How to play slide guitar: 5 technique essentials By Ben Martin last updated 21 October 22 At the beginning, slide guitar can be tricky. Here are five technical tips to get you started
10 guitar lessons you can learn from Muse’s Matt Bellamy By Total Guitar editors published 19 October 22 It’s time to plug in, baby, and take a closer look at Matt Bellamy’s supermassive guitar techniques
Andy Timmons teaches you how to string bend more expressively By Andy Timmons published 11 October 22 Take a breath, stay in control of your string bending and vibrato, and your melodies will sing
Joe Bonamassa reflects on his playing 20 years ago and what you can learn from it By Joe Bonamassa published 7 October 22 The blues superstar looks back to his best-selling album, Blues Deluxe, for a lesson in phrasing, dividing by two and making his playing more economical
5 scorching shred skills you can learn from John Petrucci By Charlie Griffiths last updated 4 October 22 Awaken your picking mastery with these prog metal techniques in the style of the virtuoso Dream Theater guitarist
Red-hot blues guitar lessons you can learn from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons By Guitar Techniques published 27 September 22 Laid back, never rushed, always on point with rhythm and feel, let's go deep into the slinky style of Billy Gibbons, a player who helped define Texas blues and '80s rock
15 scale patterns for guitar that will fire up your solos By Guitar World Staff published 27 September 22 These hot scale sequences will ignite your guitar leads with a new intensity
Show-stopping techniques you can learn from Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin By John Wheatcroft published 22 September 22 This lesson takes a deep dive into the styles of the virtuoso trio responsible for one of the greatest fusion albums ever made
How to play blues like the early electric guitar masters By Richard Barrett published 16 September 22 This lesson takes electric blues back to the start, when electricity found its way to the guitar and players such as John Lee Hooker and Hubert Sumlin changed the world
Learn Nick Johnston's soloing secrets in this video masterclass By Jon Bishop published 15 September 22 In this exclusive lesson, the Canadian virtuoso treats us to a plethora of flowing rock phrases that will illuminate your own solos
How to improve your rhythm guitar strumming By Simon Barnard published 9 September 22 It's time to take your rhythm chops to the woodshed with this lesson in the most fundamentally important technique in guitar
Learn the slippery soloing style of Muddy Waters By Andy Aledort published 5 September 22 This improvisation on the Muddy Waters classic, Rollin’ Stone takes electric blues back to the source and plants an almighty hook in an E minor pentatonic lick
Push your skills to the limit with 5 Steve Morse licks By Charlie Griffiths published 2 September 22 Alternate picking, string skipping through the arpeggios... This dip into the former Deep Purple guitarist's playing is bootcamp for your shred chops
Joe Bonamassa shares the string bending lessons he learned from blues great Larry McCray By Joe Bonamassa published 2 September 22 One blues great pays dues to another in this lesson that unpacks McCray's unique style of marrying bends together
Add suspense to your chord progressions with these augmented shapes By Richard Barrett published 1 September 22 The music theory math is easy in this lesson, but can be devastatingly effective
5 cutting-edge prog guitar licks you need to learn By Charlie Griffiths published 26 August 22 Workshop your tapping, melodic phrasing, tech-metal riffing and more in this primer in contemporary prog guitar
Learn the rhythm and lead styles of Rush’s Alex Lifeson By Martin Cooper published 22 August 22 These two studies demonstrate how Lifeson marries rhythmic intrigue to imaginative melodic and harmonic themes to create Rush's life-affirming prog-rock sound
5 ways to up your shred game in the style of Jason Becker By Charlie Griffiths published 19 August 22 These five examples will help you set the fretboard alight with the pyrotechnic style of the legendary Jason Becker – bonus points for anyone who masters them while playing a yo-yo
Learn the blues-rock, acoustic fingerstyle and slide guitar approaches of the legendary Rory Gallagher By Jon Bishop published 17 August 22 The following examples will take you deep into the classic blues and rock stylings of the Irish guitar legend, and show how he augmented blues with traditional Celtic influences
Joe Bonamassa shows you how to connect pentatonic boxes to find new musical ideas By Joe Bonamassa published 11 August 22 The latest lesson from the blues-rock maestro will open up new fretboard paths between familiar shapes and to help bust you out of a rut
