Lessons Get the Know-How of Jazz Rhythm Guitar and Venture Into Any Session With Confidence Advance your chordal and rhythmic accompaniment with this easy-to-follow guide on jazz guitar comping styles How to Bend Strings Like Andy Timmons Inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and SRV, Andy Timmons’ expressive, soulful string-bending technique is among the best Want to Improve Your Alternate Picking? This Essential Lesson Will Have You Shredding in No Time Brush up on the basics of alternate picking with these easy-to-remember techniques you can work into your own music Latest Lessons The Art of Classical Guitar: Expand Your Skills with This Fingerstyle Tremolo Picking Technique By Andrew Hull published 16 December 21 Learn the beautiful composition “a Nela” from the composer himself – classical guitarist Andrew Hull. Country Jazz Lesson: John Scofield’s Cover of "Mama Tried" Part 2 By Mike Swickis published 24 November 21 The second part of our look at Scofield’s sophisticated reinvention of a country classic. If You Think the Vast Majority of Rock Riffs Are In Minor Keys Then Think Again! By Tom Kolb published 3 November 21 This lesson on how to craft cool riffs in the style of legendary players using the Ionian and Lydian modes will have you covered. Are You Missing Out On These Vital Techniques? Learn How Guitar Playing Evolved in the ‘90s in this Free Lesson By Vinnie DeMasi published 28 October 21 Embracing the ethos of blues-rock, early metal, ’70s soul and punk these tricks of the trade reinvigorated rock and could do the same for your own playing. Do Your Solos Sound One-Dimensional? These Are the Shapes Every Guitarist Must Know By Tom Kolb published 20 October 21 Fortify your single-note riffs and leads with these sweet-sounding harmonies. Blues Turnarounds (Part 1) By Phil Capone last updated 14 October 21 How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players. Learn How to Solo With Chords Jazz Style (Part 2) By Milton Mermikides published 11 October 21 Master the beautifully musical style of soloing with chords, just like the jazz greats. Broaden Your Sweep-Picking Palette and Expand Your Melodic Vocabulary By Patrick Brennan published 7 October 21 Master one of the most ambitious technical endeavors a guitarist can pursue. Learn How to Solo With Chords Jazz Style By Milton Mermikides published 6 October 21 Master the beautifully musical style of soloing with chords, just like the jazz greats. Watch Ace Frehley Ripping Up the Fretboard and Learn How to Shred Kiss-Style By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 September 21 Video This revealing lesson exploring Ace Frehley’s fiery pentatonic runs. Video 1234Archives 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 LATEST ARTICLES1Joe Bonamassa’s latest Epiphone model revives a long-forgotten colorway and taps into the “sparkle” of P-90s 2The guitar that launched the Beatles is going to the auction block. Here's what George Harrison said about it.3Brian Setzer played Eddie Cochran's guitar just as he left it in 1960: "He was way ahead of his time with how he strung it."4Martin's new O’ahu HG-28 is a game-changing hybrid that pays tribute to the steel-string's Hawaiian heritage5Tom Petty shared his greatest advice on rhythm guitar playing in a long-lost 1997 interview
The Art of Classical Guitar: Expand Your Skills with This Fingerstyle Tremolo Picking Technique By Andrew Hull published 16 December 21 Learn the beautiful composition “a Nela” from the composer himself – classical guitarist Andrew Hull.
Country Jazz Lesson: John Scofield’s Cover of "Mama Tried" Part 2 By Mike Swickis published 24 November 21 The second part of our look at Scofield’s sophisticated reinvention of a country classic.
If You Think the Vast Majority of Rock Riffs Are In Minor Keys Then Think Again! By Tom Kolb published 3 November 21 This lesson on how to craft cool riffs in the style of legendary players using the Ionian and Lydian modes will have you covered.
Are You Missing Out On These Vital Techniques? Learn How Guitar Playing Evolved in the ‘90s in this Free Lesson By Vinnie DeMasi published 28 October 21 Embracing the ethos of blues-rock, early metal, ’70s soul and punk these tricks of the trade reinvigorated rock and could do the same for your own playing.
Do Your Solos Sound One-Dimensional? These Are the Shapes Every Guitarist Must Know By Tom Kolb published 20 October 21 Fortify your single-note riffs and leads with these sweet-sounding harmonies.
Blues Turnarounds (Part 1) By Phil Capone last updated 14 October 21 How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players.
Learn How to Solo With Chords Jazz Style (Part 2) By Milton Mermikides published 11 October 21 Master the beautifully musical style of soloing with chords, just like the jazz greats.
Broaden Your Sweep-Picking Palette and Expand Your Melodic Vocabulary By Patrick Brennan published 7 October 21 Master one of the most ambitious technical endeavors a guitarist can pursue.
Learn How to Solo With Chords Jazz Style By Milton Mermikides published 6 October 21 Master the beautifully musical style of soloing with chords, just like the jazz greats.
Watch Ace Frehley Ripping Up the Fretboard and Learn How to Shred Kiss-Style By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 September 21 Video This revealing lesson exploring Ace Frehley’s fiery pentatonic runs.
