Jamie Humphries

Jamie Humphries is a U.K.-based author, instructor, and touring and session guitarist. In addition to teaching at numerous academies, including the ACM in Guildford, England, he has published three books and released over 50 DVDs. Humphries has also toured with Brian May and performed with Queen at Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday party in London. For more information, visit jamiehumphries.com.

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Cram Session: Sweep Picking

Ten exercises to help you master blazing-fast pick runs.

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Cram Session: The Ups and Downs of String Skipping

Legendary rock guitarists such as Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, Shawn Lane, and Nuno Bettencourt created wildly interesting and provocative lines by simply skipping over the obvious choice.

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Jamie Humphries

Cram Session: Thrash-Metal Rhythms

Learn how to conquer forearm-punishing riffs of the sort found in everything from early Metallica to Slayer and Megadeth.

Cram Session: Sweep Picking

Ten exercises to help you master blazing-fast pick runs.

Cram Session: Two-Hand Tapping

Eddie Van Halen didn’t invent tapping, but he certainly popularized it. Learn how to unlock the fretboard with this collection of finger-busting licks.

Cram Session: The Ups and Downs of String Skipping

Legendary rock guitarists such as Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, Shawn Lane, and Nuno Bettencourt created wildly interesting and provocative lines by simply skipping over the obvious choice.

Cram Session: Pentatonic Power

There’s a lifetime of learning packed into only five notes. Everyone from Clapton to Satriani has squeezed out the secrets. Now it’s your turn.

Shred Like Satriani: A Crash Course in Modern Legato

Stretch out those fingers and give your pick a rest with these twisted licks.

Cram Session: Alternate Picking

The concept is simple. It’s the application that takes work.

Electric Etudes: Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell

One of the heaviest guitarists to come out of Seattle’s grunge scene combines flashes of Hendrix with glimpses of Sabbath.

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Jamie Humphries

Learn how to conquer forearm-punishing riffs of the sort found in everything from early Metallica to Slayer and Megadeth.

Ten exercises to help you master blazing-fast pick runs.

Eddie Van Halen didn’t invent tapping, but he certainly popularized it. Learn how to unlock the fretboard with this collection of finger-busting licks.

Legendary rock guitarists such as Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, Shawn Lane, and Nuno Bettencourt created wildly interesting and provocative lines by simply skipping over the obvious choice.

There’s a lifetime of learning packed into only five notes. Everyone from Clapton to Satriani has squeezed out the secrets. Now it’s your turn.

Stretch out those fingers and give your pick a rest with these twisted licks.

The concept is simple. It’s the application that takes work.

One of the heaviest guitarists to come out of Seattle’s grunge scene combines flashes of Hendrix with glimpses of Sabbath.