Latest articles by Christopher Scapelliti
Can you tell what a riff is by hearing just the first note?
We’ve all suffered the frustrations of getting our guitars to play in tune along the length of the neck.
Darrell Braun—whose videos comparing various guitar models have been a hit on this site’s pages—is back with a new video.
If you’re tired of playing stock minor pentatonic runs when you solo over a rock or blues progression, guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert has a couple of neat tricks you can use to jazz up your licks.
In a new article, Total Guitar counted down the 10 wealthiest guitar players in the magazine’s home country, the U.K.
Ozzy Osbourne recently heard the raw, unmixed master tape of his hit song “Crazy Train” for the first time since he recorded it on March 22, 1980.
Guitar practice can be a drag, but it doesn’t have to be.
We’ve all heard time-worn advice about the dos and don’ts of learning to play guitar. How much of what we’ve been told is valid, and how much is pure bunk?
There are all sorts of ways musicians can spend money, from buying new gear to repairing broken gear to replenishing strings, picks and accessories.
If you use your whammy bar only to bend notes and add vibrato, you’re missing out on some of its more nuanced, and more extreme, applications.
If you’ve ever come up short for musical ideas, this video could be just the thing to help you out.
If you have no experience playing jazz but want to pick up some chords and techniques, this video is the perfect place to start.
Chuck Berry wrote dozens of rock and roll classics, but perhaps the best-known of them all is “Johnny B. Goode.”
Tom Petty’s 1989 hit “Free Fallin’” is a simple enough song. It contains just a handful of guitar chords that any beginner could easily handle.
