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Make Your Sequences More Musical
February 27, 2021
Patterns can be viewed as boring or trite, but a little bit of creativity can turn them into bits of inspiration.
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A Crash Course in (Wayne) Krantz
February 20, 2021
How to wrangle the rhythm in the style of one of today’s greatest improvisers.
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Get Off the Grid!
February 13, 2021
What happens when the rug of the rhythm gets pulled out from under you?
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An Introduction to Weird Guitar
February 6, 2021
Get ready for a genre-bending lesson that aims to delight, confound, and inspire.
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A New Mom’s Guide to Practicing
January 30, 2021
Balancing a laundry list of tunes and a small human can give you new insights into making the most of your time.
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Big Band Blues Chords
January 23, 2021
Triskaidekaphobia? You won't after you dig into the beauty of a 13th chord.
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All Roads Lead to Les
January 16, 2021
Pioneering player and technical innovator Les Paul is a pivotal figure in music history for a lot more than his namesake Gibson. Here’s a look at a few of his most well-known licks.
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The Unpredictable Playing of Robert Quine
January 9, 2021
Explore how a rogue player combined punk, rock, and avant-garde in a truly original voice.
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Top 10 Lessons of 2020
December 26, 2020
This year we looked into how to solo like Garcia, bend like the late Peter Green, and think deeper about the blues scale.
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5 Ways to Strum Without A Pick
December 12, 2020
Discover your own musical fingerprint by exploring different approaches to string attack.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Standard Slide
December 5, 2020
Just because you want to slide, doesn’t mean you need to retune.
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A Guide to Pedal-Tone Blues
November 28, 2020
Take your rhythmic independence to a new level and learn to become a complete solo guitarist.
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Peter Green's Magic Scale
November 21, 2020
Put some Green into your blues with the minor pentatonic major 6 scale.
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John Coltrane’s Undeniable Improvisations
November 14, 2020
Guitarists can learn a lot by dissecting the art of articulation.
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Don’t Sleep on the Mixolydian Mode
November 7, 2020
Learning how to add Mixolydian flavors into your playing can be a quick way to expand your vocabulary or get out of a rut!
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Learn to Love Your Arpeggios
October 31, 2020
No matter the context, the arpeggio is the easiest and clearest way to outline harmony. I’ll prove it.
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Johnny “Guitar” Watson’s Stinging Blues
October 24, 2020
Watson was a pivotal influence on Frank Zappa, Etta James, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others.
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Intro to Hybrid Picking
October 17, 2020
Corey Congilio breaks down how to get the most out of a pick-and-fingers attack.
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Pump Up Your Picking
October 10, 2020
Quick exercises to get your fretting and picking hands playing together!
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Hendrix Rhythms Made Easy
October 3, 2020
Understanding Hendrix’s rhythm guitar style will help you create new, exciting guitar parts that add momentum to the song.
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