Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

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Enjoy over 25 years of staff columns, guest columns, interviews and more!

April-May 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Learning a tune by heart - where to begin and how to make it sound natural.

April-May 2020
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Stuck inside? Take advantage of the time and challenge yourself to get to the next level.

February-March 2020
Tommaso Zillio

The more you get to know chords the better time you will having using them.

February-March 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Control your dynamics by controlling the force of your picking.

February-March 2020
Tommaso Zillio

You'll sound “outside” once you have mastered the “inside sound”.

February-March 2020
James Rosocha

When used correctly, guide tones outline the flavor of the chords you’re improvising over.

February-March 2020
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Creative ways to move around the fretboard at a blazing fast speed.

February-March 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Creating unlimited licks using the pentatonic scale.

December-January 2019
Tommaso Zillio

The pentatonic scale contains 5 notes; the melodic combinations you have to work with are endless.

December-January 2019
Tommaso Zillio

Creativity takes practice, just like anything else.

December-January 2019
Tommaso Zillio

It’s really not about how fast technically advanced it is, but rather how it is phrased.

December-January 2019
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

This scale is most common in jazz, but can be applied to any style of music.

October-November 2019
Tommaso Zillio

Let's get those creative wheels turning, shall we?

October-November 2019
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Taking the diminished scale and incorporating it with a basic blues scale box.

August-September 2019
Tommaso Zillio

Koto on guitar - let's get exotic, shall we?

August-September 2019
James Rosocha

More about the chords, triads, and arpeggios that are built from the major scale.

August-September 2019
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Even more ideas to spice up your arpeggio sequences by altering the order of the notes.

June-July 2019
Tommaso Zillio

Let's see what we can do to overcome our hand's size.

June-July 2019
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Time to build technique and spice up your arpeggio sequences by altering the order of the notes.

April-May 2019
James Rosocha

Gaining knowledge of all the chords, triads, and arpeggios that are built from the major scale.

April-May 2019
Tommaso Zillio

Did you know? Professional guitarists may spend at least 30% of their time refining this skill.

April-May 2019
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Now, Mike mixes up the rhythms when practicing scales to make things that much more interesting.

February-March 2019
Paul Verschuur

Remember: your unique intuition is the most important asset you possess.

February-March 2019
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Building your chops while making practice time more interesting and even, fun.

December-January 2018
Tommaso Zillio

Consider taking your playing to the next level - and melt some minds.

December-January 2018
James Rosocha

Altering the sound of the pentatonic scale by plugging in an additional note.

December-January 2018
Austin Consordini

Identifying and accurately defining each of the main guitar types.

December-January 2018
Tommaso Zillio

Tommaso compares and contrasts CAGED and pentatonic scale systems.

December-January 2018
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike digs a little deeper into the Altered scale, aka Super Locrian.

October-November 2018
Simon Candy

Simon takes a close look at the use of chords in this popular tuning.

October-November 2018
Austin Consordini

Check out the 12-string guitar, as well as the songs you could practice and learn from using this instrument.

October-November 2018
James Rosocha

An endless variety of melodic phrases can be derived from the permutation of chord tones.

October-November 2018
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike teaches soloing over chord changes with a track from his album, "The Fire Within".

August-September 2018
Simon Candy

Avoiding these crippling mistakes will eliminate frustration and lead to satisfying arrangements.

August-September 2018
Simon Candy

A way of playing your guitar where you can sound full and complete without needing someone else to play with you.

August-September 2018
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike has a new album, "The Fire Within". and breaks down a few of the notable tracks.

June-July 2018
Simon Candy

Learn the sophisticated, awe inspired, and flat out mind-blowing style of percussive acoustic guitar.

June-July 2018
Tommaso Zillio

Is learning music theory is the way to go, or, will it drain your potential?

June-July 2018
James Rosocha

Additional rhythmic variations to practice using the pentatonic scale as the vehicle.

June-July 2018
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike delivers the keys to unlocking specific sounds, such as the Phrygian dominant mode, from the Harmonic Minor scale.

June-July 2018
Chris Byrd

Deepen your knowledge of the Minor Pentatonic scale, free yourself from the “5 boxes slavery”, expand your phrasing vocabulary and stimulate your creativity.

June-July 2018
Tommaso Zillio

Learning to use musical form will help you "cast" an idea into an entire song.

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