
Three Essential Blues Scales Every Guitarist Should Know
Everyone loves to play the blues, but if you only know the minor pentatonic scale, your playing—not to mention your audience’s attention span—might suffer. Here to demonstrate three essential blues…
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Blues Played on a Hockey Stick Guitar
We’ve shown you guitars made out of frying pans , motorcycle parts , shovels , shotguns and more . Well, here’s a guitar made out of hockey sticks and demonstrated…
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10 Gorgeous “Color Chords” That Can Inspire Your Playing
PHOTO: Ryan Holloway | Pexels.com Standard major, minor and 7th chords are fine for when you’re just starting out learning guitar, but after a while most players want to expand…
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Stephane Wrembel Premieres Two New Django Reinhardt Covers
PHOTO: Provided Today, GuitarPlayer.com presents the exclusive premiere of two new tracks by gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel . Below, check out “Douce Ambiance” from The Django Experiment I and..
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Seven Amazing Chord Progressions to Inspire You
Inspiration can take many forms. Our favorite bands and artists are usually good for a spark (or a lightning bolt) that jumpstart our creative juices. When that motivation doesn’t come,…
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VIDEO PREMIERE • Montfaucon’s “Prisoner”
Here’s an interesting track — “Prisoner” — from Montfaucon ‘s recently released album, Renaissance . You may notice the split-screen in the video. This was not done as some clever…
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Top 10 Awesome Guitar Riffs: Bet You Can’t Play Them
These may not be your top 10 awesome guitar riffs, but they are among some of the best-known riffs in rock. And if you don’t know how to play them,…
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The Five Pillars of Guitar Practice Habits
If you’re like most nonprofessional guitarists, you don’t have nearly enough time in your day to practice as much as you’d like. You probably have goals for improving on the…
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Deconstructing John Frusciante’s “Scar Tissue” Riff to See Chords All Over the Neck
PHOTO: Kristian Dowling | Getty Images Released in 1999, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Scar Tissue” is one of the group’s most successful songs. The track’s central guitar riff is…
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Electro-Harmonix Introduces Canyon Delay/Looper Pedal
The Canyon Delay/Looper pedal features 10 effects, 11 modes and a full-feature looper.
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