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String-Skipping Licks: Four Phrases to Get Your Fingers Flying

Aug 16, 2019

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Sound Fast—When You’re Not—with Turbo Slurs

Aug 13, 2019

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Harmony Guitar Lines: Four Ways to Craft Twin-Guitar Leads Like the Eagles, Allmans and Others

Aug 2, 2019

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Alternate Picking: The Ups and Downs of an Essential Technique

Jul 19, 2019

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Mastering Arpeggios: 10 Things You Need to Know About Playing Broken Chords

Jun 24, 2019

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Intervallic Pentatonics: Thinking Outside the Box Without Leaving It

Jun 6, 2019

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Guitar Cheats: Three Ways to Solo Like a Pro

Jun 4, 2019

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The Pentatonic Trap: Three Ways to Break Out of the Box

May 20, 2019

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The Key to Understanding the Minor Pentatonic Scale

May 14, 2019

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Amazing Phrasing: 10 Ways to Improve Your Solos

May 6, 2019

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Connecting Your Phrases in the Language of Jazz

May 5, 2019

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Classical Sequences for Rock & Jazz Playing

May 1, 2019

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Major Pentatonic: The Versatile and Finger-Friendly Alternative to Minor

Apr 23, 2019

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Guitar Essentials: Five Ways to Spice Up Your Blues Solos

Apr 23, 2019

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Fretboard Fire Drills: 10 Tips for Blazing Speed and Fretboard Freedom

Apr 18, 2019

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Paul Gilbert’s "World-Changing" Trick for Better Blues Licks

Apr 11, 2019

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Pick Up Some Rockabilly Solo Techniques

Apr 10, 2019

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Guitar Fitness: 5 Exercises to Get Your Fingers in Shape

Apr 14, 2019

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Learn Paganini’s Caprice No. 2 for Guitar

Dec 17, 2018

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Fretboard Memorization: Three Steps to Neck Knowledge

Apr 15, 2019

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No More Boring Solos! Master the Minor Pentatonic Scale

Oct 10, 2018

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Open Tunings for Solos: Fresh Inspiration for Tired Techniques

Oct 2, 2018

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Put the Power of Repetition to Work in Your Solos—and Get More from Less!

Sep 27, 2018

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Guitar Essentials: Legato Workout—One-Hour to Fluid Performance

Sep 11, 2018

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Dangerous Riffs: Make Killer Licks and Solos from Just Five Notes

Aug 17, 2018

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Open-Position Licks: Learn Five Hot Phrases in the First Five Frets

Aug 16, 2018

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Guitar Essentials: How to Construct a Guitar Solo

Aug 3, 2018

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Wide-Interval Bends: Supersize It Like SRV, Buddy Guy and Three Other Electric Bluesmen

Jul 31, 2018

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Guitar Essentials: Learn Arpeggios in Just One Hour

Jul 30, 2018

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Learn the Vibrato Techniques of Gilmour, Clapton, King and Others

Jul 19, 2018

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Fatten Up Your Blues Licks with Double-Stops

Jul 17, 2018

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Pentatonic Power: Five Ways to Get the Most From Five Notes

Jul 11, 2018

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Guitar Essentials: How to Build Incredible Pickhand and Fretboard Speed

Jun 25, 2018

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Movable Patterns: Five Ways to Break Out of the Pentatonic Box

Jun 22, 2018

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Guitar Fills: What to Play When Your Singer Shuts Up

Jun 21, 2018

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How to Shred Four-Notes-Per-String

Jun 20, 2018

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Guitar Essentials: These Open Tunings Will Inspire Your Solos

Jun 15, 2018

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String Bending: The One-Hour Workout

May 21, 2018

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Nature's Way: The Miracle of Natural Harmonics

Apr 6, 2018

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Learning to Fly

Mar 22, 2018

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Licks, Tricks and Riffs for a Variety of Effects

Mar 20, 2018

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How to Play—and Use—Blues Double-Stops

Dec 28, 2017

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Three Ways to Be a Truly Great Guitarist

Nov 15, 2017

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Guitar Essentials: How to Create Guitar Harmonies

Nov 15, 2017

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The Easiest Way to Pick Across the Strings

Nov 15, 2017

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Guitar Essentials: Creating Awesome Arpeggios

Nov 15, 2017

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Relax the Thumb for More Picking Speed

Nov 15, 2017

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Why (and How) We Should Learn David Gilmour's Guitar Habits

Nov 15, 2017

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Five Simple Steps to Better Legato Technique

Nov 15, 2017

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Increase Picking Speed Instantly by Using Accents

Nov 15, 2017

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