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 ...

Guitar skills: Fingerstyle is one of the most brilliantly useful techniques to master. You can use it in all manner of genres and styles, from acoustic folk and country to Jeff Beck and Mark ...

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 ...

Hybrid picking is an electric and acoustic guitar technique that involves a mixture of plectrum ‘flatpicking’ and fingerstyle technique. The style is most synonymous with players such as Chet Atkins, ...

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 ...

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 ...