One of the more difficult techniques to master on the guitar is performing fast arpeggios, often played as a series of single notes on adjacent, and sometimes non-adjacent, strings. The term “arpeggio ...

In my last column, we looked at some rhythm and lead approaches to playing over a 12-bar blues progression in the key of A that’s set to a brisk, country-style “train beat” with a swing-16ths feel.

After the soothing sound of the ocean tide, the first instrument you hear on Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is a piano. Soon its somber neoclassical arpeggios are intertwining with the yearning slide ...

Yngwie Malmsteen has long held a place among guitar royalty. He is widely credited for bringing some culture to metal through the influence of classical mavens such as Bach and Paganini, and is one of ...