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 February 2024 Guitar Player Lesson Audio By Guitar Player Staff published 5 January 24 Learn to play like Snarky Puppy's Mark Lettieri with the ultimate funk baritone guitar lesson By Chris Buono published 7 December 23 Capture multi–Grammy winning Mark Lettieri’s signature baritone funk guitar style by learning how to write riffs while combining registers and using different tunings, plus nested chordal embellishments and more January 2024 Guitar Player Lesson Audio By Guitar Player Staff published 29 November 23 Holiday 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio By Guitar Player Staff published 8 November 23 Struggling to string bend on your acoustic? Here are 4 simple tricks that will help… By Jimmy Leslie published 23 October 23 Outside of the box ideas for making string bending easier on an acoustic guitar "Everybody was going crazy about Yngwie Malmsteen. Joe Satriani told me, ‘Don’t get too into him...'" Alex Skolnick's Top Five Tips to becoming a better guitarist By Joe Bosso published 6 October 23 Testament's Alex Skolnick on why you should be honest with yourself, never listen to negativity and focus on creating your own identity as a guitar player How to Build Stronger Fret-Hand Fingers By Dale Turner published 29 September 23 These four great exercises will help put some extra snap in your hammer-ons and pull-offs The Ultimate Johnny Marr Guitar Lesson By Patrick Brennan published 29 September 23 Capture Johnny Marr's signature lead-rhythm style by learning arpeggiated chords, open-string licks and unusual progressions in the style of the former Smiths guitarist December 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio By Guitar Player Staff published 28 September 23 How to Ditch the Pick and Engage Your Strongest Digits for Powerful Fingerstyle Action By Jimmy Leslie published 27 September 23 Get inspired and expand your technique using this short lesson 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 READ1“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 2“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 Jazzmaster3“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 4“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 5“If Seven Worlds had come out at the time it was ready, instead of being held back, he would have been as big as Jeff Beck”: Stevie Ray Vaughan details his friendship with Eric Johnson
Learn to play like Snarky Puppy's Mark Lettieri with the ultimate funk baritone guitar lesson By Chris Buono published 7 December 23 Capture multi–Grammy winning Mark Lettieri’s signature baritone funk guitar style by learning how to write riffs while combining registers and using different tunings, plus nested chordal embellishments and more
Struggling to string bend on your acoustic? Here are 4 simple tricks that will help… By Jimmy Leslie published 23 October 23 Outside of the box ideas for making string bending easier on an acoustic guitar
"Everybody was going crazy about Yngwie Malmsteen. Joe Satriani told me, ‘Don’t get too into him...'" Alex Skolnick's Top Five Tips to becoming a better guitarist By Joe Bosso published 6 October 23 Testament's Alex Skolnick on why you should be honest with yourself, never listen to negativity and focus on creating your own identity as a guitar player
How to Build Stronger Fret-Hand Fingers By Dale Turner published 29 September 23 These four great exercises will help put some extra snap in your hammer-ons and pull-offs
The Ultimate Johnny Marr Guitar Lesson By Patrick Brennan published 29 September 23 Capture Johnny Marr's signature lead-rhythm style by learning arpeggiated chords, open-string licks and unusual progressions in the style of the former Smiths guitarist
How to Ditch the Pick and Engage Your Strongest Digits for Powerful Fingerstyle Action By Jimmy Leslie published 27 September 23 Get inspired and expand your technique using this short lesson