Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Scales are important to learn, but most instructors have put them emphasis on learning them by heart and simply playing them up and down.

A dissection of "Not Of This Earth" and "Surfing With The Alien".

Examining the problems of CAGED starting from the effect on your picking hand.

To easily play with greater speed, you`ll need to use the most effective picking technique possible.

Mike Campese teaches you short snippets from some songs off his brand new album "Chapters".

You maybe missing out on a massive range of sounds that you just can`t get otherwise.

With the right approach, Practice will be enjoyable and something you look forward to.

But if you want to keep progressing, you have to make the decision to grind it out.

David Sertl thinks it time that guitarists move beyond "Satryngvai Shredblues".

Improve your guitar technique while learning the proper way to sweep those licks.

The octave pattern is not as user-friendly for learning to play the notes on a fretboard as many teachers would like players to think.

These exercises and examples will help you to improve your finger independence as well as your picking.

Tired of spending so much time practicing without ever seeing big results? Check out this article from Tom Hess.

Just by flatting the third you can develop a whole new shredding sound.

Three cool ways to approach the rhythm of a 12 bar blues - take to your next jam and blow everyone away.

Tom Hess will help you make your guitar solos overflow with emotion,

How studying other instruments will make you a better, more creative, and superior acoustic guitar player.

How to carefully observe and learn from the vast library of existing unplugged acoustic songs out there.

Here you`ll discover the three critical guitar phrasing elements that truly great guitarists possess.

Mastering emotional playing will take your playing to the next level

Mike Campese reminds you that if you don`t use it, you will surely lose it.

David Sertl is here to address underdevelopment in the educational field of rhythm.

Why general advice fails and what you should do instead.

Mike Campese will help you build on your scales with his string skipping exercises.

When you use an effective guitar practice approach, you gain a lot of confidence and excitement for your improvement. However, if you are like most guitarists, this excitement fades over time.

You must figure out why these fears exist in you and what you can do to prevent them from controlling your musical future.

Mike Campese is back to help you out of the box - the scale pattern box, that is.

Learn awesome guitar techniques in the style of Chet Atkins and how to apply them to your own acoustic playing.

Most likely, your lack of progress is the result of years of bad playing habits. Let`s correct those habits.

Mike Campese will help master your triads in all 12 keys, focusing on the sharp keys for the major triads.

Here you`ll learn several creative blues guitar techniques that will make your blues phrases sound much more expressive.

Chords have the potential to bring a whole new element to your soloing providing cool, unique, and contrasting textures amongst the single note lines you play.

In order to be a great guitar player you must develop mastery over the fretboard.

Look deeper, and find the overlooked value that makes John Petrucci a much greater guitarist than other players.

If you are wondering how modern metal players use all these "wrong" notes and still sound great - here`s how.

Mike Campese covers the flat keys moving around the circle of fourths.

The majority of guitar players unconsciously ruin their potential for improvement by learning `too fast` in some areas of their playing and `too slow` in other areas.

Tom Hess takes you through the exact steps needed for cleaning up unwanted string noise in your blues guitar licks.

Do you feel like you are at a dead end with your guitar playing? Here are three additional killer ways that will totally change the way you play your acoustic guitar from now on,

If your guitar heroes use a lot of "wrong" notes and make them sound "right" (and you can`t), here`s how to do it.

Build incredible amounts of musical tension by combining sweep picking technique with creative guitar phrasing ideas.

Mike Campese puts both hands on the fretboard to deliver more triad arpeggios.