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 Learn Jump Blues in the Style of Brian Setzer, Hollywood Fats and Jeff Beck By Phil Capone published 8 September 21 Three great jump blues practitioners that epitomize the signature techniques of their individual styles. Blues Comping 101: Essential Rhythm Approaches for Blues Guitar By Tom Kolb last updated 3 September 21 Learn a variety of tried-and-true chords, riff patterns and fills that will help fortify your blues comping arsenal. Take a Deep Dive Into Dean DeLeo's Melodically Inventive and Visceral Guitar Playing By Vinnie DeMasi published 23 August 21 This lesson unpacks the elegantly powerful musical artistry of the Stone Temple Pilots guitarist. Master the Fine Art of Riff Crafting By Tom Kolb published 20 August 21 Expand your creativity and get inspired with these priceless tips. Melodic-Harmonic Framework: How to Fully Grasp 7th-Chord Arpeggios By Tom Kolb published 22 July 21 The conclusion to our survey of triad and 7th-chord arpeggios will help you use all six strings in your soloing strategies. Thinking Outside the Blues Box By Jesse Gress published 20 July 21 Learn how to break free from blues clichés. How To Mimic the Sound of Pedal Steel on Electric Guitar By Patrick Brennan last updated 12 July 21 Nail the sweetly weeping tones of the pedal steel on your electric. Melodic-Harmonic Framework, Part 1: An Introduction to Triad and 7th-Chord Arpeggios By Tom Kolb published 21 June 21 Focusing on the top three strings, this lesson offers a grounding in the theory and shapes behind some simple three-note arpeggios to expand your melodic toolkit. How to Play Like Brian May By Simon Bradley published 9 June 21 Our insider’s guide to emulating the unmistakable style of Queen’s legendary guitarist. Pentatonic Substitutions: How and Where to Use Them By Tom Kolb published 10 May 21 Learn some more musically useful and colorful applications of a familiar scale. 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 new signature Epiphone Les Paul has a finish you've never seen before. It has a pair of unlikely pickups too2The guitar that launched the Beatles is going to the auction block. George Harrison's Hamburg-era electric six-string was heard on the Fabs' earliest recordings3“I played Eddie Cochran’s guitar at his house. Turns out he was way ahead of his time.” Brian Setzer says he found the late rocker’s bedroom — including his Fender Bassman amp — just as he left it in 19604 A compact Dreadnought acoustic? Martin's new O’ahu HG-28 is a game-changing hybrid that pays tribute to the steel-string's Hawaiian heritage5“Rhythm playing is a lost art.” Tom Petty shares his greatest advice on rhythm guitar playing in a long-lost 1997 interview
Learn Jump Blues in the Style of Brian Setzer, Hollywood Fats and Jeff Beck By Phil Capone published 8 September 21 Three great jump blues practitioners that epitomize the signature techniques of their individual styles.
Blues Comping 101: Essential Rhythm Approaches for Blues Guitar By Tom Kolb last updated 3 September 21 Learn a variety of tried-and-true chords, riff patterns and fills that will help fortify your blues comping arsenal.
Take a Deep Dive Into Dean DeLeo's Melodically Inventive and Visceral Guitar Playing By Vinnie DeMasi published 23 August 21 This lesson unpacks the elegantly powerful musical artistry of the Stone Temple Pilots guitarist.
Master the Fine Art of Riff Crafting By Tom Kolb published 20 August 21 Expand your creativity and get inspired with these priceless tips.
Melodic-Harmonic Framework: How to Fully Grasp 7th-Chord Arpeggios By Tom Kolb published 22 July 21 The conclusion to our survey of triad and 7th-chord arpeggios will help you use all six strings in your soloing strategies.
Thinking Outside the Blues Box By Jesse Gress published 20 July 21 Learn how to break free from blues clichés.
How To Mimic the Sound of Pedal Steel on Electric Guitar By Patrick Brennan last updated 12 July 21 Nail the sweetly weeping tones of the pedal steel on your electric.
Melodic-Harmonic Framework, Part 1: An Introduction to Triad and 7th-Chord Arpeggios By Tom Kolb published 21 June 21 Focusing on the top three strings, this lesson offers a grounding in the theory and shapes behind some simple three-note arpeggios to expand your melodic toolkit.
How to Play Like Brian May By Simon Bradley published 9 June 21 Our insider’s guide to emulating the unmistakable style of Queen’s legendary guitarist.
Pentatonic Substitutions: How and Where to Use Them By Tom Kolb published 10 May 21 Learn some more musically useful and colorful applications of a familiar scale.
