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10 lessons you can learn from the last 50 years of punk
By Charlie Griffiths published
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
By Mateus Asato published
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

A pioneering protest singer, American folk legend Joan Baez draws on jazz and flamenco for her intricate picking patterns
By Stuart Ryan published
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

3 easy rock guitar solo licks you need to know
By Dave Celentano published
A quick power-up for beginner and intermediate players' rock soloing, with three ripping solo ideas based around the D minor pentatonic scale

What if Jimi Hendrix jammed with Eric Clapton, or Gary Moore traded solos with Joe Bonamassa? We imagine 5 all-star fantasy blues jams and what they would sound like
By Andy Saphir published
Welcome to an all-star fantasy blues jam, featuring a greatest hits of blues players, their signature licks, and how to put them together and incorporate them in your own playing

Jared James Nichols on how he came up with his unique fingerstyle approach – and why it can make your playing more expressive
By Jared James Nichols published
In his debut Guitar World column, the master wrangler of the Les Paul shows us why you don't need a pick to wrestle a tune out of your guitar

Learn 10 funk guitar riffs inspired by James Brown, Prince and Vulfpeck
By Jamey Arent published
Pickup Music’s LA-based session ace Jamey Arent is your host for a lesson that’s not only a great introduction to the fundamentals of funk guitar, but could be the inspiration you need to take your funk chops to the next level

Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to Eric Clapton’s Stratocaster years
By Joe Bonamassa published
The blues guitar superstar and a vintage Strat from his Nerdville collection share a lesson that will make your Strat sing whether it’s a Custom Shop or a Squier
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