Lessons

Sofia Victoria on how imperfect vibrato, wrong notes and open string noise can add substantial character to conventional soloing

Learning to mute individual strings makes all the difference when mastering your first guitar chords

Mike Stringer's progressive metal masterclass continues as he teaches you how to play Spiritbox’s Tsunami Sea

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist pays tribute to the power of the almighty riff in his latest GW lesson

Confused about triads? They are just chords with three notes, and as Corey Congilio demonstrates here, they can be the building block of a great guitar part

Get that Buddy Guy-like phrasing by mastering his signature style: rhythmic on-grid and off-grid phrasing

Beginner guitarists, this is your fast track to nailing those chord changes in time with the music

From the Archive The bass legend illustrates his “hard and soft” approach via Trampled Under Foot, The Song Remains the Same, Kashmir, and What Is and What Should Never Be

Despite the ‘four lads from Liverpool’ tag, The Beatles used some very sophisticated chords in many of their songs, and the audience lapped them up