Latest articles by Tyler Larson
How to play a pinch harmonic on guitar
Music is Win's Tyler Larson shares the secret to this essential ingredient in metal guitar playing
Meet these 12 gorgeous open-string chords
Including open strings in the chords you play is a quick way to expand your sound and stretch out over a wide sonic space
14 “Expensive” Guitar Chords You Can't Live Without
These chords sound like a million bucks, and they can be yours.
How to Compose Your Own Prog-Rock Riffs
Learn how to navigate the grid of prog and create your own stellar riffs within that genre.
Use Melody to Avoid Cliche Scale Noodling
Ripping through a scale pattern with absolutely no emotion or variation can become robotic. Learn how to turn off robot mode and find your voice.
Learn Steve Vai's Habits, Not His Licks
Sometimes, learning the habits and tendencies of your guitar heroes can be more helpful to your playing than learning endless pages of tabbed-out solos.
The Most Important Jazz Guitar Chord
Believe it or not, you’ve probably already played one or two shapes of this chord.
Tips on Creating a Guitar Practice Schedule
Learn how to mold your practice routine to fit your specific playing needs.
Break the Rules with Open Strings
Open strings make your chords sound bigger and your licks sound more unique.
The Six Most Important Chord Progressions in Jazz
These progressions provide a landscape for extremely creative guitar playing.
Why (and How) We Should Learn John Frusciante’s Guitar Habits
Pick up some of the main habits of John Frusciante’s signature, unmistakable guitar style.
Improve Your Guitar Tapping Instantly (with a DIY Fretwrap)
A DIY solution to creating your own fretwrap that'll take about 20 seconds.
How to Use the Pentatonic Scale in Jazz Progressions
You just need a few adjustments to translate your knowledge to the sometimes intimidating genre that is jazz.
Learn the Guitar Habits of Eddie Van Halen
While Eddie Van Halen may have never taken a guitar lesson in his life, he can certainly teach you a lot.
How to Use Octaves to Unlock the Fretboard
Improve your fretboard vision, and learn how to get the most out of the fewest notes and phrases.
Guitar Essentials: Creating Awesome Arpeggios
Learn how to identify a common arpeggio shape, determine the scale it’s derived from and make adjustments in order to yield truly awesome-sounding arpeggios.
A Guide to Low-Down Sweep Picking Blues
Two types of sweep picking exercises that cater to a bluesy tonality and feel.
Guitar Exercises That Don't Suck
Redesign your practice routine around guitar exercises that won't wear you out.
How to Master the Habits of Stevie Ray Vaughan
From rhythmic devices to pentatonic modulation to downright angry picking attack, SRV’s habits are teased out in this lesson.
How to Attack the Aeolian Mode
The Aeolian mode is your shortcut to take the box shapes you already know and expand your approach to minor chord soloing.
The Top Five James Hetfield Riffs of All Time
Five of James Hetfield's best overall musical statements.
