Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Annihilate your tendencies to rely on reflexes, and use the force instead.

Need more ways to make a simple melody more interesting? Let the Sultan of String show you how.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas explores the relationship between musical expression and technique.

Times are perfect for releasing your own CD and this article will give you some planning and recording ideas.

Guitarist Randy Ellefson introduces two basic ideas in counterpoint: oblique motion and contrary motion.

Scare your audience (or even make someone hurl) with this ascending (yet descending) pattern.

Here are Mike`s sweep picking techniques applied to a revered classical caprice.

Give your listeners a little bit more by throwing in an unexpected time change.

Danny Jones is back with blues licks taken from his recorded solos.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas helps you get beyond "moving fingers" to actually "making music".

If you think a Slash Chord is only found on a Guns `n` Roses album, you really need this article.

Tips on adjusting your thinking and broadening your style to expand your audience.

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh offers great tips for accurate self expression.

A look at ornamenting interval riffs with melody fragments.

Want to break out of the blues rut? Danny Jones offers some great starting points.

Get out your brooms and... no wait, check that - here are Mike`s hottest sweep picking techniques.

Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess helps you to identify those inevitable weak areas in your playing.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas shows how to do both, and most importantly, how to combine them into one activity.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas is back discussing the importance of good practice habits.

Can you benefit from a four-year music education? Part 2 of the series.

Mike Campese with more examples of getting many unique sounds out of just one scale.

A very challenging, but rewarding technique, with guitarist Mick Neil.

Five pages of ii-V-I-VI etudes, in all twelve keys.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney puts a definition on all the things to which a creative musician may aspire.

Can you benefit from a four-year music education? Let`s explore the options.

Guitarist Paul Kuntz is back, after an almost 7 year absence, to talk modes.

Mike Campese demonstrates that you can get many unique sounds out of just one scale.

A whole lot of great information about how to get new uses out of the pentatonic scale.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas can help you `manage` the process of changing bad playing habits.

Guitarist Jeff Lawrence talks about the many benefits of fretboard knowledge.

Mike Campese blazes through exercises from his all new CD, entitled "The New".

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas helps you define the role of a good guitar teacher.

Scott Tarulli offers great suggestions on keeping your eye on your goals for self-improvement.

Mike Campese opens 2005 with a great workout for your pickin` hand.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas believes organization is power. Soon, you will too.

Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess weighs in on the debate over DIY or professional instruction.

Bassist and guitarist Mark Carozza lays out some of his tried and true rut-busting ideas.

More ideas on how you can add a really cool twist to your playing.

Kevin Ferguson, devotee of complex time signatures, reveals how you can master this area of technique.

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh explains why high caliber playing is important to self-expression.

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh can`t stress enough the importance of a music education.

Instrumentalist Joe Bochar, AKA Joboj, plants tongue firmly in cheek to help you burn up the fretboard.