Country Guitar String Stretch That Sounds Like Steel
There’s a move in country guitar that mimics the sound of a steel guitar — a string stretch that creates this beautiful chordal effect when…
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There’s a move in country guitar that mimics the sound of a steel guitar — a string stretch that creates this beautiful chordal effect when…
If there’s one thing that separates a sloppy guitar player from a clean one, it’s muting. Learning to control which strings ring and which stay…
Hammer-ons and pull-offs are two of the most useful guitar techniques you’ll ever learn. They let you play faster, smoother lines without picking every single…
Hybrid picking sounds fancy, but it’s really just learning to hold a pick and use your fingers at the same time. I’ve been doing this…
In this lesson, I’m going to show you how to use thirds — double-note intervals — to add serious depth to your soloing. This is…
One of the quickest ways to make your solos more expressive is string bending, and the one tone bend is where you want to start.…
One of my favorite tricks for country-style guitar is alternating between bass notes and strums using inversions. It’s a core guitar technique that gives your…
Finger tapping. A technique of playing the guitar all its own. Since the Eddie Van Halen era, it’s really grown into one of those guitar…
Finger tapping—also called two-handed tapping or simply guitar tapping—is one of the most exciting guitar techniques for the electric guitar. Made famous by Eddie Van…
Arpeggios. There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about what they actually are, but they’re simpler than most people think. An arpeggio is just…