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Learn how polychords and slash chords hold the key to musical exploration, just as scales do
Knowing the difference between slash chords and polychords can give you a much greater understanding of harmony
Weaponize your picking hand with this lesson in the bruising riffing style of Anthrax rhythm kingpin Scott Ian
If you've got the time, this lesson'll whip your metal rhythm chops into shape. You might even call it a mosh pit-starter
Guitarists on Reddit are going nuts for this ingenious pick trick
Struggling to deal with unwanted pickup switching when strumming? This clever hack might be able to help
It worked for the Beatles on Yesterday – add intrigue to your songs and solos with the melodic minor scale
Get to grips with this invaluable and interesting addition to the songwriter's vocabulary used by Paul McCartney and jazzers alike
Learn the trailblazing style of John McLaughlin, one of the true pioneers of jazz-rock fusion
McLaughlin's experiments with complex harmony, Eastern scales, and chromaticism – in conjunction with the rigs associated with the rock and proto-metal players of the late 1960s and early 70s – cemented his position as the well-spring of fusion guitar at a crucial moment
10 lessons you can learn from the last 50 years of punk
Punk's not dead. Punk's never been more alive, and in the hands of Fontaines D.C., Idles, and ever-popular stadium-rockers Green Day, it's evolving all the time. This tab and audio lesson mines the genre's history to show you just how stylistically diverse it has become
Mateus Asato is a modern master of combined rhythm and lead playing – he shares his poetic soloing secrets
No one mixes genres like Mateus Asato, and in this lesson brought to you in partnership with JTC Guitar, the neo-soul master brings funk, jazz and soul together in exercises to improve your use of ghost notes and double-stops
Where to start with learning acoustic guitar
From picking out your first acoustic to navigating early lessons, we break down the first steps to getting up and running with your new favorite instrument
A pioneering protest singer, American folk legend Joan Baez draws on jazz and flamenco for her intricate picking patterns
Ever since the '60s, Joan Baez has delivered a message with her music, but she was never going to be a two-chord folkie with a bellyful of fire. Her sound takes from jazz and flamenco with picking patterns that are as good as a fingerprint
