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Guitar Techniques


Learn the core guitar techniques used in both rhythm and lead guitar playing.


These online guitar lessons will teach you essential guitar techniques like hammer ons, pull offs, guitar bends, sweep picking, two handed tapping and more.

Guitar Fingerpicking Basics

Guitar Fingerpicking Basics

You can ditch your guitar pick as you learn some of the basics of playing fingerstyle guitar.View Guitar Lesson »

Guitar Tapping Basics

Guitar Tapping Basics

Two handed tapping is a guitar technique made popular by Van Halen. It’s also used by many modern acoustic guitar players.View Guitar Lesson »

Slides On Guitar

Slides On Guitar

Slides are a basic guitar technique used to decorate a note, or to transition between notes.View Guitar Lesson »

Sweep Picking Basics

Sweep Picking Basics

Learn the basics of sweep picking on the guitar. From beginner sweep picking licks, to 5 string major and minor arpeggios.View Guitar Lesson »

Guitar Rake Technique

Guitar Rake Technique

The rake guitar technique can be use to add a little percussive spice to your notes.View Guitar Lesson »

Guitar Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

Guitar Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

Hammer-ons and pull-offs also known as guitar slurs are used to help create a smoother sound between 2 different notes.View Guitar Lesson »

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.


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.

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.

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.

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.
 
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