Picking Techniques, Open Tunings, And More
Welcome to the August edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. For over twenty years, Guitar Nine has provided a wide selection of guitar-oriented instructional columns, news and information, and our August-September issue is certainly no exception. Six excellect articles are available in the issue, covering a range of musical topics of interest to independent musicians. Also, we've interviewed three more guitarists who all have a lot to share with the community. Of note, we've published over 200 artist interviews, while nearly 210 musicians and industry experts have written over 1000 guest columns for this site since 1996.
In this issue
'Practice' Doesn't Have To Be An Eight Letter Word
With the right approach, Practice will be enjoyable and something you look forward to.
Effective Picking Techniques To Play Lightning Fast
To easily play with greater speed, you'll need to use the most effective picking technique possible.
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.
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.
Interview: Chris Rolling
My favorite bands were AC/DC, Motorhead, The Stray Cats, The Sex Pistols and so on, so mainly hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock, and rockabilly/psychobilly stuff.
Interview: Mike Milan Dedic
When I started playing guitar I was very fortunate to have all the great guitar players in the prime of their career to look to for inspiration.
Interview: Phil Manning
I was a typical Sixties kid. We always had Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley records, because my sister was into that. Then, along came the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, and that changed everything.
Newsletter August-September 2016
Guitar Nine's August-September 2016 newsletter.
Technical Muscial Examples From 'Chapters'
Mike Campese teaches you short snippets from some songs off his brand new album "Chapters".
What We Learn From Satriani's Debuts
A dissection of "Not Of This Earth" and "Surfing With The Alien".