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April 29
- 20 of the best modern blues riffs
- Unleash your improvisational ability by utilizing basic chord shapes in your leads
April 23
- Diversify your playing by transferring melodic lines to different string groups
April 22
- How to install a Tremol-No system
April 20
- 5 guitar tricks you can learn from Duane Allman
April 17
- Learn to wrangle the whammy bar with these slick tremolo tricks
April 16
- How to borrow chords from a parallel minor key and lend your songs a bittersweet edge
April 15
- Slash guitar chords: what are they, and how to use them
April 13
- How to use bass distortion pedals and nail super-heavy thunder tones
- Speed up your leads with this alternate-picking workout
April 9
- Deepen the impact and feel of your solos by string-bending across the fretboard
April 8
- How to play fingerstyle guitar: learn fingerpicking styles
April 7
- What are guitar arpeggios? 8 things you need to know about this pivotal soloing technique
April 6
- Sweep picking: how to get started with this awe-inspiring guitar technique
- 6 expressive technique ideas that will change the way you play
April 3
- How to troubleshoot guitar signal problems
April 2
- 11 alternate and open tunings every guitarist should know
April 1
- Up to 11: a full harmonic-melodic analysis of Nigel Tufnel’s genre-bending Trademark Solo in Spinal Tap

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