Guitar Nine Columns

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

October-November 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Ways to change your guitar tone without touching an amp or pedals.

October-November 2020
Guitar Haus

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's unique sound.

October-November 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Improvise to Darth Vader's Theme by John Williams.

October-November 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Improvise to Darth Vader's Theme by John Williams.

October-November 2020
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Great when learning modes - hear the sound of each mode over a tonal center.

October-November 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Muting your guitar with tape or a hair band!

August-September 2020
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's August-September 2020 newsletter.

August-September 2020
Guitar Nine

The word chromatic in music means two or more consecutive notes that are a half step from one another.

August-September 2020
Tommaso Zillio

3-dimensional phrasing - as opposed to 2-dimensional (flat, lifeless) playing.

August-September 2020
Guitar Haus

Studio wizard Tom Scholz literally altered the trajectory of my life.

August-September 2020
Tommaso Zillio

The perils of an out-of-balance guitar practice.

August-September 2020
Tommaso Zillio

The perils of an out-of-balance guitar practice.

August-September 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Learn all the little tricks that are easy to underestimate but make the difference.

August-September 2020
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Strengthen your upstrokes so they are as strong as your downstrokes.

June-July 2020
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's June-July 2020 newsletter.

June-July 2020
Guitar Nine

The term arpeggios on guitar means to play chord tones (the notes of a chord) one note at a time.

June-July 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Using the Pitch Axis technique to express emotion.

June-July 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Create some threatening sounds with your guitar.

June-July 2020
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

If you know all of your scale patterns, but are not sure how to connect them, this lesson will help you.

June-July 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Decide to choose modal harmony in your solos.

June-July 2020
James Rosocha

Resolving to the 3rd of the chords in a chromatic fashion.

June-July 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Don't spend more cash on guitars, effect pedals, and ampsm - better tone for free.

April-May 2020
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's April-May 2020 newsletter.

April-May 2020
Guitar Nine

A look back at nine of the funnest and even funniest reviews from the Guitar Nine's "The Undiscovered" column feature.

April-May 2020
Tommaso Zillio

Hit the 'EASY' button - ear training ideas for the rest of us.

April-May 2020
Tommaso Zillio

What we are being told by traditional music theory, is a load of crap.

April-May 2020
Tommaso Zillio

A basic skill you need to have - here's how to get it.

April-May 2020
Alex Bruce

If you're going to record with your band, or play live, then it's nothing short of vital.

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
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's February-March 2020 newsletter.

February-March 2020
Guitar Nine

A look back at the critic's 19 favorite artists from Guitar Nine's "The Undiscovered" column feature.

February-March 2020
Guitar Haus

On the right material, the wah pedal actually deepens the connection I have with the guitar.

February-March 2020
Guitar Haus

Though electric shred is my passion I have learned many instruments, styles and aspects of music.

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
Guitar Nine

A look back at the Guitar Nine Attic Inventory of uncovered items, as of December 2019.

December-January 2019
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's December-January 2019 newsletter.

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