Rhythm Guitar Lesson: Chillin’ with Bob Dylan
by Joe Deloro In this guitar lesson we’ll focus on some of the acoustic rhythm guitar techniques that Bob Dylan has used throughout his career to accompany h...
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50 Jazz Blues Licks: #1 George Benson I-IV on “The Thang”
50 Jazz Blues Licks is an exclusive series of video guitar lessons by David Hamburger covering the jazz blues styles of historically great guitarists like Geoge...
Supercharge Your Chops: Part 4
by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...
Supercharge Your Chops: Part 3
by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...
All Thumbs: Rockabilly Fingerstyles
by Arlen Roth When I play country or rockabilly on electric, I inevitably slip into the alternating-bass “Travis picking” style. But while Merle Travis and m...
12 Essential Blues Turnarounds
by Andy Ellis Are your blues a little tired? Crave some fresh sounds? Nothing rejuvenates a 12-bar groove faster than a fancy turnaround, and we’ve got a doz...
The Metal Pentatonic Workout
by Rusty Cooley Metal is a lot different today than it was in the ’80s. Back then, things were brutal. If you didn’t know how to solo, you weren’t even looke...
Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan Licks
Stevie Ray Vaughan was the last great blues guitar innovator, a guy who grabbed the collective consciousness of six-stringers and fans alike, and we're still wa...
Bop-a-Billy Basics
by Jude Gold & Brian Setzer If you could pour Brian Setzer’s explosive mixture of rock, country, jazz, and rockabilly into the gas tank of a muscle car, you’...
Demystifying the Art of Django Gypsy Jazz Guitar
by Andy Ellis & John Jorgenson John Jorgenson has a highly eclectic résumé. The masses know him as the lion-haired guitarist in Elton John’s band, but he’s a...
Q&A On Left Hand Form & Development – Part 2
by Jamey Andreas Click here to see Part 1 of this series on Left Hand Form & Development Question 4: Knuckles Parallel to Strings
My guitar teacher has t...
Rockabilly Jazz
by Jim Campilongo The best Rockabilly players know how to spin jazzy lines over simple blues progressions. Let’s see how this works. Start by recording Gu...