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TGR362 Slash Chords lesson

Spice up your slash chord skills with these 10 tips on how to use them in your playing

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Learn how to add some sonic intrigue to your progressions with rich, complex sounds, minus the complicated theory

Angus Young, Tim Henson, Paul Kossoff

The 10 types of string bending, from blues and boomer bends to tweak and tap bends

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Who could have imagined an everyday act of guitar technique would become so controversial? We take a deep dive into bending and see how it's changed over the ages

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman: “Much of the Japanese music that is currently very popular has a melodic structure that echoes a lot of '70s Western rock and pop“

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The shred legend spills the beans on the third album in his Tokyo Jukebox series, which celebrates his love for Japan

Monster rock band Lordi of Finland celebrate their victury at conclusion of the finals of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest May 20, 2006 in Athens, Greece.

Eurovision's greatest guitar moments

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Distorted guitars and metal mechanics occasionally upset the expected pop parade. Here are some of our favorites...

Man playing Les Paul electric guitar

What do the greatest solos of all time have in common? We investigate

By Milton Mermikides published

Total Guitar follows the science behind the solos to find out exactly what makes the top 50 guitar leads so enduring

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