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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.
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Should You Learn to Read Music?
March 21, 2020
It’s a complicated calculus, with no hard-and-fast rules.
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Last Dance with Dorian
March 14, 2020
It all started with a Fender Champ and a three-chord rock anthem.
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Mutant Folk Fingerpicking
February 22, 2020
A funky fingerstyle challenge that starts with Travis picking and then warps it beyond recognition.
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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.
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The Happy Side of the Phrygian Scale
February 8, 2020
Don’t let this often misunderstood scale lead you down the “wrong” path.
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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.
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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.
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How to Craft More Melodic Solos
January 4, 2020
There’s way more to it than simply mastering chords and scales.
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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.
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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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The Guitarist’s Guide to Auditioning
November 30, 2019
An in-depth roundtable on everything you need to know to get—and keep—that big-time gig.
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How 20th-Century Classical Music Can Make You a Better Rock Player
November 23, 2019
From Debussy to Reich, classical composers can offer timeless techniques to supercharge your next riff.
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Joe Gore's The Subversive Guitarist: The End of the Note
November 16, 2019
Silences define a rhythm as much as its notes.
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The Golden Rules of Melodic Comping
November 9, 2019
Wanna get called back for a gig? Well, you better learn to not step on the melody.
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A Practical Approach to Picking Proficiency
November 2, 2019
Three essential plectrum techniques for players of every stripe.
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Richard Thompson: The Thinking Man’s Guitar Hero
October 26, 2019
Get inside the style of folk-rock’s most influential 6-stringer.
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Master Fingerstyle Guitar—Once and for All!
October 19, 2019
It doesn’t matter whether you’re just starting out with fingerstyle, or merely want to hone your existing technique. There’s something here for every level.
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Jim Hall’s Classical Chord Melodies
October 12, 2019
The link between Bach and jazz is closer than you think.
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