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Will Landrum shows you how to inject your own personal timing and inflections into your playing while staying in groove with the real timing of the music.
Danny Jones is back with licks that will help you break the scale pattern syndrome.
UK guitarist Alan Williamson shows you how to use more fingers, tones and frets in your licks.
Can you deliver interesting and musical solos? Do it by looking for ways to add more variety.
Mike Campese serves up a blended scale you can use to set your music apart from the ordinary.
Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas with an insightful answer to a common question.
G9er Will Landrum is back with more ways to use the beloved arpreggio.
One of the best ways to memorize your scales on the neck and help you break out of the patterns you have been stuck in.
If it has ever crossed your mind to have a go, or you just feel vaguely dissatisfied with 6 strings, then read this.
Danny Jones is back, taking wide interval links and making cool runs out of 'em.
More ideas to help you memorize your scales break out of the patterns and ruts you have been stuck in.
How long you practice is not always as important as what you choose to focus your practice time on.
"Is learning music theory really necessary for me?" Patrick DeCoste explores possible answers.
Discoveries are unearthed that reinforce the assertion that the 7-string represents evolutionay progression.
Danny Jones knows you don`t have enough time to practive - or maybe you do.
These ideas will really add some spice to your playing.
Patrick DeCoste returns with tips on `playing to the sound`.
Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas helps you to both figure out, and master, the neck.
Guitarist Randy Ellefson hopes you never need this article. But if you do, read on.
Guy Pople delves into independence and rudimentary music theory.
A quick look at various picking techniques.
Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess was a bad student too, but he got his act together, and you can as well.
Complex music requires thought and preplanning in order to get the best results.
How to avoid "wrong notes" on your way to creating interesting, improvised lines.
Can you cure a case of guitar hero "Clone-itus?" Here`s some cure-all.
Understanding how a key can be made to reveal its chordal treasure is invaluable knowledge.
What`s the best way to organize vast amounts of musical information in your mind? Kevin Buck has some ideas for you.
Regular rehearsals and practice sessions can help take you to the next level.
Using simple guitar overdubs to great effect.
Stimulate your guitar practice and composition by finding alternative angles and methods of reinterpretation.
Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess lays out an effective, step-by-step plan for developing speed.
Patrick DeCoste discusses the essential art of two handed muting.
Revealing an altogether more subtle harmonic concept.
Think in terms of five, as you work on these 3+2 ideas.
Patrick DeCoste is back to help you push the boundaries of harmonics.
Terry Syrek will slap you silly if you even attempt a wank tap.
An inside look at how one key can affect the sound of another.
Give your picking a boost with German`s crazy ideas.
Patrick DeCoste returns to bring music theory to life.
Before you come down for one technique or another, check out Philippov`s discussion on the issue.
Here`s some ideas to help you reach the front gate of shredhood.
Examples and tips intended to help everybody who seeks ways to improve on their instrument.