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Enjoy over 25 years of staff columns, guest columns, interviews and more!

February-March 2018
Tom Hess Opus 2

Anyone (including yourself) can learn to develop creativity by using the proven methods and strategies for reaching this goal.

February-March 2018
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike shows you several ways to spice up your riffs, lines and solos with some chromatic passing tones.

December-January 2017
Simon Candy

A technique that allows you to play both the melody and accompaniment parts of a blues tune at the same time.

December-January 2017
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike teaches you scale sequences (in the Hanon style, adapted from piano) that are great for your dexterity and precision.

December-January 2017
Luca Sellitto

These exercises will help you to focus on string crossing with alternate picking, and also to help you develop left/right hand synchronization, speed and stamina.

December-January 2017
James Rosocha

Melodies are what stick in the listeners mind and convey passion and emotion: creating coherence in your solos.

October-November 1996
Guitar Haus

Call-and-response practicing to enhance your phrasing and composing.

June-July 1996
Guitar Haus

A number of short lick ideas designed to kick-start your technique.

August-September 1996
Guitar Haus

More short lick ideas to kick-start your technique.

June-July 1996
Guitar Haus

Nowhere to go with ascending licks but up? Dan McAvinchey confronts the problem and gives you several ideas you can use today. Don't just take the easy way out and start descending either.

February-March 1997
Guitar Haus

Stop practicing with boring scales and start testing your fingers with melodic 'riffs' from Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and more.

October-November 1996
Guitar Haus

Stop strumming those simple barre chords, and embellish your chordal work with licks and phrases that blur the distiction between rhythm and lead guitar playing.

August-September 1996
Guitar Haus

Break free of your limiting beliefs about pentatonic scales.

August-September 1997
Paul Kuntz

New Jersey guitarist Paul Kuntz takes time out from lunch to give you his assurance that there is life beyond the blues scale.

October-November 1997
Paul Kuntz

New Jersey guitarist Paul Kuntz is back and aside from a ravenous appetite, he`s got plans to teach you all about tuplets and fitting the notes to the rhythm.

June-July 1998
Paul Kuntz

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.

August-September 1998
Ken Burtch

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.

October-November 1998
Neal Nagaoka

Learn the essentials of the swept arpeggio from one of the masters of the technique.

April-May 1999
Marshall C. Harrison

Sweep those old sweeping techniques under the rug! Marshall Harrison`s got some great ideas in store for you.

April-May 2000
Ray DeTone

How to get that twangin` country crosspicked sound, when the pressure is on.

June-July 2000
Ray DeTone

Lower Bach pain? A great exercise for right hand picking as well as left hand fretting technique.

August-September 2000
John Tapella

Chopin`s swift piano piece adapted for the six-string.

October-November 2000
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

The official arpeggios of Guitar Nine Records - always play the 9th. Take it away Mike.

December-January 2000
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike Campese is back with a follow up article with even more 9ths for your entertainment.

February-March 2001
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

A classical sounding etude designed to enhance the chops of any serious player.

April-May 2001
Gianluca Piersanti

Guitarist Gianluca Piersanti preaches a serious focus on phrasing.

April-May 2001
Scott Hughes

Break out of those ol` common scales with Mr. Hughes.

April-May 2001
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

How to add a really cool twist to your playing.

June-July 2001
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Taking a violin caprice to the six-string.

June-July 2001
Muriel Anderson

Great scalar ideas from an award winning guitarist.

June-July 2001
Paul Chase

Art for lovers of the guitar, must be seen to be appreciated.

August-September 2001
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike is back to teach you to work the neck to squeeze more creativity out of your chording.

October-November 2001
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike is back with a follow up lesson to help you work the neck to squeeze more creativity out of your chording.

December-January 2001
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike is back to help you coordinate your hands, while developing speed and accuracy.

February-March 2002
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike returns with the second part of his column on coordinating your hands, while developing speed and accuracy.

April-May 2002
Steve Pappas

Fingerstylist Steve Pappas arranges a beautiful Irish ballad for guitar.

April-May 2002
Gianluca Verrengia

How to play the same rhythm-melodic sequence on the same beat, starting on a different sixteenth each time.

April-May 2002
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike returns with some ideas on how to incorporate half-tones and other non-scale notes into your lines.

June-July 2002
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike returns with some fun arpeggio licks he uses in his own playing.

June-July 2002
Shelby Williford

Guitarist Williford pushes the envelope with 4 note per string legato licks and sequences.

August-September 2002
Shelby Williford

It`s not Frankenstein or Dracula, simply more Greasy Fingers.

August-September 2002
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Learning the fretboard through scales by Mike Campese.

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