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How to Play Bentonia Blues
September 14, 2019
Toss aside the rules and tune down your guitar.
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How to Write a Song
September 7, 2019
Nashville recording artist Lindsay Ell shares tips on how she beats writer’s block ... and how you can too.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Ambient Guitar
August 31, 2019
Ethereal drones, big reverbs, and plenty of dissonance go into this often-underappreciated style.
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Joe Gore’s Subversive Guitarist: The Great Guitar Intro Fake-Out
August 24, 2019
Shifting parts in time can solve countless musical problems.
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Poindexter at the Crossroads: The 5 Tonalities of the Blues
August 17, 2019
There’s way more to blues harmony than just major and minor.
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Beyond Blues: What Would Jimmy Raney Do?
August 10, 2019
A deep look into how a master combined hard bop with soulful swing.
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Intro to CAGED Chords
August 3, 2019
Learn a sure-fire way to map out every major or minor chord in any key.
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Joe Gore’s Subversive Guitarist: Animated Octave Leaps
July 27, 2019
Subvert muscle memory and discover fresh ideas.
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The “Stairway” Progression
July 13, 2019
Zeppelin might be the most famous case, but plenty of songwriters have borrowed these infamous chords.
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Why You Should Keep a Guitar Journal
July 6, 2019
Our musical brains can be deep, but messy. Here’s how to organize it all.
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Joe Gore's The Subversive Guitarist: The Devil’s in the Dynamics
June 22, 2019
How close can you get to silence? What happens when you play so hard that you worry about damaging your guitar?
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Chromatic CAGED
June 15, 2019
Having the ability to artfully add those "in-between" notes is a cornerstone of jazz guitar. Here’s how you do it.
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Mort, Death’s Apprentice: Hate Eternal’s Stacked Tritones
June 8, 2019
What’s more evil-sounding than the Devil’s interval?
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The Two Commandments of Shredding Chromatics
June 2, 2019
Look beyond playing the “right” notes.
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Joe Gore's The Subversive Guitarist: How to Practice Without a Guitar
May 25, 2019
You don’t need a fretboard to expand your fingerings.
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Did Robben Ford Invent a Scale?
May 18, 2019
Of course not. But he sure makes it sound good.
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Beyond Blues: The Mixo-Pentatonic Scale
May 11, 2019
Ditch the clichés and discover new ways to use an old friend.
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Funk Guitar in One Chord Shape or Less
May 4, 2019
Yes, you can get funky with a single chord shape.
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Joe Gore’s The Subversive Guitarist: Don’t Think Scales—Think Sequences!
April 27, 2019
Try this technically challenging workout that liberates you from muscle-memory habits.
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