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
4 guitar tricks you can learn from Rory Gallagher By Richard Barrett Touch and feel is everything when trying to master the late Irish blues-rock maestro's style
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
4 guitar tricks you can learn from Gary Clark Jr. By Richard Barrett Throwing some curveballs in among old-school John Lee Hooker callbacks, Clark's style is fresh, vital and liberating
How to play guitar: everything you need to know to start playing now By James Uings This super-easy beginner guitar lesson takes you from tuning your instrument and strumming your first chords through to playing your very first guitar solos
How to play 7th-chord arpeggios in four-note sequences By Andy Aledort Unlock the fretboard for Santana-style improvisation with this lesson that takes the A Dorian mode and runs with it
How to play 5 classic Christmas songs on guitar - with tab and chords By Jimmy Brown In the spirit of the Axemas season, we’ve compiled a handful of select solo guitar arrangements of popular Christmas songs
4 guitar tricks you can learn from Jimmy Page By Richard Barrett With Led Zeppelin, Page drew from all quarters of the musical landscape, but his exhilarating style was rooted in the blues
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
How to play acoustic guitar like Eric Clapton By Richard Barrett The impossible dream? Maybe, but this primer in Slowhand's style will set you on your way
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 play acoustic guitar like Jimmy Page By Richard Barrett Master the Led Zeppelin guitarist's melodic folk and dissonant style using open tunings and a variety of picking techniques
How to play guitar like Fender offset heroes By Total Guitar editors Your primer in surf-rock, alt-rock, metal and grunge powered by Jazzmasters, Jaguars and Mustangs
How to play guitar in 3 diverse Fender Telecaster styles By Total Guitar editors Take your Tele techniques to the next level with these varied exercises
