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Beyond Blues: 8 Essential Turnarounds To navigate the last four measures of a 12-bar blues in style, you need a sophisticated ear and a solid knowledge of chord tones.
Twang 101: Swampy Blues Can you invoke the soulful sound of blues guitar while keeping some country twang on hand?

What Bohlinger Plays: Fretting Behind the Slide The Lee Brice guitarist unpacks a simple technique that opens the portal to vast new worlds in slide playing.
Basic Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar This step-by-step method will put you on the path to nailing barn-burning tempos.

Dear 6-String Sensei: How Do I Improve My Chops? In our new advice column, we tackle an age-old question with a few simple exercises and some chromatic magic.
Paul Gilbert's Shred Your Enthusiasm: For Those About to Rock The Mr. Big legend talks about how to keep your ears in good condition and deal with hearing loss you may already have.

Deep Blues: Riding with B.B. King Take a closer look at some of the signature techniques of the late blues master.
The Guitarist's Guide to Writing Charts There's more than one way to make a quick-and-dirty chart that will get you through the gig.