Shift your first finger down a fret to finish each descent (eg Bar 2, beat 1's G# note at the 9th fret, second string) and add vibrato to the sustained notes. Example 6. Putting it all together ...

For example, play an A note on your guitar, and the gap either up or down the fretboard to the next A note is an octave. That next A along will be either an octave higher or lower than the first ...

Here, Tosin takes advantage of repeated notes across the fretboard to build an Em7 arpeggio, which can be continued into a three-octave sequence. Take note of the picking pattern, because Tosin's ...

Start this lick with your first finger at the 5th fret and play the 6th string, then the 4th string, skipping over the 5th string entirely. You can articulate the notes with your pick or you can use ...

Kelstone is a 9-string instrument that's tuned in fourths, spans over 5 octaves, has 26 frets and is played over the top of the strings, running from the bass to treble, and looking down on the ...

The JamStik teaches you guitar by way of a wireless fretboard, real strings, and a couple innovative iPad apps. I just got a demo here at CES and came away impressed.