Guitar Techniques

Cyberfret.com Legacy Guitar Techniques Lessons

All guitar lessons on Cyberfret.com are in the process of being updated. Below are guitar lessons covering techniques from the old website that have not made it to the new one yet.

Slides - Another guitar technique used to ornament a note, or to transition between notes.

String Bending - This guitar lesson will help you make the guitar sing and cry. Guitar bends help put some emotion into your playing.

Tremolo Picking - In this lesson you will learn an easy way to put some fast notes into your guitar playing.

Guitar Vibrato - One of the most important guitar techniques to help add depth and sustain to your notes.

Vibrato Control - In this guitar lesson guitar virtuoso Tom Hess gives insight into one of the most expressive guitar techniques.

How To Get A Killer Vibrato - In this guitar lesson Jeff Treadwell gives some tips on how to improve your vibrato.

Natural Harmonics - Make the guitar sound like a harp, or bells. This is a must know guitar trick of the trade.

Pinch Harmonics - Its the "make your guitar squeal" technique. Add a new dimension to your lead guitar playing.

Right Hand Guitar Tapping - Two handed tapping is a guitar technique that was made popular by Eddie Van Halen. From flash to more subtle uses, this technique is a great addition to your lead guitar arsenal.

Guitar Tapping: Vertical and Diagonal Patterns - In this guitar lesson Ysrafel shows you some important building blocks needed to play larger more advanced tapping patterns.

Octave Tapping Video Guitar Lesson - Guitarist Kevin Taylor shows you a cool guitar tapping idea using octaves in this video guitar lesson.

Slide Down Tap Video Guitar Lesson - Guitarist Kevin Taylor shows you a lick that incorporates two handed guitar tapping with pull offs and slides in this video guitar lesson.

Multistring Tapping Video Guitar Lesson - Guitarist Kevin Taylor shows you a lick that incorporates two handed tapping on all 6 stings in this video guitar lesson.

Palm muting - From heavy chunk to popping percussive single notes, the palm mute should be part of your basic guitar technique vocabulary.

Sweep Picking - Also known as economy picking. Use this guitar technique to play fast cascading arpeggios, or a quick flurry of notes that would not be possible with just alternate picking.

7 Common Problems with Learning Sweep Picking and What to do About Them - In this guitar lesson guitarist Mike Philippov gives tips on how to improve your sweep picking technique.

Here is what’s wrong with YOUR sweep picking technique - Virtuoso guitarist Mike Philippov breaks down some of the common problems guitar players have with sweep picking technique, and gives the solutions.

Rakes - A rake is a guitar technique that can be use to add a little percussive spice to notes.

String Scraping Video Guitar Lesson - Guitarist Kevin Taylor teaches you the technique of string scrapes (a.k.a. pick scrapes) in this video guitar lesson.