Lessons
Riff Rundown: The Jesus Lizard's "Then Comes Dudley"
Jagged guitar mastermind Duane Denison unpacks the simple-but-tricky chords and timing of the menacing anti-hero anthem off Goat.
Mutant Folk Fingerpicking
A funky fingerstyle challenge that starts with Travis picking and then warps it beyond recognition.
Riff Rundown: Chon's "Gift"
The guitar duo slow down their finger-tapping firepower and break apart the outstretched chords that bring the Chon song to life.
How to Learn a Song Like a Nashville Pro
Here’s a fool-proof process for systematically embedding a song in your soul.
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Palm-Mute Like Pino
March 28, 2020
What does it take to be an R&B bass icon? Here’s how Pino Palladino changed the game.
Should You Learn to Read Music?
March 21, 2020
It’s a complicated calculus, with no hard-and-fast rules.
Riff Rundown: The Jesus Lizard's "Then Comes Dudley"
March 15, 2020
Jagged guitar mastermind Duane Denison unpacks the simple-but-tricky chords and timing of the menacing anti-hero anthem off Goat.
Last Dance with Dorian
March 14, 2020
It all started with a Fender Champ and a three-chord rock anthem.
The Melodic Side of Ritchie Blackmore
February 29, 2020
The legendary guitarist not only wrote one of the most famous riffs of all time, he pioneered a style that gave birth to legions of shredders.
Mutant Folk Fingerpicking
February 22, 2020
A funky fingerstyle challenge that starts with Travis picking and then warps it beyond recognition.
Spy Guitar Essentials
February 15, 2020
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to learn, understand, and incorporate the musical characteristics found in countless spy-film soundtracks.
The Happy Side of the Phrygian Scale
February 8, 2020
Don’t let this often misunderstood scale lead you down the “wrong” path.
Riff Rundown: Chon's "Gift"
February 2, 2020
The guitar duo slow down their finger-tapping firepower and break apart the outstretched chords that bring the Chon song to life.
How to Learn a Song Like a Nashville Pro
February 1, 2020
Here’s a fool-proof process for systematically embedding a song in your soul.
How Much Can You Say with a Single-Note Line?
January 25, 2020
Let’s consult J.S. Bach! Don’t know a partita from a fajita? No worries.
Riff Rundown: As Cities Burn's "Chains"
January 19, 2020
Guitarist Cody Bonnette uses drop-C# tuning and a simple walk-up to trigger the lead single off 2019's Scream Through the Walls.
Riff Rundown: Between the Buried and Me's "Famine Wolf"
January 12, 2020
Dustie Waring shows how an excellent string-skipping warm-up routine doubles as a blazing opener for the Coma Ecliptic track.
Riff Rundown: Chon's "Petal"
January 5, 2020
Guitarists Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel collectively demonstrate their separate (but complementary) fretboard somersaults featured on 2019's Chon.
How to Craft More Melodic Solos
January 4, 2020
There’s way more to it than simply mastering chords and scales.
Top 10 Lessons of 2019
December 28, 2019
This past year we dug into the playing of a jazz legend, rethought our approach to scales, and finally got to the bottom of the “Stairway” progression.
How to Play Those “Impossible” Intervals
December 21, 2019
Your guitar “wants” you to favor some intervals over others. Don’t listen.
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