Guitar Nine Columns: Guest Columnists

These exercises and examples will help you to improve your finger independence as well as your picking.

How studying other instruments will make you a better, more creative, and superior acoustic guitar player.

Tired of spending so much time practicing without ever seeing big results? Check out this article from Tom Hess.

Just by flatting the third you can develop a whole new shredding sound.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab offers concrete information on booking contracts with venues.

Three cool ways to approach the rhythm of a 12 bar blues - take to your next jam and blow everyone away.

Tom Hess will help you make your guitar solos overflow with emotion,

It isn`t difficult to learn to study theory the correct way. It can actually be easier and more fun than you expect.

How to carefully observe and learn from the vast library of existing unplugged acoustic songs out there.

Music theory isn;t learning how to write down different notes, or practicing and reciting scales on a guitar. It`s about experiencing the way notes interact and the effect they have on the listener.

Here you`ll discover the three critical guitar phrasing elements that truly great guitarists possess.

Mastering emotional playing will take your playing to the next level

Mike Campese reminds you that if you don`t use it, you will surely lose it.

No one succeeds in the music business who doesn`t already utilize the five key elements used by massively successful pro musicians.

David Sertl is here to address underdevelopment in the educational field of rhythm.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab rewinds his career, providing a detailed account `then to now`.

Any guitar teacher who achieves great success fully understands how they share a lot in common with anyone who has ever climbed to the top of Mt. Everest.

Start learning this winter how to mitigate the usual summer slowdown in your guitar teaching business.

Why general advice fails and what you should do instead.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney discusses how to move on when it`s time to move on.

Mike Campese will help you build on your scales with his string skipping exercises.

You must figure out why these fears exist in you and what you can do to prevent them from controlling your musical future.

Mike Campese is back to help you out of the box - the scale pattern box, that is.

Learn awesome guitar techniques in the style of Chet Atkins and how to apply them to your own acoustic playing.

Don`t be clueless about what you must do to become a successful guitar teacher.

To grow your music career fast, you need to understand which questions you are asking that are leading you down the wrong path.

When you use an effective guitar practice approach, you gain a lot of confidence and excitement for your improvement. However, if you are like most guitarists, this excitement fades over time.

Sad but true: almost 100% of guitar instructors choose `mediocrity` as their standard of achievement.

Most likely, your lack of progress is the result of years of bad playing habits. Let`s correct those habits.

Six points that will help you understand what you must do to clearly demonstrate your overwhelming value as a guitar teacher so you can attract more students.

Get your music career going on the right track by following the same approach used by Olympic competitors who succeed on the highest platform in the world.

Mike Campese will help master your triads in all 12 keys, focusing on the sharp keys for the major triads.

Here you`ll learn several creative blues guitar techniques that will make your blues phrases sound much more expressive.

Chords have the potential to bring a whole new element to your soloing providing cool, unique, and contrasting textures amongst the single note lines you play.

Look deeper, and find the overlooked value that makes John Petrucci a much greater guitarist than other players.

If you are wondering how modern metal players use all these "wrong" notes and still sound great - here`s how.

Mike Campese covers the flat keys moving around the circle of fourths.

The majority of guitar players unconsciously ruin their potential for improvement by learning `too fast` in some areas of their playing and `too slow` in other areas.

Tom Hess takes you through the exact steps needed for cleaning up unwanted string noise in your blues guitar licks.

Do you feel like you are at a dead end with your guitar playing? Here are three additional killer ways that will totally change the way you play your acoustic guitar from now on,

Learn the differences between guitar teaching business `myths` and `reality`.

Without a strong sense of melody and phrasing your music will never have that magical sense of wonder.