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June 2024

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17 articles

June 29
- David Gilmour didn’t just take the blues and transform it into epic psychedelic prog – he changed the way we play guitar solos
June 28
- The tritone substitution is a staple of jazz guitar that’s been used by the greats. Here’s how you can use it to quite literally jazz up your chord progressions
June 24
- 30 open tuning chords you need to know
June 21
- The spider exercise is one of the most popular guitar warm-ups for a reason – it will improve your speed and finger independence with just a few minutes’ practice per day
- How to play Hotel California on guitar – with the Eagles’ Don Felder
June 19
- Want to be a good rhythm guitarist? You need to know your 7th chords – and the CAGED system can help you find them all over the neck
June 17
- How to play Sweet Home Alabama on guitar
- Merle Travis, Lester Flatt and Hank Williams pioneered the Americana guitar style – and laid the groundwork for today’s folk, country and bluegrass guitar stars
June 16
- Keith Richards is an electric guitar icon, but he prefers playing acoustic – and his unplugged Rolling Stones approach is full of smart ideas
- “The faster you get in the zone, the better the music is, so why wait?” Dean Brown was a fusion master who played with everyone from Marcus Miller to Eric Clapton – and maintained there are only two rules in music
June 15
- Dissonant guitar chords: 5 voicings that will add suspense and tension to your playing
June 14
- Your whammy bar isn’t just for divebombs – it can also be an amazing slide, capable of all kinds of mind-bending soundscapes
June 13
- “I’m more of a humbucker player onstage, but I like P-90s because they roar while also driving up the ‘middle’ of any band”: Joe Bonamassa on why he loves the P-90s on his 1958 Gibson Les Paul Special – and the origins of its ‘TV Yellow’ finish
June 12
- How to play Come As You Are on guitar
- Mike Zito is a blues-rock maestro with a classic rock sensibility – and learning his supreme phrasing skills will add a timeless quality to your solos
June 10
- The Beatles were pop trailblazers and studio experimentalists, but the Fab Four also had a heavier side – and it laid the groundwork for the rock revolution that followed
June 4
- These 15 pioneering Fender Stratocaster players made the model their own – and learning their trailblazing approaches shows why the Strat is still one of the most versatile electric guitars