
This year we looked into how to solo like Garcia, bend like the late Peter Green, and think deeper about the blues scale.
Grateful Dead-Style Solo Tricks
By Michael Palmisano
Learn how to connect triads in the style of Grateful Dead legends Jerry Garcia and John Mayer.
Rethinking the Blues Scale
By Shawn Persinger
There's way more than blues-rock fodder buried in the crevices of the most overused scale in music.
Spice Up Your Cowboy Chords
By Shawn Persinger
Just because you live on the low end of the fretboard doesn't mean you can't add melodic and harmonic interest to your progressions.
Pentatonic Escape Routes
By Paul DePauw
Don't be a prisoner of the pentatonic box. Time to break out!
Walking the Blues
By Jason Beaudreau
Eight ways to add excitement to your blues rhythms.
How to Learn a Song Like a Nashville Pro
By Annie Clements
Here's a fool-proof process for systematically embedding a song in your soul.
Hendrix Rhythms Made Easy
By Jon MacLennan
Understanding Hendrix's rhythm guitar style will help you create new, exciting guitar parts that add momentum to the song.
Blues Arpeggio Tricks
By Corey Congilio
A simple half-step slide is all it takes to spice up those vanilla arpeggios.
Peter Green's Magic Scale
By Jeff McErlain
Put some Green into your blues with the minor pentatonic major 6 scale.
A Beginner's Guide to Standard Slide
Arthur Rotfeld
Just because you want to slide, doesn't mean you need to retune.