Guitar Lessons/Tips/Advice

Yes, you read that right - Steve Vai has hooked up with Berkleemusic to present The Steve Vai Guitar Techniques online course.

The Guitar Institute, part of London’s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, Yamaha and Total Guitar Magazine are proud to announce the launch of the 2011 guitar scholarships programme.

Slash’s first solo album was a huge chart topping success in the UK and across the globe.

In honor of North American Thanksgiving, we bring you this guitar lesson on Star Spangled Banner and O Canada

In this lesson John from LearningGuitarNow.com shows you how to play slide guitar in open E tuning in the end jam part of Layla.

E-Folk 1.0 is a new app to help beginners learn to play acoustic guitar - the software runs on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.

Marty Schwartz from guitarjamz.com provides this guitar lesson on Modes.

Randall Padilla introduces you to Sweep Picking in this excerpt from his Shred Academy training video.

Lick Library have certainly had a busy year, it seems like they have a new title out every other week.

This 5 minute lesson shows you the basics of playing Open E tuning slide guitar similar to the style of Derek Trucks.

Andy James provides some good tips on Alternate Picking and speed for Lick Library.

For this week's guitar video we thought we'd try something a little different. This is a classical guitar lesson by George Schmidt, who provides one on one webcam lessons.

In this lesson you will learn how to take a common three-note sequence and turn it around to create a new sequence for your solos and improvising that will perk listener’s ears and turn heads due to its unique, interesting sound!

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) guitar tutor Phil Capone will be holding an exclusive masterclass, as part of the Hendrix in Britain exhibition, a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, on Saturday, 2nd October.

By GregX Are you tired of the same old guitar licks, tricks and scale sequences that sound great when played fast, but sometimes don’t really fit well into all slower song? Do you envy all those great guitarists who achieve more by playing a single note than another guitarist achieved by playing 100? Very often these guys are referred to as soulful players.

By Belle Arzadon In the old days, one had to find a guitar playing tome in the depths and recesses of a library to learn the most complex or rarest of guitar chords. It’s either that or find a pro or one with comprehensive knowledge of them. But thankfully, people today have the Internet to consult. Just knock on Google’s door, use the words “guitar chord finder” as your password and you’ll be instantly escorted to the premises of an-all knowing virtual chord master.

By Belle Arzadon If you have neither the time nor the inclination to learn how to read guitar scales, don’t let that stop you from exploring your new found passion for playing the guitar. Guitar tablatures, or tabs, provide interested individuals a simple, no-fuss method for reading and playing guitar pieces. Give it a try and you’ll be surprised at how quickly you’ll be able to play the more advanced works in no time.

By Kirk Lorange Hello, fellow twanger. It's been a while, I know, but I've been up to here in movie footage, timelines, graphics, mp3s, php and html ... busy revamping my site. I'm finally done, it's looking good I reckon and you can check it all out at Guitar for Beginners and Beyond.

I just finished a new finger style lesson I call the 'Double Stop Blues'. It's an interesting one, a minimalist approach to stating a chord progression ... most are just a double stops (two notes played at once) plus a bass note. It's certainly not for complete beginners, but even though it looks and sounds quite tricky, because it's all mostly just two fingers at work at any time, it's quite easy.

Hi, fellow picker, it sure has been a long time since I've posted here. I'm all caught up in fatherhood, running my sites, gigging, writing, traveling. Anyway, I'm back to give you a list of all the fingerstyle lessons I've created since my last post. There are quite a few.

Happy Holidays! Hi, fellow picker, I trust you're well and that the twangin' is good. If you hail from the US, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving break and that you managed to get some playing in.

Hi, fellow twanger, first a little ad for my book. PlaneTalk -The Truly Totally Different Guitar Instruction Book continues to unravel the mysteries of the fretboard to players from all over the World. If you're wondering how to turn your fretbaord into familiar, friendly, well worn territory, then this is the package for you. The book describes the mindset, the Guitar Slide Rule crystallizes it in graphic format, the DVD demonstrates it in real time and the private forum is chock-a-block with more information and fellow PlaneTalkers all too eager to help with any questions.