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 "Extra" Bass Notes by Larry Sandberg.
"Extra" bass notes. March 1998. 
Song: Will the Circle be Unbroken
Composer: Traditional
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30 Ways to Improve Your Tone by Scott Nygaard and McGowan. Improve your fretting-hand, flatpicking, and fingerstyle tone with these tips and techniques. With video. December 2009. Watch video.
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4/4 Rhythm Patterns Lesson by Adam Perlmutter. Learn to wield the shuffle, boom-chuck, Bo Diddley beat, and other classic rhythm figures in 4/4 time. With audio. June 2009. 
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A Lesson in Connecting Chords with Flair by Karen Hogg. Beef up your rhythm guitar playing with riffs and bass lines between the chord changes. With audio examples. April 2008.
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A Lesson with Rodrigo y Gabriela by Dan Apczynski. Fusing musical styles from flamenco to rock, incendiary Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela is rewriting the rules for the nylon-string guitar. An exclusive Acoustic Guitar lesson. With audio examples. April 2008.
Song: Tamacun
Performer: Rodrigo Y Gabriela
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A Life in the Blues by Julia Crowe. Blues guitarist John Hammond keeps his music fresh by writing songs and covering contemporary songwriters like Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. But he still finds inspiration in the music he learned from blues legends like Blind Willie McTell and Son House. In this exclusive lesson, he illustrates some of his favorite slide licks, many of which were inspired by blues greats like Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, and Lightnin' Hopkins. January 2006.
Song: Come to Find Out
Composer: Words and music by John Hammond
Performer: John Hammond
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A Private Lesson with Andrew Hardin by David Hamburger. Tom Russell's longtime lead guitarist demonstrates some of his hot, country-rock lead lines, full of multiple slurs and ringing scale tones. March 2006.
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A Private Lesson with Chris Eldridge by Scott Nygaard. The young bluegrass prodigy discusses chord voicings and rhythm-guitar techniques. April 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Chris Sharp by Orville Johnson. The bluegrass phenom explains his Lester Flatt-inspired rhythm style. March 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Frank Gambale by Sean McGowan. The jazz-fusion master shares his secrets on sweep picking. With audio examples. May 2007.
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A Private Lesson with John Knowles by Ron Forbes-Roberts. The veteran Nashville guitarist shows how to use the circle of fifths to reharmonize—and make new—a familiar old tune like "Red River Valley.". July 2006.
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A Private Lesson with John Stowell by Andrew DuBrock.
The jazz chord master talks about chord-melody arranging, accompanying others, and how he creates lush, pianistic-sounding chords November 2006.
Song: Over the Rainbow
Performer: John Stowell
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A Private Lesson with Marc Atkinson by Ron Forbes-Roberts. The Canadian Gypsy-jazz ace describes how to create solos by using guidetones. January 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Peter Mulvey by Andrew DuBrock. The rhythmic fingerstyle songwriter gives tips on playing grooves and writing songs, and shares notes about his influences. May 2006.
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Accompanying a Singer by Andrew DuBrock. Add the right amount of color to an arrangement by visualizing bite-sized chords up the fretboard, then add open strings and embellish these portable chord shapes. June 2006.
Song: I'm a Believer
Composer: Words and music by Neil Diamond
Performer: Neil Diamond
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All About Jazz Chords by Scott Nygaard. Add swing to your rhythm playing with jazz chords. With music to "Avalon." With audio examples. November 2007.
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All-Purpose Rhythm Guitar. by Chris Grampp. Basics.
A few rhythm techniques useful in a wide variety of playing styles and situations. March 2005.
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Alternate Tunings by Doug Young. Octaves in DADGAD.
Various ways to incorporate playing octaves in D A D G A D tuning. December 2004.
Song: Octave Blues
Composer: Music by Doug Young
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Alternate Tunings Accompaniment by Mark Hanson. Learn how to use alternate tunings for rich-sounding backup parts. With video. August 2008.  Watch video.
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Alternate Tunings Made Easy. by David Hodge. Basics.
David Hodge explains alternate tunings from the ground up. May 2005.
Song: Handsome Molly
Composer: Words and music traditional, arranged by David Hodge
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