How to play legato guitar licks By Total Guitar editors Beginner guitar: these hammer-on and pull-off techniques appear in every genre of guitar and will rescue you if you run out of ideas mid-solo
How to play a C chord on guitar By Jonny Scaramanga Beginner guitar: Here's how to play one of the most common chords you'll find on your guitar-playing journey, as well as several easy variations
How to play barre chords By Total Guitar editors Beginner guitar: Play more notes with fewer fingers, and get to grips with essential rock ’n’ roll, funk and soul shapes
5 ways to write a great guitar riff By Total Guitar editors How to incorporate the chords and composing tricks that built rock’s greatest riffs in your own writing
How to play partial barre chords By Total Guitar editors Beginner guitar: Play more notes with fewer fingers, and get to grips with essential rock ’n’ roll, funk, and soul shapes
10 ways to improve your live guitar playing By Total Guitar editors Shape up your playing and focus on the skills you need to be the best live guitarist you can be
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
How to play blues like Ritchie Blackmore By Richard Barrett This solo workout goes deep into Deep Purple MkII-era Blackmore and unpacks his electric blues style in detail
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
6 guitar tricks you can learn from Eddie Van Halen By Total Guitar editors Plug in and rock out as Total Guitar gets hot for teaching Eddie Van Halen’s trademark riffs and techniques
The guitarist’s guide to vlogging By Chris Corfield Our expert guide to recording guitar videos has everything you need to get started with your new guitar vlog
How to use a looper pedal By Total Guitar editors Get to grips with timing and layering overdubs using our guide to looping
How to lock into a groove as a guitarist By Nicholas Wedyke Achieve a masterful command over rhythm as a guitar player with these simple tips
Learn 5 of Alex Lifeson's iconic open-string chords By Richard Barrett How the Rush legend’s pioneering approach can help you achieve wider, fuller sounds
How to bend guitar strings By Total Guitar editors Get to grips with an essential lead guitar technique with this easy lesson
How to develop improvised lines on single strings By Andy Timmons Andy Timmons shows you how a little fretboard awareness liberates your lead playing
How to emulate organ-type chord melodies on guitar By Greg Koch Take a leaf out of the blues and jazz organist's playbook and make your shifting triads pop
Learn how to play a metal version of the Wellerman sea shanty By Charlie Griffiths Sail the seven seas of rock with Total Guitar’s wailing version of the viral 19th century sea shanty
How to play power chords By Chris Bird Beginner guitar: learn rock, metal and punk riffs using just one chord shape
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
