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Last Dance with Dorian
Lessons

Last Dance with Dorian

It all started with a Fender Champ and a three-chord rock anthem.

Make Moves Like Metheny
Jazz

Make Moves Like Metheny

You don't have to want to play like a jazz legend to practice like one.

The Secret to Connecting Chords
Beginner

The Secret to Connecting Chords

Theory isn't always the answer, and it doesn't help in the ways that you imagine it would.

Style Guide: All About Arpeggios
Lessons

Style Guide: All About Arpeggios

Play more melodic—and meaningful—solos by exploiting the sound of arpeggios.

Style Guide: Left-Hand Techniques
Lessons

Style Guide: Left-Hand Techniques

Learn how to get your fretting hand in shape with some exercises that will improve your dexterity, finger independence, and legato playing.

Fretboard Workshop: Avoiding Practice
Lessons

Fretboard Workshop: Avoiding Practice

Learn how to transform otherwise boring exercises into musical phrases.

Chords

Fretboard Workshop: Pentatonic Box Breakout

Arpeggios are the musical equivalent of greeting someone by name—it’s the most direct way you can communicate with a chord and it’s going to take your playing up a notch.

Kick Out The Jams: One-Chord Monte
Lessons

Kick Out The Jams: One-Chord Monte

Soloing over one chord can either be the most freeing musical experience or the most terrifying.