Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Inspired by Jeff Beck`s cover of "A Day In The Life"? Learn how you can play more melodically.

Ideas that make good melodic sense whether you play them fast or slow.

Zammit`s back with the first part of his challenging and beneficial chromatic exercises.

Scott`s tackles the unteachable, and talks about adding bends, slides, and killer vibrato to your solo work

Mike Campese gives you exercises and tios on how to pedal your way to musical nirvana.

Ysrafel covers vibrato technique in great detail in this informative lesson.

Tom Hess offers three reasons why you may not be getting big results from taking guitar lessons.

Music is a synthesis of technique and art; making sure you include both in equal measure.

Here are more exercises to develop and improve outside picking and alternate picking.

Here is a great way of acquiring some useful improvisational tools, improving your technique, and more.

Zammit`s back with the second part of his challenging and beneficial chromatic exercises.

Scott Allen explodes the myth of the pentatonic scale being only appropriate for beginners.

Mike Campese introduces you to techniques from his 2010 CD.

Solo ideas and strategies that will help you build a memorable solo.

Every musician has to do it and while some dread it, many others do it religiously.

Here are exercises to develop and improve your speed on the guitar.

Fact: Music is easy. Fact: People complicate it.

Improve your legato technique with Zammit`s exercises.

Mike Campese is back with more ideas he used on his "Electric City" CD.

Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar cleaner, eliminate sloppy playing and unwanted string noise?

These two can be some of the most telling sign if a musician is good or great.

Here`s a skill that saves you time and keeps you focused on the real issue that is causing you to make mistakes.

Guy`s article designed for aspiring improvisers who are keen to break out of the pentatonic scale.

X marks the spot with ways to gain freedom of expression and develop an ability to create original solos.

Express yourself with bends using Zammit`s exercises.

Scott Allen explores altered chords (such as the Jimi Hendrix chord) and more.

Mike Campese returns to revisit more ideas for the Phrygian Dominant scale.

Take one thing, one approach, one pattern - and master it.

Guy`s great way of acquiring some useful improvisational tools, improving your techniques, sharpening your position shifting, and discovering new chord shapes.

Here are different ways of musical practice that do not have to be done at home or in a studio.

You can use the Harmonic Minor scale to add exotic twists to your solos.

X marks the spot with simple but very powerful strategies on how to achieve more by playing less.

Putting the focus on the metaphysical aspects of the playing the guitar.

Mike Campese serves up a holiday treat - his take on the Grinch`s theme song.

In this installment of CAGED Arpeggios, Guy puts individual shapes to work in replicating chord progressions.

There are a lot of ways to go about finding your signature tone.

Scott Allen begins his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful seventh chord arpeggios.

Paul Tauterouff is back with an easy to play sequence that can help you to create some new and interesting sounds.

Nick has new ideas for making your own licks come alive.

Joe continues onward in the series of practicing techniques that require no physical practice.

Juan Coronado shows how playing circles with the pick can help you play scales faster by economizing the movement.

Just when you thought all arpeggio topics had been covered, Mike`s back with triad arpeggio practice ideas.