Scales Within Scales
By David Hodge
Not everyone is keen on scales (including our humble author). However, they are important and valuable tools. Don't wait too long before figuring out their uses, but don't obsess over them either. Let David Hodge set the pace in Scales Within Scales.

Songwriting for Intermediates
By Nick Torres
The long-awaited sequel of Nick’s Songwriting for Beginners has finally made it online. Here you’ll find more tips to help develop your songwriting skills even further, including a neat little step-by-step guide.

Palm Muting
By Ryan Spencer
Today we will talk about a crucial technique used in many different genres. Palm muting, aside from chunkiness, adds a nice percussive sound to metal, rock, and believe it or not, blues. You can always come up with your own uses or tricks for palm muting as well.

Speed Metal
By Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood gives us a brief introduction to some of the techniques used by Speed Metal guitarists, complete with a number of examples and a couple of exercise thrown in for good measure.

Basic Blues: 12-bar Blues Theory
By Olav Torvund
This lesson is for beginners and intermediate players. It takes a look at the basic 12-bar blues form. This form is familiar to almost any guitarist. Every guitarist interested in blues, folk, country or rock should know the 12-bar blues by heart; just switch on the auto-pilot and play.