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 Subdivide and Conquer: A Methodical Approach to Mastering 16th-Note Rhythms By Vinnie DeMasi published 10 February 21 Dig out the metronome, folks, it's time to work on your rhythm game. How to Solo With Chords Like the Jazz Greats By Milton Mermikides published 20 November 20 Working chord progressions into your lead playing helps fill out the mix, a crucial skill for small ensemble performances. String-Bending Masterclass: How to Make Your Guitar Wail and Sing Like the Pros By Tom Kolb published 18 November 20 If you want to express yourself on the guitar, you've got to get your string-bending game on point. A Crash Course in Slash Chords By Vinnie DeMasi published 22 September 20 The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Kansas and more have utilized slash chords to great effect - so why shouldn't you? A Lesson in 7-Tone Interval Mastery By Chris Buono published 17 September 20 How to apply diatonic interval patterns to a heptatonic scale to create a variety of interestingly angular melodic patterns. An Appreciation of Michael Lee Firkins' Ingeniously Soulful Playing By David Brewster published 11 June 20 Arriving at the peak of the neoclassical shred guitar trend, Firkins was a breath of fresh musical air. Learn some of his deeply eclectic, highly refined playing techniques. Spruce Up Your Pentatonic Scales with Note-Repositioning By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 April 20 Conceptualizing your scales as a collection of notes that relate to one another and not just as a set pattern to be played in position by rote can open up a number of musical doors 46 Chord Shapes You Must Know: The Ultimate Guide to Chord Substitutions By Dale Turner published 8 April 20 Must know guitar chord shapes Warm-Up Time: 11 Exercises That Will Help You Play Even Better By Guitar Player Staff published 8 April 20 Here are 11 ways to get your hands and fingers ready for action, both off and on the guitar. 60 Exercises to Improve Your Playing—Right Now! By Guitar Player Staff published 8 April 20 60 exercises that can help you improve in all areas of your guitar playing—from fret work and picking to ear training and theory. 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
Subdivide and Conquer: A Methodical Approach to Mastering 16th-Note Rhythms By Vinnie DeMasi published 10 February 21 Dig out the metronome, folks, it's time to work on your rhythm game.
How to Solo With Chords Like the Jazz Greats By Milton Mermikides published 20 November 20 Working chord progressions into your lead playing helps fill out the mix, a crucial skill for small ensemble performances.
String-Bending Masterclass: How to Make Your Guitar Wail and Sing Like the Pros By Tom Kolb published 18 November 20 If you want to express yourself on the guitar, you've got to get your string-bending game on point.
A Crash Course in Slash Chords By Vinnie DeMasi published 22 September 20 The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Kansas and more have utilized slash chords to great effect - so why shouldn't you?
A Lesson in 7-Tone Interval Mastery By Chris Buono published 17 September 20 How to apply diatonic interval patterns to a heptatonic scale to create a variety of interestingly angular melodic patterns.
An Appreciation of Michael Lee Firkins' Ingeniously Soulful Playing By David Brewster published 11 June 20 Arriving at the peak of the neoclassical shred guitar trend, Firkins was a breath of fresh musical air. Learn some of his deeply eclectic, highly refined playing techniques.
Spruce Up Your Pentatonic Scales with Note-Repositioning By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 April 20 Conceptualizing your scales as a collection of notes that relate to one another and not just as a set pattern to be played in position by rote can open up a number of musical doors
46 Chord Shapes You Must Know: The Ultimate Guide to Chord Substitutions By Dale Turner published 8 April 20 Must know guitar chord shapes
Warm-Up Time: 11 Exercises That Will Help You Play Even Better By Guitar Player Staff published 8 April 20 Here are 11 ways to get your hands and fingers ready for action, both off and on the guitar.
60 Exercises to Improve Your Playing—Right Now! By Guitar Player Staff published 8 April 20 60 exercises that can help you improve in all areas of your guitar playing—from fret work and picking to ear training and theory.
