Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Joe discusses one of the most invaluable practice techniques known - recording yourself and listening.

Here`s a lesson in dynamics from Michael Knight - make your songs come alive with cues from bands such as Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Rush and Nirvana.

Mike gets a little more detailed here, building on his previous sweeping columns.

Here is the main guitar line from Campese`s version of this holiday classic, as featured on his Christmas album.

It`s essential to practice everything to a metronome to develop tight rhythm guitar playing skills, increase guitar speed and track musical progress.

Where many guitarists struggle is in knowing how to make sense out of general guitar practice materials and organize them into an effective practice schedule.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas teaches you to put your mastery of the physical aspect of playing guitar at the service of the ultimate goal: making music.

Scott Allen focuses once again on licks that grab attention of the listener.

If you are familiar with pentatonic scales, this may be a great way to get into modal playing.

Avoiding critical mistakes in learning to increase your guitar speed.

You`ve grouped in fives; now add two, and we`ll group in sevens.

Scott Allen focuses on licks that grab attention of the listener.

Digging in with practical application of the pentatonic scale.

Oscar plays devil`s advocate in the matter of a music, or music business, education.

Playing with another guitarist can open up a lot of new musical options.

Mike is back to take your scales up to a whole new level.

How about opening your mind and opening yourself up to new styles of music? It can only help your guitar playing and musicianship.

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

Mike is focusing on the Japanese Hirajoshi scale in this lesson on exotic scales.

A different perspective on the pentatonic scale using arpeggios.

Internalize what you are learning and use it to develop your own style.

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

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

Scott Allen continues his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful ninth chord arpeggios.

Just when you thought all arpeggio topics had been covered, Mike`s back with triad arpeggio practice ideas.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Express yourself with bends using Zammit`s exercises.

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