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Rhythm guitar that doesn't sound like a metronome.

Two free video lessons on hybrid picking, the picking approach that turns static rhythm into something with melody and bass motion inside it. The first one is built for beginners. The second one's a pattern most rhythm guitarists never quite stumble into on their own.

Guitar Techniques

How to Play Harmonics On Guitar (Guitar Harmonics)

In this guitar lesson, Colin will teach you how to play harmonics on your guitar. If you don’t know what guitar harmonics sound like, then play the video, and you’ll find out. One song that I always think of regarding harmonics is Summer Song by Joe Satriani. He uses them a fair bit in the […]

Guitar Techniques

What Are Guitar Arpeggios?

On the guitar arpeggios are often seen as these really complicated theoretical things, and I’ve discovered there’s actually quite a bit of confusion as to what guitar arpeggios actually are. In its simplest form, an arpeggio is simply notes from the scale or chord, played in sequence or some sort of pattern. Typically the notes […]