Latest articles by Martin Holmes
Recording basics: What is a ribbon microphone?
This lesson covers the basic characteristics of a ribbon microphone
Rodrigo Y Gabriela on building picking speed
Rodrigo Sanchez shows you the exercises he used to develop his flawless technique
Walter Trout on the 12-bar blues
Blues-rock expert Walter Trout shows you his take on the 12-bar blues
Marty Friedman on breaking out of a rut
The ex-Megadeth guitarist shows you how to keep your playing interesting in this video lesson
Alex Skolnick on combining the Dorian mode with the minor pentatonic
The Testament and jazz guitarist shows you how to add some modal flavour to your playing
How to play blues guitar like Rory Gallagher
A video lesson with tab teaching you the style of the Irish blues master
Guitar basics: String bending
This video lesson shows you how to hit your target notes so your bends sound in tune.
Rodrigo y Gabriela on Latin-style arpeggios
Rodrigo Sanchez demonstrates arpeggios and gives tips on improvising rhythm
Albert Lee on chicken pickin'
A video lesson on the country picking technique
Guitar basics: Combining hammer-ons and pull-offs
This video lesson shows you how to make your playing more fluent and gives all four of your fret-hand fingers a workout.
Guitar basics: Natural harmonics
In this lesson, we show you how to get 'chiming' sounds on your guitar
