Lessons Follow the lead of players like Mark Knopfler, Albert Collins, and Lindsey Buckingham, and open the door to new techniques and textures, with this primer in fingerstyle rock guitar Eddie Van Halen also incorporated fingerstyle to add another dimension to his playing, and so have modern virtuosos like Tim Henson, Lari Basilio, and Mateus Asato – learn how you can do the same April 2024 Guitar Player Lesson Audio March 2024 Guitar Player Lesson Audio Latest Lessons May 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio By Guitar Player Staff published 31 March 23 Work Some Spanish Magic in This Acoustic Lesson on the Jeff Beck Classic “Beck’s Bolero” By Jimmy Leslie published 31 March 23 Explore this acoustic take on one of rock’s most iconic instrumentals Want to Add Intrigue to Your Playing? Try These Creative Ways to Harness the Ear-Catching Sounds of Suspended Chords By Chris Buono published 24 March 23 Give your improvising and composing a sharper edge Have You Exhausted the Possibilities of Open Chords and Barre Chords? Here’s How to Make Your Progressions Sound More Interesting By Patrick Brennan published 21 March 23 Learn the art of ‘voice leading’ with examples inspired by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and more Learn All the Notes on the Fretboard in This Easy-to-Follow Lesson By Guitar Player Staff last updated 21 March 23 Elevate your playing with this simple guide to fretboard memorization Rediscover the Fertile Ground of the Open Position and Cultivate Some Juicy Licks By Tom Kolb published 17 March 23 Learn these 20 fun mashup riffs that highlight the superlative tonal quality of notes and chords within the first five frets The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All By Guitar Player Staff last updated 15 March 23 This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords Avoid Melodic Monotony and Predictability Using the Half-Whole Diminished Scale By Chris Buono published 15 March 23 Here’s how to create more effective lines by relating the “symmetrical diminished” scale’s recurring fretboard patterns to chords Sculpting Virtual Guitar Solos: Three Techniques to Enhance Recorded Tracks By Craig Anderton published 15 March 23 Purists may object, but recording guitar onto hard-disk is limited only by your imagination April 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio By Guitar Player Staff published 13 March 23 123456789Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1Follow the lead of players like Mark Knopfler, Albert Collins, and Lindsey Buckingham, and open the door to new techniques and textures, with this primer in fingerstyle rock guitar2“If a modern shred axe with a bayonet-sharp headstock and a floating Floyd suits your musical vibe, you’ll be thrilled with how useful this new guitar is”: Jackson American Series Virtuoso review 3“I was playing the Breeders' Divine Hammer, and my whole hand cramped up, I couldn’t move it... It seemed so simple, but it was something I would never play”: J Mascis went electric for his new solo album, but (mostly) without his usual Jazzmaster4“I was using a Telecaster because it had a really clean tone for my fingerstyle approach. Fleetwood Mac's pre-existing sound was much fatter, and they felt the Tele really didn’t fit”: Lindsey Buckingham on his turn to Turner guitars 5“I went to Mickie Most's office with an acoustic guitar and played it. It was almost like one of those clichéd movie moments: he said, ‘That’s going to be a hit!’”: Session guitar ace Chris Spedding reveals the stories behind five of his best songs
Work Some Spanish Magic in This Acoustic Lesson on the Jeff Beck Classic “Beck’s Bolero” By Jimmy Leslie published 31 March 23 Explore this acoustic take on one of rock’s most iconic instrumentals
Want to Add Intrigue to Your Playing? Try These Creative Ways to Harness the Ear-Catching Sounds of Suspended Chords By Chris Buono published 24 March 23 Give your improvising and composing a sharper edge
Have You Exhausted the Possibilities of Open Chords and Barre Chords? Here’s How to Make Your Progressions Sound More Interesting By Patrick Brennan published 21 March 23 Learn the art of ‘voice leading’ with examples inspired by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and more
Learn All the Notes on the Fretboard in This Easy-to-Follow Lesson By Guitar Player Staff last updated 21 March 23 Elevate your playing with this simple guide to fretboard memorization
Rediscover the Fertile Ground of the Open Position and Cultivate Some Juicy Licks By Tom Kolb published 17 March 23 Learn these 20 fun mashup riffs that highlight the superlative tonal quality of notes and chords within the first five frets
The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All By Guitar Player Staff last updated 15 March 23 This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords
Avoid Melodic Monotony and Predictability Using the Half-Whole Diminished Scale By Chris Buono published 15 March 23 Here’s how to create more effective lines by relating the “symmetrical diminished” scale’s recurring fretboard patterns to chords
Sculpting Virtual Guitar Solos: Three Techniques to Enhance Recorded Tracks By Craig Anderton published 15 March 23 Purists may object, but recording guitar onto hard-disk is limited only by your imagination