How to play a pinch harmonic on guitar By Tyler Larson published 27 September 22 Music is Win's Tyler Larson shares the secret to this essential ingredient in metal guitar playing
Nita Strauss shows you how to sweep pick on guitar By Nita Strauss published 8 March 22 The Alice Cooper guitarist shares a primer on the essential shred technique
How to play 5 classic Christmas songs on guitar – with tab and chords By Jimmy Brown published 15 December 21 In the spirit of the Axemas season, we’ve compiled a handful of select solo guitar arrangements of popular Christmas songs, including Deck the Halls, Silent Night and Jingle Bells
Improve your rhythm playing with this guide to 16th notes, the roots of chug By Jimmy Brown published 9 October 20 Count in the next stage in your rhythm guitar evolution
John 5 teaches you insane sweep picking, sliding finger taps, pinch harmonics and behind-the-nut bends By John 5 published 31 July 20 One of the finest shredders playing today teaches you an array of dazzling techniques
A guitarist's guide to playing bass: 20 tips to help you think like a bassist By Matt Scharfglass published 26 June 20 More at home with six strings? This guide will help you demystify the low-end
How to tune your guitar by ear By Jimmy Brown published 27 March 20 Train your ears with our guide to tuning a guitar for beginners - no tuner required
Get an intense, 'outside' sound with this lick By Glenn Proudfoot published 12 February 20 Learn an interesting new lick - and give your fingers a workout - with this lesson
Master the signature elements of Gary Moore's instantly identifiable guitar style By Andy Aledort published 6 February 20 An in-depth examination of Gary Moore’s piercing, deeply emotional guitar work
How to tune your guitar to drop D tuning by ear By Jimmy Brown published 3 February 20 Don't have a tuner lying around? Fear not! Learn this all-powerful alternate tuning the easy way
Change the mood and spice up your tunes with parallel major and minor keys By Jimmy Brown published 3 January 20 Impart a touch of sadness or melancholy to an otherwise happy and predictable-sounding progression
Get a private blues lesson from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons By Guitar World Staff published 16 December 19 Billy Gibbons teaches you the blues tunes that inspired him to play guitar
Play better than ever with these 5 essential guitar warm-up exercises By Stéphane Wrembel published 13 December 19 Gypsy jazz guitar master Stéphane Wrembel offers some terrific exercises that will help you develop fret-hand strength
Learn to supercharge your blues solos by seamlessly switching between major and minor pentatonic scales By Andy Aledort published 10 December 19 All of the greatest blues and rock guitarists - such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix - routinely incorporated this technique into their solos
Take your improvisation to the next level by listening to your own playing and reacting to it By Dweezil Zappa published 6 December 19 Dweezil Zappa offers some phenomenal spontaneous soloing strategies
Steve Howe lesson: Learn how to play Yes's Starship Trooper, Siberian Khatru and Mood for a Day By Guitar World Staff published 26 November 19 Steve Howe shows you how to play the key riffs to several Yes classics
Make your compositions soar using augmented climb progressions By Jimmy Brown published 22 November 19 How to inject a sense of drama into your songwriting
Give your fingers a workout with this monster three-notes-per-string lick By Glenn Proudfoot published 7 November 19 If you get your fingers used to the wide intervals in this lick, the creative possibilities are endless
Open your mind to new sounds with these symmetrical fretboard patterns By Dweezil Zappa published 24 October 19 Dweezil Zappa shares ideas for fresh melodic shapes
Learn the hallmarks of the hugely influential guitar style of Mountain's Leslie West By Andy Aledort published 22 October 19 Take a look at Leslie West's heavy, dense guitar work in this lesson