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Four-Part Seventh Chord Voicings

Four-Part Seventh Chord Voicings

Because of the complexity of harmony in the standard repertoire and the freedom of expression inherent within the genre, jazz requires that guitarists develop a flexible and diverse chord vocabulary. In this lesson,...

Four-Part Seventh Chord Voicings

Because of the complexity of harmony in the standard repertoire and the freedom of expression inherent within the genre, jazz requires that guitarists develop a flexible and diverse chord vocabulary. In this lesson,...

Country Blues in Open C

David Hamburger talks about the open-C tuning as a favorable alternative to the more familiar open-D and open-G tunings in this excerpt from Alternate Tunings Guitar Essentials.

Country Blues in Open C

David Hamburger talks about the open-C tuning as a favorable alternative to the more familiar open-D and open-G tunings in this excerpt from Alternate Tunings Guitar Essentials.

Fingerstyle Rock in Dropped-D Tuning

Fingerstyle Rock in Dropped-D Tuning

Dropped-D tuning has been popular among many influential folk and Celtic players, like Bert Jansch and even Jimmy Page.

Fingerstyle Rock in Dropped-D Tuning

Dropped-D tuning has been popular among many influential folk and Celtic players, like Bert Jansch and even Jimmy Page.

How to Make Great Rock Strumming Patterns from Simple Rhythms

How to Make Great Rock Strumming Patterns from ...

This steady chugging sound provides more of a constant rhythm than alternating between downstrokes and upstrokes, and you can hear it in countless songs, like the Beatles “Across the Universe.”

How to Make Great Rock Strumming Patterns from ...

This steady chugging sound provides more of a constant rhythm than alternating between downstrokes and upstrokes, and you can hear it in countless songs, like the Beatles “Across the Universe.”

Playing Country Blues

Playing Country Blues

Dale Miller discusses the darker side of playing blues using a thumping bass in this excerpt from Solo Fingerstyle Basics.

Playing Country Blues

Dale Miller discusses the darker side of playing blues using a thumping bass in this excerpt from Solo Fingerstyle Basics.

Sync Your Picking Hand with a Metronome

Sync Your Picking Hand with a Metronome

Today’s How To includes some single-note exercises to help you get your picking hand synced with the metronome.

Sync Your Picking Hand with a Metronome

Today’s How To includes some single-note exercises to help you get your picking hand synced with the metronome.