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AT THE TENDER age of 15, Marcus King attempted to sneak into the Orange Peel, a concert venue in Asheville, North Carolina, to deliver his demo to Warren Haynes. A [...]

ANDY TIMMONS HIT the big leagues more than three decades ago when he joined the rock group Danger Danger in the late '80s. Since then, the talented and creative guitarist [...]

LISTENING TO MICHAEL Lee Firkins' highly expressive and thoughtfully structured blues-rock guitar playing is exciting. Firkins is admired for his seemingly effortless way of creating melodies and musical moods, emotions [...]

IF YOU EXPLORE the history of funk guitar, you'll notice distinctive technical elements among artists known for playing this soulful style of music. The godfather of it all was Jimmy [...]

A NUMBER OF things come to mind when you think of Texas--rolling cattle ranches, vast oil fields and porterhouse steaks the size of a Cadillac. But for many guitarists and [...]

METAL LEGEND AND former Megadeth lead guitarist Marty Friedman remains an important source of inspiration for building unusual melodic twists and finding unique directions in music. As a player, Friedman [...]

WITHIN THE HALLOWED CATALOG of progressive rock music created during the late 1960s and early' 70s, a handful of groups are responsible for a surge of excelled musicianship and composition [...]

IN THEIR QUEST for fresh approaches to the instrument, guitarists throughout history have found creative ways to mimic the sounds and phrasing characteristics of other instruments. This includes valiant attempts [...]

LEGENDARY VOCALIST, SONGWRITER, and rock icon Ozzy Osbourne (a.k.a. the Prince of Darkness) began his long, celebrated career fronting the groundbreaking, pioneering heavy-metal band Black Sabbath in the late 1960s [...]

THE GOAL OF BUILDING SINGLE-NOTE playing technique and increasing speed is a popular and passionate one among many improvising guitarists in a variety of musical styles. While there are several [...]

IF THERE'S ONE NAME SYNONYMOUS with bridging the gap between modern rock, blues, and jazz, it's Jimmy Herring. Being able to pinpoint where you first heard his name or music [...]

WHERE CAN YOU catch Larry Carlton, Adrian Belew, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Reed Smith, Nita Strauss and many other industry legends, all in one go? They were among the participants at [...]

STYLE LESSON [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NEAL SCHON'S DISTINGUISHED resume details a 40-plus-year career highlighted by legendary recordings, hit songs, inspired live performances, creative sideprojects and collaborations, and, most recently, [...]

HYBRID PICKING-USING A PICK IN conjunction with your available pick-hand fingers to pluck the strings--is an interesting and often highly useful alternative to traditional plectrum-based guitar playing, one that can [...]

THE USE OF NATURAL HARMONICS--harmonics played on open strings--is common in many styles of acoustic and electric guitar music, from classical and jazz to rock and metal. The technique is [...]

IN MANY WAYS, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN sets the bar by which shred guitarists measure themselves. Whether it's his command of exotic scales, extended scale runs, alternate picked phrases, or blinding sweep-picked [...]

IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN an amazing influx of young, ultra-talented modern-metal guitarists. These new lions range from 7- and 8-string players in djent metal bands to traditional 6-stringers [...]

WESTERN SWING, ALSO KNOWN AS Texas swing, is a sub-genre of country music that developed and flourished in the 1930s, reaching its heyday during the early years of World War [...]

THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF recorded music, many guitarists have created magic from the dimly lit booths of the studio, from legends like Tommy Tedesco, Jimmy Page, Larry Carlton, and Michael [...]

STEVE VAI, ERIC JOHNSON, Rudy Sarzo and Billy Sheehan were among the stars who headlined Sweetwater's GearFest 2019 this past June. Held in the musical-instrument retailer's home base of Fort [...]

THE USE OF NEIGHBOR TONES IN music can be traced back hundreds of years, to early classical compositions. Neighbor tones are chromatic passing tones performed by approaching a melody, scale, [...]

IN CASE YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN A cave for the past few decades, Steve Morse is a masterful guitarist who routinely displays outstanding musicianship dating back to his debut in [...]

WATCHING ALLAN HOLDSWORTH perform may leave you with the impression that you've encountered an advanced alien life form who communicates using the electric guitar. His approach to music is abstract [...]

FEW WOULD ARGUE THAT GUTHRIE Govan is an inspiring musical guru. His ability to easily incorporate many advanced techniques is beyond impressive, not to mention his phrasing, feel, tone, and [...]

The article presents guitarist Andy Timmons' emotive and highly refined string bending approaches and techniques.

The article provide information of the guitar player Michael Lee Firkins who is known for creating melodies and musical moods, and also discusses the Firkins' signature playing techniques in which he mimics the sound of a slide guitar without using a slide.

The article explores the melodic phrasing and signature fretboard navigation techniques of ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, along with information on the performance of the American singer, B.B. King.

The article presents information on American guitarist Marty Friedman’s music technique and scale mastery.

The article explores how to mimic the exotic, melancholy sound of the Japanese Musical instrument koto.

The article offers suggestions for using pivot Arpeggios for guitarists to generate cool-sounding repetition licks.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for learning the modal melodic pocket approach of playing guitar used by guitarist Neal Schon.

The article presents instruction for learning play guitar.

The article offers information on Sweetwater's GearFest 2019 which to be held in the musical instrument retailer's home base of Fort Wayne, Indiana.