kevin Slack has an exercise which will help you determine where you stand.

Years of teaching at GIT have taught Joe a thing or three about structuring a solo. No need to travel to Hollywood, we`ve got the lesson right here.

The guitarist on "Twins" offers the first installment on going beyond the flat pick.

G9er Will Landrum is back to teach you the magic of turning a scale into real music.

Learn to walk a tightrope on someone else`s web site--Greigg is here to talk guitar pickups.

Think about it--how to use your head to help your hands.

The guitarist on "Twins" offers the second installment on going beyond the flat pick.

Understand how your body functions when you`re playing guitar, and you can get out more of your practice routines.

Will Landrum is back with an exercise will single handedly improve multiple areas of your playing and thinking.

Check out this excerpt from Niccolo Paganini`s "24 Caprices" for your introduction into the neo-classical style.

Rut busting tips from the guitarist behind the amazing "First Light".

Good advice for building smooth speed from the guitarist behind the amazing "First Light".

Haven`t you always wanted to play what you hear in your head? Be sure to check out super-picker Shane Theriot`s exercise.

Will Landrum is back with a cool right-hand tapping riff, culled from his self-titled CD.

There`s more to the simple plectrum than meets the ear.

How to get that twangin` country crosspicked sound, when the pressure is on.

No, no, no! This is about music! From the guitarist behind the amazing "First Light".

Direct from Canada, Martone`s lesson should help to obtain a change of color over dominant chords.

Get a rhythmic grip on odd meters with this new column from Colin Mandel.

Lower Bach pain? A great exercise for right hand picking as well as left hand fretting technique.

Put down that guitar! How to dramatically affect your playing and creativity.

An original orchestration from "Gilbert Isbin Plays Nick Drake".

Tips on avoiding practice schedule overload. From the guitarist behind the unique "Highway 90" CD.

David Martone`s follow up lesson continues the quest for a change of color over dominant chords.

Add spice to your sonic stew with these harmonization ideas.

Get a rhythmic grip on odd meters with the latest installment from Colin Mandel.

Believe it or not - you can play melodies and riffs without always pressing on the frets. Let Ray show you how.

The official arpeggios of Guitar Nine Records - always play the 9th. Take it away Mike.

Will returns to discuss the relationship all guitarists must develop with their tools of choice.

A simple technique that will have you breaking speed records even after the Olympics.

Mike Campese is back with a follow up article with even more 9ths for your entertainment.

Swedish guitarist Sebastian Kalamajski recommends you think before you noodle.

Acoustic wizard Michael Hewett has some great advice to help you get "all there" with the music.

Kevin Ferguson, devotee of uncommon sounds and intervals, reveals how you can explore this area with your own playing.