Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

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.

You must master the ability to play with both speed and creativity in order to make your licks stand out.

Reynaert takes you on a journey through the possibilities of blues rhythm guitar playing.

Read on for seven advantages and benefits of being a six-stringer.

Mike Campese delivers a fistful of single string triad arpeggios - major, minor and diminished.

UK guitarist Sam Russell has some cool ways to spice up both open chords and standard chords with modal notes.

Learn how to develop great rhythm and time with your playing.

Dealing with blues songs featuring incredibly complicated chord changes can be easier than you think.

The key to playing killer guitar phrases is focusing on how you play - not necessarily which notes you use.

To make your lead guitar playing sound great, you must understand how to play every single note in your licks with as much expression as possible.

Mike Campese gives you a nice sweep picking arpeggio workout using the chord progression from Pachelbel`s Canon in D.

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

Tom Hess` explores creative possibilities with the low B string.

How to breathe new life in your licks and prepare for real-life playing at the same time.

Mike Campese touches on a more modern approach, incorporating different types of patterns into odd-numbered lines.

Try these cool runs which be very beneficial, get take you out of trouble.

See how one of the least exciting concepts in music theory can actually help you create awesome licks.