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
20 ways to play guitar like Jimmy Page By Chris Bird Learn the Led Zeppelin icon's riffing and soloing approaches, tone tips and altered tunings – everything but the violin bow!
Shake up your rhythm playing with shifting 16th-note accents By Jimmy Brown This “rhythm-within-a-rhythm” approach can add dynamism to your playing
Hone your crosspicking skills with this lesson on the must-learn acoustic technique By Molly Tuttle Molly Tuttle walks you through the style behind the bluegrass classic Wildwood Flower
4 slide guitar tricks you can learn from Little Feat's Lowell George By Harrison Marsh The guitarist from Jimmy Page's "favorite American band" had a phenomenal gift for using different styles tastefully
How to master arpeggios built from 7th chords By Andy Aledort A little bit of theory goes a long way and can add tension and intrigue to your lead playing
How 16th-note rests can shake up your rhythm guitar playing By Jimmy Brown This introduction will take you from the basics to more tricky syncopated rhythm lines
How to craft chord progressions using 10th intervals By Joel Hoekstra Joel Hoekstra walks us through the acoustic section of Whitesnake's After All for a fingerstyle lesson in music theory
