Guitar Nine Columns: Guitar Technique

Using simple guitar overdubs to great effect.

Stimulate your guitar practice and composition by finding alternative angles and methods of reinterpretation.

Patrick DeCoste discusses the essential art of two handed muting.

Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess was a bad student too, but he got his act together, and you can as well.

How to avoid "wrong notes" on your way to creating interesting, improvised lines.

Can you cure a case of guitar hero "Clone-itus?" Here`s some cure-all.

A quick look at various picking techniques.

Understanding how a key can be made to reveal its chordal treasure is invaluable knowledge.

Complex music requires thought and preplanning in order to get the best results.

Guy Pople delves into independence and rudimentary music theory.

These ideas will really add some spice to your playing.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas helps you to both figure out, and master, the neck.

Patrick DeCoste returns with tips on `playing to the sound`.

Guitarist Randy Ellefson hopes you never need this article. But if you do, read on.

"Is learning music theory really necessary for me?" Patrick DeCoste explores possible answers.

Danny Jones knows you don`t have enough time to practive - or maybe you do.

Discoveries are unearthed that reinforce the assertion that the 7-string represents evolutionay progression.

More ideas to help you memorize your scales break out of the patterns and ruts you have been stuck in.

How long you practice is not always as important as what you choose to focus your practice time on.

One of the best ways to memorize your scales on the neck and help you break out of the patterns you have been stuck in.

Danny Jones is back, taking wide interval links and making cool runs out of 'em.

If it has ever crossed your mind to have a go, or you just feel vaguely dissatisfied with 6 strings, then read this.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas with an insightful answer to a common question.

G9er Will Landrum is back with more ways to use the beloved arpreggio.

UK guitarist Alan Williamson shows you how to use more fingers, tones and frets in your licks.

Danny Jones is back with licks that will help you break the scale pattern syndrome.

Can you deliver interesting and musical solos? Do it by looking for ways to add more variety.

Mike Campese serves up a blended scale you can use to set your music apart from the ordinary.

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

Jason Parker tells you what to expect and how to get a foot in the door.

Guitarist Toshi Iseda reminds musicians that live shows should also be an engaging entertainment experience.

Will Landrum shows you how to inject your own personal timing and inflections into your playing while staying in groove with the real timing of the music.

Mike Campese offers an unusual technique that can yield some surprisingly cool results.

Adding tremendous color and personality to your music through the use of rhythm.

Danny Jones is back with blues licks featuring dynamic double stops.

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.

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.