Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Inspired by Jeff Beck`s cover of "A Day In The Life"? Learn how you can play more melodically.

Scott`s tackles the unteachable, and talks about adding bends, slides, and killer vibrato to your solo work

A mind game method for creating the right solo for the song.

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

Mike Campese helps you to increase your speed and technical facility.

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.

Mike Campese takes you through another section of this excellent Niccolo Paganini piece.

Canadian guitarist David Martone uncovers video tips and techniques as he describes recording gear demos.

Getting the most from a single sequence, with Tommaso Zillio.

Guy talks about the odd, weird and even useful augmented chord.

It`s not what you play, it`s how you play it. Read this column for more as it applies to your solos.

Taking you behind the making of Scott`s upcoming album "From The Blindside".

Five steps to better phrasing and cooler guitar solos.

How to get a better handle on the fretboard by concentrating on one string at a time.

Without stamina and strength, the fretting hand won`t respond and will let you down! Use Zammit`s trills workout to build your hand.

When you are forced to make soloing decisions quickly, you may often end up making bad musical choices which distort your creativity.

Here`s guidelines for making the most of backing tracks when learning and improvising.

Scott`s new column all about what your priorities should be when learning the guitar.

You haven`t been jamming without a purpose, have you? You have? Read Nick Layton.

All about combining different techniques into a truly scary lick.

The alternate picking of arpeggios can be a very tough technique to master - here`s a unique way to approach the problem.

Mike Campese takes you through this short, but excellent, Niccolo Paganini piece.

A two-part Invention done by one of Dan Sorber`s all-time favorite composers: J.S. Bach.

Paul Tauterouff takes even more three-note sequences and turns them around to create new sequences that sound much more interesting.

Canadian guitarist David Martone demonstrates his unique approach to two of his favorite techniques: tapping and hybrid picking.

Even more of Greg`s personal uses and insights into this somewhat eclectic scale.

Canadian guitarist David Martone takes you into the nuts and bolts of preparing three tracks for a Rush tribute album.

Some very useful methods to help you learn to tune in and play by ear.

Have you been working on your sweep picking and been struggling to improve? Here`s help.

Don`t stifle your creativity by applying too much theory to the songwriting process.

The fourth part of Scott Allen`s new series deals with the concept of perfect symmetry.

Using odd time signatures, open tuning and hybrid picking to keep things interesting.

Adapting legato technique to the ubiquitous arpeggio.

Mike`s got a great way to learn your arpeggios and triads all over the neck.

Paul Tauterouff takes a common three-note sequence and turns it around to create a new sequence that sounds much more interesting.

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

Some of Greg`s personal uses and insights into this somewhat eclectic scale.

The third part of Scott Allen`s new series introduces you to the melodic minor.

A workout that develops finger independence, alternate picking, and two hand synchronization.