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![L-R: Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Andy Summers and Dimebag Darrell](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LDUXsVTUJSvqCrNYuphqoM-320-80.jpg)
Learn How to Use Suspended Chords in the Style of Jimmy Page, Van Halen, the Police, Pantera and Others
By Guitar Player Staff published
Ditch the 3rd and explore sus 2, sus 4 and 7sus4 chords using open-position and movable voicings
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How to Advance Your Hybrid-Picking Technique in Four Easy Steps
By Jimmy Leslie published
Make the most of these simple exercises and tips and you’ll have a million songs in myriad styles at your fingertips
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Five Great Ways to Improve Your Thumb Technique and Make Your Sound Stand Out
By Jimmy Leslie published
Free your thumb and fabulous fingerstyle will follow
![Jake Kiszka](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HUt5obEvWphFNxka9eHR5J-320-80.jpg)
The Ultimate Greta Van Fleet Guitar Lesson
By Jeff Jacobson published
Learn how Jake Kiszka bridges the past to the present with tasteful 1970s-style rock guitar riffing
![Peppino D’Agostino](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bwg9m9JCABF9UaL5WVm8rQ-320-80.jpg)
“When Using an Open Tuning, Music Theory and Thinking in Terms of Scales and Chords Goes out the Window”: Acoustic Master Peppino D’Agostino Shares Insights Into Making Musical Magic
By Jimmy Leslie published
The “Transcendent Acoustic Superhero” explains how to free your mind and open the door to new creative possibilities using alternate tunings
![Nili Brosh](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TeaqMc5dqNryZJYpa7shp4-320-80.jpg)
“The Reality Is, the Most Expensive Guitar in the World Isn’t Going to Improve Your Playing”: Nili Brosh’s Top Tips for Guitarists
By Joe Bosso published
The versatile virtuoso has performed with the likes of Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert and Jennifer Batten, and has some choice bits of wisdom to share with players
![Allan Holdsworth on 9/14/83 in Chicago, Il.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U5xduXJikCtfzy3qT2RuC9-320-80.jpg)
“I Was Instantly Humbled”: First Call Session Guitarist Carl Verheyen Shares Rare Insights Into Allan Holdsworth’s Unorthodox Chord Voicings – as Revealed by the Man Himself
By Carl Verheyen published
“This concept of spreading out the notes of a chord into wide-interval voicings like this resonated with me years later,” says the Supertramp alumnus and seasoned solo artist
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Have the Same Old Blues Chord Shapes Become Stale and Boring? Here’s How to Avoid Sounding Predictable
By Guitar Player Staff published
Avoid the trap of humdrum chords by getting command of a few alternate dominant voicings
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