Tutorials

Jazz chord pairs add sophistication to your sound while improving your knowledge of dominant 7th and extended chords

From sequential patterns to doubling notes for unique phrasing, this tutorial will provide you with many new lead ideas

Supercharge your soloing chops with Phi Yaan-Zek’s six Steve Vai-esque examples

Learn these 13 examples that span across gospel inspired moans and bends, the Chicago shuffle and Larry Carlton's super arpeggio approach to soloing

Discover a wealth of dominant 7th, diminished and chromatically colored chords to bring variety and sophistication to your playing

From subtle tube saturation to unapologetic sonic mayhem, here’s how boosters, fuzzes, overdrives and distortions create their signature guitar sounds

With its evocative and enigmatic sound, DADGAD is one of the guitar’s best-kept secrets

Here are 11 ways to get your hands and fingers ready for action, both off and on the guitar

The first woman to graduate from the famed Guitar Institute of Technology, she reflects on her time there as the school's first female instructor