All about the Partial Capo, with guest host GT instructor Lisa McCormick! In this special episode Lisa explores the use of a partial capo which is a great way to get open tuning chord sounds without having to re-tune.

Here's a great lick to add some soulful, tasty flavor to your leads. This one hails from Doug Fearman's lesson on Guitar Tricks and has a nice B.B. King or Clapton flavor.

Have you learned your scales and are now asking yourself, what do I do with them? Neal breaks it down in an easy to understand way so you can get started creating your own leads and style.

Neal shows you his tricks to adding a groove to your lead lines by accenting beats. Using some simple techniques you can take a regular pentatonic scale, or any scale, and make it come to life with this concept.

How can we get fuller sounding power chords? One tip is to add a little delay to your guitar setting to help fill out the sound. Also, a handy tip for repair work.

This week Guitar Tricks instructor Lisa McCormick takes over the channel with a holiday classic for you Deck the Halls, in open D tuning. Also, Joy to the World is taught as this week's tip. Happy Festivus!

How to play the opening riff to one of our channel episodes, Guitar Tricks #32. Adding groove to an otherwise simple riff to give it some depth. Tip of the week: safe, powerful, and it will keep your gear looking good! -for tolex only, not guitars.

This week Neal shows you one of his favorite Hendrix-style guitar licks. The this one is that it's a moveable shape, take this shape and use it anywhere on the neck. The tip of the week will keep your strap on lock down!

Fingerpicking with sus chords: These are great chords for any acoustic player that will fill up your sound and grab your listener's attention. Tip of the week: Lisa's choice favorite electronic tuner for acoustic guitar.

This week Neal shows you how to incorporate string grouping to your playing. Strike more than one string at a time while picking to create a percussive contrast between chords and notes. Tip of the week will keep your guitar sounding on pitch.

Bored with the same old power chords? This week Neal shows you some easy two finger chords that can enhance your songwriting options and make changing chords quickly a snap! The Tip of the Week just may keep your guitar looking good.