Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Guy`s first column in a series for experienced guitarists with very little formal knowledge.

There are a lot of ways to go about finding your signature tone.

In this installment of CAGED Arpeggios, Guy puts individual shapes to work in replicating chord progressions.

Juan Coronado shows how playing circles with the pick can help you play scales faster by economizing the movement.

Mike Campese serves up a holiday treat - his take on the Grinch`s theme song.

Scott Allen begins his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful seventh chord arpeggios.

Paul Tauterouff is back with an easy to play sequence that can help you to create some new and interesting sounds.

Nick has new ideas for making your own licks come alive.

Joe continues onward in the series of practicing techniques that require no physical practice.

X marks the spot with simple but very powerful strategies on how to achieve more by playing less.

Here are different ways of musical practice that do not have to be done at home or in a studio.

Putting the focus on the metaphysical aspects of the playing the guitar.

Guy`s great way of acquiring some useful improvisational tools, improving your techniques, sharpening your position shifting, and discovering new chord shapes.

You can use the Harmonic Minor scale to add exotic twists to your solos.

Mike Campese returns to revisit more ideas for the Phrygian Dominant scale.

Take one thing, one approach, one pattern - and master it.

These two can be some of the most telling sign if a musician is good or great.

Here`s a skill that saves you time and keeps you focused on the real issue that is causing you to make mistakes.

Scott Allen explores altered chords (such as the Jimi Hendrix chord) and more.

Express yourself with bends using Zammit`s exercises.

Mike Campese is back with more ideas he used on his "Electric City" CD.

Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar cleaner, eliminate sloppy playing and unwanted string noise?

Guy`s article designed for aspiring improvisers who are keen to break out of the pentatonic scale.

X marks the spot with ways to gain freedom of expression and develop an ability to create original solos.

Scott Allen explodes the myth of the pentatonic scale being only appropriate for beginners.

Here are exercises to develop and improve your speed on the guitar.

Every musician has to do it and while some dread it, many others do it religiously.

Fact: Music is easy. Fact: People complicate it.

Solo ideas and strategies that will help you build a memorable solo.

Improve your legato technique with Zammit`s exercises.

Mike Campese introduces you to techniques from his 2010 CD.

Tom Hess offers three reasons why you may not be getting big results from taking guitar lessons.

Here is a great way of acquiring some useful improvisational tools, improving your technique, and more.

Zammit`s back with the second part of his challenging and beneficial chromatic exercises.

Mike Campese gives you exercises and tios on how to pedal your way to musical nirvana.

Ysrafel covers vibrato technique in great detail in this informative lesson.

Here are more exercises to develop and improve outside picking and alternate picking.

Music is a synthesis of technique and art; making sure you include both in equal measure.

All of the things you need to do, or practice, in order to reach you playing goals.

Ideas that make good melodic sense whether you play them fast or slow.

Explore some other (more advanced) variations of the same sequence, with Tommaso Zillio.

Paul Tauterouff breaks things up a little bit to talk about some rockin` rhythm guitar ideas.