Barres of the Stars
by Shane Theriot Many guitarists know how to play barre chords, yet few tap into all of the...
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Wes Montgomery’s Magic Box
Most guitarists recognize the E minor pentatonic scale – and with good reason. After all, it is the...
Guitar Lesson: Van Halen’s Tips For Beginner Guitarists
Eddie Van Halen opens the article by fessin’ up about how much he stole, note for note, from...
Guitabulary: Diddie Wa Diddie
More than 60 years after its recording, Blind Blake’s rambunctious Diddie Wa Diddie, a double-entendre ragtime blues, still...
Guitabulary: Bottleneck Breakdown
Is there anything more seductively rootsy than metallic slide musings on a glimmering National steel guitar? In this...
Guitabulary: Whitley’s Twisted Blues
McErlain shows you one of Chris’s more twisted blues pieces, played on open-tuned Dobro. Chris describes it as...
Guitabulary: Burrell’s Funky Comping
Burrell’s funky comping powers many of the best late 50s and 60s beatnik-jazz records. Andy Ellis helps you...
Guitabulary: Slash and Burn
It’s an amazing sight. Armed exclusively with a twangy 6-string resonator-an instrument most audience members associate with the...
Guitabulary: Joni Mitchell Opens Up
Just a few weeks ago the LA Times ran a piece on Joni Mitchell, who was interviewed side...
Guitabulary: John Lee Hooker
Few guitarists become so strongly identified with a genre of music as John Lee Hooker and his timeless...
Guitabulary: The Blues/Metal Connection
Even metal icons like Metallica’s Kirk Hammett go searching for the roots. This lesson deals with his recent...
Guitabulary: Eric Johnson’s Texas Chainsaw
Eric Johnson has a deep bag but this lesson concentrates on his aggressive combinations of single-note and chords,...