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Scott Joplin’s Sweet Syncopations
July 4, 2020
Investigating the style of one of ragtime’s biggest names will undoubtedly improve your fingerstyle technique.
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Practice Makes Music: Creative Ways to Learn from Your Favorite Artists
June 27, 2020
A guide on how modern R&B and pop could unlock your inner practice addict.
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Chet Atkins Sound
June 20, 2020
Whether you’re a fingerpicking enthusiast or simply looking to understand the fundamentals, master these examples and you’ll start sounding like the “Country Gentleman” in no time.
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Polyrhythms and the Movies
June 13, 2020
Wanna learn how Steve Buscemi and Jack Nicholson can improve your time-feel? Read on.
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Arranging "Amazing Grace" for Solo Guitar
June 6, 2020
Solo guitar is an art. Here are a few techniques to expand your palette.
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How to Rest
May 30, 2020
It’s one of the easiest things to do, yet so few guitarists do it.
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Plan Your Practice Time
May 23, 2020
Make the most of the time you have by focusing on both the technical and emotional sides of practicing.
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Slippery Half-Step Blues Bends
May 16, 2020
What makes some of your favorite blues players sound so tasteful and different? Here’s one concept to expand your vocabulary into their territory.
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Intro to Indian Slide Guitar
May 9, 2020
Don’t know a raga from ravioli? Here’s a place to start.
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Beef Up Your Bends
May 2, 2020
Fiery blues-rocker Chris Buck shares his top five ways to make your bends more meaningful.
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Perpetual Subversion
April 25, 2020
This series has run its course. But its methods can last a lifetime.
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Tapping Into Chaos
April 18, 2020
Investigate the intricacies of Elliott Sharp—a modern, boundary-pushing, percussive acoustic master.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Nashville Number System
April 11, 2020
It’s a secret language that will help you become a better musician—even if you live outside of Music City.
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Ozzy’s Guitar Army: Unlock the Solos of Randy, Jake, and Zakk
April 4, 2020
From neo-classical riffs to pure shred and finally Southern rock on steroids, these three guitarists held it down for Ozzy for more than 30 years.
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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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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.
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