How to navigate the fretboard freely by incorporating position shifts across multiple strings By Andy Timmons Let Andy Timmons pull yourself out of the "positional" frame of mind and free up your fretting hand for solos
Give your playing some organ-style flavor with these fresh melodic approaches By Greg Koch Greg Koch returns with some suggestions on how to "Mix" things up on guitar to give it that Hammond B3 vibe
Get gig-ready with these 10 essential guitar warm-up techniques By Richard Barrett Looking forward to hitting the stage again after an enforced time off? Here are some exercises to get your chops back up
Learn how to target chord tones when soloing over a chord progression By Andy Timmons Andy Timmons teaches you horizontal single-string ideas to make your lead playing melodically compelling
Explore the wonderful world of pinch harmonics with this essential primer from Greg Koch By Greg Koch Spice up your leads and melodies with the technique popularized by the likes of Eddie Van Halen and Zakk Wylde
Andy Timmons shows you how to target chord tones in melodic improvisation By Andy Timmons Don't just play scalar runs when soloing – tell a story by accentuating the chords underneath with your note choice
How to play old-school blues By Richard Barrett Learn some six-string rhythms in the style of blues heavyweights Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin
How to produce greater musical expression and variation while playing up and down one string By Andy Timmons Andy Timmons' debut column will teach you new ideas for incorporating melodies in your soloing
How to two-hand tap like Eddie Van Halen By Andy Aledort This hands-on and tabbed lesson offers a comprehensive primer in Eddie's signature lead style, as well as a brief history of two-hand tapping itself
50 guitar chords you need to know By Total Guitar editors Boost your guitar vocabulary with fingerstyle-friendly shapes and everyday essentials, plus complex jazz voicings
Molly Tuttle shows you how to play traditional bluegrass lines and Over the Line By Molly Tuttle Bluesy, chromatic licks are on the menu with this exercise in old-school bluegrass methodology
Shake up your leads with these one-string bend techniques By Andy Aledort Mastering precise bends on the B string can offer new ideas for pentatonic solos
Refresh your lead playing with Vinnie Moore's guide to superimposing triads within soloing sequences By Vinnie Moore This lesson will help you cast aside your go-to licks and think deeper about tonality
Molly Tuttle teaches you how to play Good Enough By Molly Tuttle Often performed unaccompanied, Good Enough will teach you to embellish chords with single-note melodies
How to use alternating four- and five-note patterns to add intrigue to your solos By Vinnie Moore Vinnie Moore shares his approach to adding a taste of the unexpected when playing lead guitar
Create twists and turns in your solos with four-note 7th-chord arpeggios By Andy Aledort Expand your understanding by incorporating chromaticism and a “scalar” approach
How creating chains of dotted-eighth syncopations can revolutionize your rhythm playing By Jimmy Brown It's time to go against the grain with some tricky rhythmic phrasing
Molly Tuttle teaches you the secret to "backward" crosspicking By Molly Tuttle Mastering a fingerstyle technique borrowed from banjo players will add some hot sauce to your acoustic playing
Vinnie Moore shows you how combining 5th intervals with open strings can provide fresh phrasing ideas By Vinnie Moore The UFO guitarist takes a closer look at the E Mixolydian mode and finds new approaches for rhythm and lead playing
Guitarless practice: how to learn without the instrument, and improve your musicality anytime, anywhere By George Howlett You don't always need a guitar to improve your six-string skills
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