Guitar Technique
Tremolo Picking Guitar Method For Unbelievable Speed
How to develop a lightning fast tremolo picking guitar technique.
Easy To Play, Advanced Sounding Chords For Acoustic Guitar
Drastically improve your acoustic guitar playing with these easy to play, advanced sounding chords.
Guitar Intervals: A Simple Way Make Stale Solos Fresh
Scales are important to learn, but most instructors have put them emphasis on learning them by heart and simply playing them up and down.
How To Play Cascading, Harp Like Harmonics On Your Acoustic Guitar
Harp harmonics never fail to immediately grab the attention of those who hear you play them, leaving them spellbound by what they just heard.
How To Make It Easy To Play Guitar Fast
All of your favorite guitar players play in a way that looks amazingly easy.
Arpeggio Sequences
Here are Mike's technique to help spice up your solos, instead of just running up and down arpeggios.
Instantly Sound Great, Playing Your Acoustic Guitar In Open Tunings
You maybe missing out on a massive range of sounds that you just can't get otherwise.
What We Learn From Satriani's Debuts
A dissection of "Not Of This Earth" and "Surfing With The Alien".
Effective Picking Techniques To Play Lightning Fast
To easily play with greater speed, you'll need to use the most effective picking technique possible.
Technical Muscial Examples From 'Chapters'
Mike Campese teaches you short snippets from some songs off his brand new album "Chapters".
Escaping The CAGED Guitar Part 1: Unlocking The Right Hand's Potential
Examining the problems of CAGED starting from the effect on your picking hand.
'Practice' Doesn't Have To Be An Eight Letter Word
With the right approach, Practice will be enjoyable and something you look forward to.
More Impact With Less Shred And No Blues?
David Sertl thinks it time that guitarists move beyond "Satryngvai Shredblues".
Don't Stop Growing as a Guitarist! Here' s How to Keep Challenging Yourself
But if you want to keep progressing, you have to make the decision to grind it out.
Using The Octave Pattern In Real-Life Guitar Playing Scenarios
The octave pattern is not as user-friendly for learning to play the notes on a fretboard as many teachers would like players to think.
Creating Awesome Sweep Picking Licks
Improve your guitar technique while learning the proper way to sweep those licks.
Picking And Independence
These exercises and examples will help you to improve your finger independence as well as your picking.
Playing Acoustic Blues Rhythm Guitar Parts That Are Worth Listening To
Three cool ways to approach the rhythm of a 12 bar blues - take to your next jam and blow everyone away.
Practicing Guitar Effectively With Results: A Three Step Process
Tired of spending so much time practicing without ever seeing big results? Check out this article from Tom Hess.
Soloing: Creating Strong Emotions Over Chords
Tom Hess will help you make your guitar solos overflow with emotion,
Melodic Minor Shred Lines
Just by flatting the third you can develop a whole new shredding sound.
Improving Acoustic Guitar Playing Using Other Instruments
How studying other instruments will make you a better, more creative, and superior acoustic guitar player.
Three Critical Elements Of Good Guitar Phrasing - Part One
Here you'll discover the three critical guitar phrasing elements that truly great guitarists possess.
Sense Of Rhythm, Subdivisions, Metronome Abuse
David Sertl is here to address underdevelopment in the educational field of rhythm.
How To Make Your Unplugged Acoustic Songs Sound Killer!
How to carefully observe and learn from the vast library of existing unplugged acoustic songs out there.
How To Play Awesome Lead Guitar Solos: Playing Emotional Solos
Mastering emotional playing will take your playing to the next level
Maintaining Your Chops
Mike Campese reminds you that if you don't use it, you will surely lose it.
String Skipping
Mike Campese will help you build on your scales with his string skipping exercises.
How To Increase Guitar Speed
Why general advice fails and what you should do instead.
How To Practice Guitar More Effectively And Eliminate Mistakes
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.
The Four Worst Fears Of Guitar Players
You must figure out why these fears exist in you and what you can do to prevent them from controlling your musical future.
Awesome Guitar Techniques In The Style Of Chet Atkins
Learn awesome guitar techniques in the style of Chet Atkins and how to apply them to your own acoustic playing.
Shredding With Position Shifts
Mike Campese is back to help you out of the box - the scale pattern box, that is.
How To Clean Up Your Blues Guitar Licks
Here you'll learn several creative blues guitar techniques that will make your blues phrases sound much more expressive.
Chords Are Not Just For Rhythm Playing
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.
How To Quickly Correct Your Guitar Playing Problems
Most likely, your lack of progress is the result of years of bad playing habits. Let's correct those habits.