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August 2019

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August 28
- Strengthen your fourth finger with these exercises
August 27
- Master some useful melodic tactics for a minor jazz-blues progression
- How to tap like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Reb Beach
August 26
- The role of a lead guitarist in the songwriting process
- What nobody teaches you about the blues scale
- All that jazz: how to expand your compositional creativity and play Splendor Riot
August 23
- Looking for a challenge? Get a load of these insane pentatonic/diminished arpeggios
August 21
- Nita Strauss: how to tighten up your rhythm chops
August 20
- Dimebag Darrell: how to bust out of a rut
- How to play acoustic guitar like Yes's Steve Howe
August 19
- How to play acoustic guitar like The Beatles' George Harrison
August 16
- Guitar rehab - picking-hand warmups
August 15
- Inject some drama into your compositions with the sweetly painful augmented chord
- How to sing and play guitar at the same time: 11 essential tips
August 14
- Meet these 12 gorgeous open-string chords
- Building solos on specific adjacent string groups
- Four actionable practice methods to help you improve every day
August 13
- Devise solo lines from long alternate- and economy-picked sequences
- Watch Nashville sideman Colin Poulton break down a modern funk groove
August 12
- Plini shows you how to solo over prog chord progressions
- Turn up the heat in your guitar solos in five easy steps
August 9
- Constructing Guitar Solos Using Multiple Tracks and Crossfades
- Creative Legato Exercises with Odd Meters
- Three Essential Jazz Guitar Chord Soloing Lines
August 8
- Speed Demon: Delving Deeper Into Two-Hand Tapping
- Get Your Fingers in Gig-Ready Shape with This Fingerpicking Exercise
August 7
- Incorporate Arpeggios into Your Solos
August 6
- How "Free Exploration" Can Inspire New Compositional Creations
- Five Steps to B.B. King-Style Lead Guitar Playing
- Allan Holdsworth's 10 Most Useful Scales
- Beyond the Fretboard: Ways to Improvise Over a Breakdown
August 5
- Finding Inspiration on Three Adjacent Strings
- Master This String-Skipping Lick
August 2
- The Ultimate Transition Chord, Part 3: Old-School, Jazzy Dim7 Resolutions
- Melodic Minor Modes Made Easy
August 1
- Tips for a Great Open-Mic Experience
- How to Play the "Other" Hendrix Chord