4 Ways to Improve Your Fingerstyle Guitar Improvisation
This Weekly Workout will help you develop your frame of mind and confidence in solo fingerstyle improvisation on guitar via Tárrega's “Etude in E minor.”
Guitar Technique
Using Slash Chords to Strengthen Your Bass Lines and Chord Progressions
Slash chords are a small change to a chord voicing that can have a big impact on the sound of a progression, as we’ll explore in this guitar lesson.
Video Lesson: Turn Any Song into a Chord-Melody Solo
Try this approach to make a chord-melody version of Django Reinhardt’s iconic interpretation of “I’ll See You in My Dreams.”
Guitar Lesson: Fingerpicking on the Blues in C Major
Here are 3 ways to play a 12-bar blues in C major on guitar, through the lens of the old blues masters, so you can incorporate more nuances into your playing.
Video Lesson: An Intro to Bottleneck Slide Blues Guitar
Learn the basics of acoustic slide guitar
Guitar Basics: A Bluesy Lick You Need to Know
This blues lick is fairly easy to play on guitar, and when played well can create a very evocative sound that will add movement and interest to your accompaniment.
How to Add Variety to Basic Guitar Strumming Patterns and Use Them When Playing Songs
Maybe you know a few basic strumming patterns on guitar and would like to learn more. This lesson introduces some simple strumming patterns and shows how to use them when playing songs.
How to Strengthen Your Picking Skills Through Efficient Patterns
In this guitar lesson you'll learn economy picking, which includes alternate and sweep picking styles, as well as legato techniques for your fretting fingers.
Try These Fun and Challenging Counterpoint Exercises on Guitar
Contrapuntal lines are not necessarily intuitive for most guitarists, but the approach is certainly worth the investment and yields dividends equivalent to sonic gold.
How Guitarists Can Play with Less Pain and More Balance with Lessons from the Martial Arts
These body awareness tips from the martial arts can help ward guitarists off unnecessary tension and pain before they become problematic.