When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Adam Gasson/Guitarist Magazine In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, author Malcolm ...

Jesse Cook is a talented performer whose "masterful, intricate, fluid and melodic finger-picking guitar technique and musicianship" have won him international acclaim and a JUNO Award, the Canadian ...

In this video, country guitar wizard Matheus Canteri’s helps to unlock the secrets of hot country picking by sharing six of his favorite licks. Matheus is best known as a Brazilian born solo artist ...

“I’m no great guitarist technically,” Leslie West once said, “but you wanna know why people remember me? If you take a hundred players and put them in a room, 99 of ’em are gonna sound the same. “The ...

After playing some simple chords, Fred Sokolow demonstrates various patterns, licks, and grooves in five keys. While one camera stays on Fred, a second gives students a close-up, picture-in-picture ...

Guitar lessons: Compared to simple strumming, the beautiful and intricate sounds of fingerstyle acoustic guitar are a step up, technically speaking. Still, you shouldn’t be intimidated by this way of ...

Guitar solos. We all want to play them, right? And we probably all wish we were better players too. Yet, exactly what makes a better player and soloist is highly debatable. Should you shred, or do you ...

In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, author Malcolm Gladwell asserts that at least 10,000 hours of practice are required to excel at any given skill. If that’s indeed the case, Australian ...