A Beginner’s Guide to Soloing - Part 2 - Stretching Out

In his follow up to the basics of soloing, Josh demonstrates the major scale and the pentatonic and their usefulness in helping you improve your lead playing.

Open C Tuning

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Another new Guitar Noise writer makes his debut with this introduction to the wonders of open C tuning.

Organizing Practice for Better Results

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In his first of hopefully many pieces for Guitar Noise, Tom Mariotti looks at how to go about organizing your practice sessions in order to get the most out of the time you put into them.

Blue Christmas

Our arrangement for this moody piece uses many of the ideas from our O Tannenbaum! lesson. You’ll find yourself having a lot of fun even though you’re supposed to be blue!

O Come All Ye Faithful

Here’s a simple chord melody arrangement of this holiday classic. And, as a bonus, it’s a great exercise for practicing your chord changes in a timely manner.

Songwriting As A Learning Tool - (or is it Learning As A Songwriting Tool?)

For many guitarists, playing and songwriting go hand in hand. Since both skills improve with practice, why not try practicing on both simultaneously?


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