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Posted August 10, 2015

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Posted July 31, 2015

Ever wanted to play lead guitar with a band? Now you can at home!

The Guitar Tricks^® Jam Station is a fun way to work on your lead guitar playing by jamming with a band.

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Posted July 31, 2015

At the time of writing this, Guitar Tricks^® has over 11,000 online guitar lessons, with more being added every single week! That's a lot of lessons. You might find yourself wondering how to get back to a lesson that you watched in the past. Other than clicking "My Last Lesson" on the homepage, the easiest way to find previously viewed lessons is with the History and Favorites features. Here's how they work.

Posted July 27, 2015

Posted July 22, 2015

The summer Boston fans have been waiting for!

Posted July 20, 2015

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Posted July 9, 2015

Do you like our new Guitar Tricks Android tablet app? If so, please give us a +1 and a review on the Google play store!

Posted July 2, 2015

Double stops are yet another technique in the vast arsenal of sounds available to guitarists. These two-note chords (or dyads) fatten up guitar riffs and give a richer, fuller sound to solos. They also allow you to play harmony lines with yourself...

Posted June 25, 2015

Of all the instruments (outside of drums and percussion) guitar might be the one that tempts us the most to fudge on our music theory. Because we don’t really need it to play. In fact, there’s a lot you can accomplish on a guitar that requires little or no music theory...

Posted June 18, 2015

Have you ever tried to figure out the chords to a song and become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of chords available to you? And have you noticed that some chords sound better together than others, while some sound downright discordant together?

Posted June 11, 2015

I don’t want to say that the rhythm side of modern rock guitar is “easy,” but it’s probably not as difficult as you might think. Rock music is, generally, uncomplicated. Classical music, certain sub genres of bluegrass and advanced jazz (among others) are complex, but modern rock is actually quite simple...

Posted June 4, 2015

I’m not one to avoid big companies, especially when it comes to guitar gear. Because they’re big for a reason. Namely, they make products that a lot of people want and are willing to pay good money for. But what about those we might have never heard of?

Posted June 2, 2015

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