Lessons Bluegrass Master Gary Brewer of the Kentucky Ramblers Shares Some Guitar Pick Wisdom Cop some plectrum pointers from a seasoned acoustic pro John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Marty Friedman and Yngwie Malmsteen Didn't Rely Exclusively on Western Scales - so Why Should You? Add intriguing twists to your playing with the tonal flavors of the Far East, Middle East, Africa and beyond Learn How to Use Suspended Chords in the Style of Jimmy Page, Van Halen, the Police, Pantera and Others Ditch the 3rd and explore sus 2, sus 4 and 7sus4 chords using open-position and movable voicings Grid List Latest Lessons How to Advance Your Hybrid-Picking Technique in Four Easy Steps By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Make the most of these simple exercises and tips and you’ll have a million songs in myriad styles at your fingertips Five Great Ways to Improve Your Thumb Technique and Make Your Sound Stand Out By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Free your thumb and fabulous fingerstyle will follow The Ultimate Greta Van Fleet Guitar Lesson By Jeff Jacobson published 23 August 23 Learn how Jake Kiszka bridges the past to the present with tasteful 1970s-style rock guitar riffing “When Using an Open Tuning, Music Theory and Thinking in Terms of Scales and Chords Goes out the Window”: Acoustic Master Peppino D’Agostino Shares Insights Into Making Musical Magic By Jimmy Leslie published 23 August 23 The “Transcendent Acoustic Superhero” explains how to free your mind and open the door to new creative possibilities using alternate tunings “The Reality Is, the Most Expensive Guitar in the World Isn’t Going to Improve Your Playing”: Nili Brosh’s Top Tips for Guitarists By Joe Bosso published 18 August 23 The versatile virtuoso has performed with the likes of Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert and Jennifer Batten, and has some choice bits of wisdom to share with players “I Was Instantly Humbled”: First Call Session Guitarist Carl Verheyen Shares Rare Insights Into Allan Holdsworth’s Unorthodox Chord Voicings – as Revealed by the Man Himself By Carl Verheyen published 16 August 23 “This concept of spreading out the notes of a chord into wide-interval voicings like this resonated with me years later,” says the Supertramp alumnus and seasoned solo artist Have the Same Old Blues Chord Shapes Become Stale and Boring? Here’s How to Avoid Sounding Predictable By Guitar Player Staff published 16 August 23 Avoid the trap of humdrum chords by getting command of a few alternate dominant voicings Fatten Your Chops With Double-Stops in the Style of Blues Legends Like B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins and Robert Johnson By Guitar Player Staff published 15 August 23 These essential phrases will help you speak the language of blues guitar Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock By Mac Randall published 11 August 23 Completely alter your use of the minor pentatonic scale using these examples in the style of Jimmy Page, Noel Gallagher, Robert Fripp, Peter Green and Eric Clapton Sharpen Your Shred Skills Using This Straightforward Yngwie Malmsteen-Inspired Lesson By David Brewster published 11 August 23 Steadily build up speed and accuracy using alternate picking and quick position shifts 123456789Archives Get The Pick Newsletter All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox! Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to GuitarPlayer. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1Bluegrass Master Gary Brewer of the Kentucky Ramblers Shares Some Guitar Pick Wisdom2Featuring Unhinged Electric Guitar Work and a Contradictory Shredding Non-Solo, Here Why You Need to Listen to Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto’s ‘Love, Love’3Acoustic Control Gamma Effects Pedals Review4“It’s Like This Six-String Swiss Army Knife”: Myles Kennedy Tells ‘Guitar Player’ How PRS Rose to His Challenges With His Signature Model5“I Want to Be an Inspiration to Young Girls”: Blues Phenom Ally Venable Steps up to the Big Leagues With New Album, ‘Real Gone’
How to Advance Your Hybrid-Picking Technique in Four Easy Steps By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Make the most of these simple exercises and tips and you’ll have a million songs in myriad styles at your fingertips
Five Great Ways to Improve Your Thumb Technique and Make Your Sound Stand Out By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Free your thumb and fabulous fingerstyle will follow
The Ultimate Greta Van Fleet Guitar Lesson By Jeff Jacobson published 23 August 23 Learn how Jake Kiszka bridges the past to the present with tasteful 1970s-style rock guitar riffing
“When Using an Open Tuning, Music Theory and Thinking in Terms of Scales and Chords Goes out the Window”: Acoustic Master Peppino D’Agostino Shares Insights Into Making Musical Magic By Jimmy Leslie published 23 August 23 The “Transcendent Acoustic Superhero” explains how to free your mind and open the door to new creative possibilities using alternate tunings
“The Reality Is, the Most Expensive Guitar in the World Isn’t Going to Improve Your Playing”: Nili Brosh’s Top Tips for Guitarists By Joe Bosso published 18 August 23 The versatile virtuoso has performed with the likes of Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert and Jennifer Batten, and has some choice bits of wisdom to share with players
“I Was Instantly Humbled”: First Call Session Guitarist Carl Verheyen Shares Rare Insights Into Allan Holdsworth’s Unorthodox Chord Voicings – as Revealed by the Man Himself By Carl Verheyen published 16 August 23 “This concept of spreading out the notes of a chord into wide-interval voicings like this resonated with me years later,” says the Supertramp alumnus and seasoned solo artist
Have the Same Old Blues Chord Shapes Become Stale and Boring? Here’s How to Avoid Sounding Predictable By Guitar Player Staff published 16 August 23 Avoid the trap of humdrum chords by getting command of a few alternate dominant voicings
Fatten Your Chops With Double-Stops in the Style of Blues Legends Like B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins and Robert Johnson By Guitar Player Staff published 15 August 23 These essential phrases will help you speak the language of blues guitar
Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock By Mac Randall published 11 August 23 Completely alter your use of the minor pentatonic scale using these examples in the style of Jimmy Page, Noel Gallagher, Robert Fripp, Peter Green and Eric Clapton
Sharpen Your Shred Skills Using This Straightforward Yngwie Malmsteen-Inspired Lesson By David Brewster published 11 August 23 Steadily build up speed and accuracy using alternate picking and quick position shifts
