Advanced Expression Techniques on Guitar

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About Course

Advanced expression techniques on guitar are the fastest way to deepen your musical expression and unlock the emotional range in every note you play. In this course, you will refine touch, timing, and tone so your phrases sing, groove, and breathe with intention.

Led by seasoned guitarist Costas Baltazanis, the curriculum focuses on the techniques that most directly impact feel. You will explore how nuanced left hand control, dynamic right hand articulation, and rhythm design work together to create compelling performances that connect with listeners.

What You’ll Learn
  • Left Hand Techniques: sliding, hammer-ons, pull-offs, vibrato, and bending for expressive phrasing and accurate intonation.
  • Dynamics: ghost notes, muting approaches, string mute scratches, and tasteful tremolo bar use to create contrast and color.
  • Rhythm: choosing pick or fingers, building motifs, crafting volume swells, shaping micropulses, and using space to let lines breathe.
  • How to combine these elements into musical ideas you can apply across genres.
Meet Your Instructor

Costas Baltazanis is a professional guitarist and educator known for tasteful, musical phrasing and a methodical approach to technique. His lessons emphasize how sound, touch, and timing translate into real performances, giving you tools you can use immediately on stage or in the studio.

Is This Course for You?

If you are an intermediate or advanced guitarist who feels your technique is solid but your playing needs more character and clarity, this course is for you. You will benefit if you want your vibrato to sing in tune, your bends to land confidently, your muting to tighten grooves, and your rhythmic feel to lead the band rather than chase it. Players coming from rock, blues, jazz, fusion, or pop will find practical ideas they can drop into solos, riffs, and comping right away.

What’s Included
  • Three focused sections: Left Hand Techniques, Dynamics, and Rhythm.
  • 15 concise lessons that build from single techniques to complete musical ideas.
  • Clear demonstrations with practical examples you can adapt to your style.
  • Actionable practice suggestions to improve consistency and timing.
  • Lifetime value as a reference when refining bends, vibrato, muting, and feel.

Ready to elevate your sound, touch, and timing on the instrument? Enroll now and start building expressive control that listeners feel immediately.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Master left-hand techniques: sliding, hammer-ons, pull-offs, vibrato, and bending
  • Enhance right-hand dynamics with ghost notes, muting, and tremolo bar usage
  • Develop rhythmic expression through motifs, volume swells, and micropulses
  • Understand the interplay between pick and fingerstyle techniques
  • Learn to incorporate space and breathing into musical phrasing
  • Apply advanced expression techniques across various musical genres

Course Content

Left Hand Techniques
Costas focuses on Expression Techniques aimed for the left hand.

  • Sliding
    06:44
  • Hammer-On and Pull-Off
    05:03
  • Vibrato
    04:48
  • Bending Techniques I
    05:49
  • Bending Techniques II
    05:41

Dynamics
Costas focuses on Expression Techniques aimed for the right hand.

Rhythm
Costas goes through some Techniques focused on Rhythm.

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