Shapes of Things: 10 Things You Gotta Know About the Fingerboard

Jan 29 2013 12:00AM
Ever feel a little out of touch or just plain lost on certain parts of the guitar fingerboard? You’re certainly not alone. More...

Hey Jazz Guy

Dec 27 2012 12:00AM
I love the sound of solo jazz guitar, but playing it is totally foreign to me More...

Double Visions: Alternating Parallel Major and Minor

Dec 20 2012 12:00AM
TRIADS ARE BASED OFF OF THREE pitches. Technically any collection of three pitches defines a triad, but more commonly the word “triad” refers to tertian triads: a three-note chord that can be stacked in thirds. More...

Rocking the Conservatory, The California Guitar Trio Tackles the Classics

Mar 5 2013 12:00AM
The California Guitar Trio’s relentless passion for following the muse has served it well. More...

Steady Progression, Jane Getter Scales New Heights and Finds Her Voice Amidst the Notes

Mar 5 2013 12:00AM
Jane Getter began her career as a precocious straight-ahead jazzer, rapidly securing gigs with luminaries such as saxophonist Joe Lovano and pianists Kenny Barron and Richie Beirach— but it was an extended outing with Hammond More...

Hey Jazz Guy

Jan 29 2013 12:00AM
This really is the improviser’s greatest challenge. More...

Quick Licks

Jan 29 2013 12:00AM
“Everyone plays in front of the barre, but here’s a way to get some ‘behind the barre’ action,” says GP Records artist Jimmy Leslie. More...

Exploring the Acoustic Jimmy Page

Jan 29 2013 12:00AM
Waxing prosaic on the accomplishments of Jimmy Page as a guitarist, producer, songwriter, and arranger—both with Led Zeppelin and as a studio musician and solo artist—may be overstating the obvious at this point in music More...

Arpeggios Reborn: A New Approach to the Horizontal Realm

Jan 29 2013 12:00AM
In western cultures , harmony is conveyed in two basic ways: the vertical, as in chords [Ex. 1a], and the horizontal, as in arpeggios [Ex. 1b]. More...

August 2012 Quick Licks

Dec 20 2012 12:00AM
“It’s sometimes easy to forget how many cool, refreshing sounds you can get out of the good ol’ pentatonic scale,” says Eric Vandenberg. More...

Pentatonic Reassignment Surgery

Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
IN SEPTEMBER’S QUICK LICKS, Matt Blackett schooled us on how to revoice a first position E minor pentatonic scale as a combination of open stings and fretted notes higher up the neck for a unique tonal effect. More...

Chromaticize Me

Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
HERE’S A SIMPLE WAY TO “chromaticize” diatonic scales. More...

Vernon Reid's Spectrum of Colour Tones

Nov 9 2012 12:00AM
ONE OF THE MOST RADICAL ROCK guitarists of the last quarter century, Vernon Reid has earned many fans for his innovative alchemy of metal, free jazz, funk, and blues. More...

Dave Hill Shares the Right Way to Play Wrong Notes, Part 2

Nov 9 2012 12:00AM
IN THE JULY ISSUE WE DUG INTO the concept of playing “outside” with Musicians Institute instructor Dave Hill. More...

Quick Licks

Nov 9 2012 12:00AM
Musicians Institute instructor and resident slide monkey Allen Hinds is at it again. More...

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