Emulating your heroes is fine, but consider how far should you take it.
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Emulating your heroes is fine, but consider how far should you take it.
If you`ve got the urge to explore jazz after a background in rock, you`ll need to understand the differences between the two styles. Guitarist Sean Gill gives you the keys to unlock the door to jazz.
Houston guitarist Rusty Cooley figures that with ten fingers, there`s got to be times when you can use over half of them to express your ideas.
Instrumentalist Joe Bochar serves up a thinly disguised look at chromatics.
Guitarist Paul Kuntz is back with some fresh ideas on getting out of playing `in the box` and save untold wear and tear on your frets.
The beautiful part about the tempered music scale lies in it`s flexibility. One of Ken`s favorite tricks is to take one shape, and use it to move up or down the fretboard in a linear way. The similarities in chord shapes will allow you to do the same.
Guitarist Paul Kuntz is back with some thoughts on how to avoid that feeling of being `lost without a map`.
Kick-start your musical development with these essential tips from Curtis.
Learn the essentials of the swept arpeggio from one of the masters of the technique.
Highlighting the ways that other instruments and their players can profoundly effect us.
Gerry Magee continues his multi-part series on expanding your mind, as well as your fretboard, with an article on focusing your mental energy.
Peter Neri on how to get those fingers (and thumbs) flying.
