Share your knowledge of the guitar and music with the rest of the world.
Vol. 25, No. 4: December-January 2020
Displaying 1 - 42 of 4091
Enjoy over 24 years of staff columns, guest columns, interviews and more!
Share your knowledge of the guitar and music with the rest of the world.
Guitar Nine's December-January 2020 newsletter.
We're positive you should be exposed to negative harmony.
A good guitar riff drives the song, and is often one of the most memorable parts of the tune.
Can your hands actually be too small to play?
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page inspired a generation of guitarists.
How to avoid getting discouraged.
Less is more, more is more - which is it?
A great way to connect the five basic major scale patterns.
Guitar Nine's October-November 2020 newsletter.
Tell a story with your music by the way you phrase notes on guitar.
Ways to change your guitar tone without touching an amp or pedals.
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's unique sound.
Improvise to Darth Vader's Theme by John Williams.
Improvise to Darth Vader's Theme by John Williams.
Great when learning modes - hear the sound of each mode over a tonal center.
Muting your guitar with tape or a hair band!
Guitar Nine's August-September 2020 newsletter.
The word chromatic in music means two or more consecutive notes that are a half step from one another.
3-dimensional phrasing - as opposed to 2-dimensional (flat, lifeless) playing.
Studio wizard Tom Scholz literally altered the trajectory of my life.
The perils of an out-of-balance guitar practice.
The perils of an out-of-balance guitar practice.
Learn all the little tricks that are easy to underestimate but make the difference.
Strengthen your upstrokes so they are as strong as your downstrokes.
Guitar Nine's June-July 2020 newsletter.
The term arpeggios on guitar means to play chord tones (the notes of a chord) one note at a time.
Using the Pitch Axis technique to express emotion.
Create some threatening sounds with your guitar.
If you know all of your scale patterns, but are not sure how to connect them, this lesson will help you.
Decide to choose modal harmony in your solos.
Resolving to the 3rd of the chords in a chromatic fashion.
Don't spend more cash on guitars, effect pedals, and ampsm - better tone for free.
Guitar Nine's April-May 2020 newsletter.
Hit the 'EASY' button - ear training ideas for the rest of us.
What we are being told by traditional music theory, is a load of crap.
A basic skill you need to have - here's how to get it.
If you're going to record with your band, or play live, then it's nothing short of vital.
Learning a tune by heart - where to begin and how to make it sound natural.
Stuck inside? Take advantage of the time and challenge yourself to get to the next level.
Guitar Nine's February-March 2020 newsletter.