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
Sick Riffs: Vanny Tonon teaches you his innovative 'Hybrid Slap' technique By Sam Roche The Italian solo guitarist showcases the sonic trick in his ingenious track The Hybrid Master of Time
Sick Riffs: Andy Gibbs teaches you the sludgy, chromatic wrecking ball of Thou's Ancestral Recall By Sam Roche The track is taken from the band's 2020 collaboration with Emma Ruth Rundle, May Our Chambers Be Full
Sick Riffs: Charlie Griffiths teaches you the thunderous verse riff of Harbinger's Healer/Deceiver – with tab! By Sam Roche Tune your axe to drop C – it's about to get heavy
Sick Riffs: Fredrik Wester teaches you the rapid-fire verse riff of Warfect's Pestilence By Sam Roche You'll need a strong picking hand and an agile fretting hand for this one. Flying V optional, but recommended
6 simple tips that will make you a better guitar player By Damian Fanelli and Guitar World Staff These easy-to-implement adjustments to how you learn will help you yield faster and better results
Sick Riffs: Tim Bray teaches you the rockabilly-flavored guitar solo of Karen Jonas's Pink Leather Boots By Sam Roche Warm up those fingers – this passage will test them...
How to use a capo on guitar By Jimmy Brown Here are some tips for better intonation, and how to think of key when using a capo
Sick Riffs: Kyle Mortensen teaches you the delay-driven guitar solo of East of June's Rebel By Sam Roche Learn the band's electronically influenced 2019 single
Sick Riffs: Mike Visser teaches you the looped, alternate-tuned clean lines of Imaginary Tricks' Art Flakey By Sam Roche Learn the title track from the band's ambitious 2020 EP
How a capo can make 5 classic songs easier to play By Jimmy Brown From Eagles' Desperado to Aerosmith's Dream On: here's how a capo can make playing these hits simpler than ever
Sick Riffs: Rob Grote and Pat Cassidy teach you the acoustic and electric guitar lines of The Districts' Cheap Regrets By Sam Roche This indie-rocker's a perfect example of complementing rhythm and lead approaches
Joel Hoekstra teaches you the dizzying guitar solo of Whitesnake's Get Up By Joel Hoekstra Exercise your hybrid picking and two-finger tapping chops with these searing leads
Bolster your rhythmic arsenal by learning how to cycle dotted-quarter syncopations By Jimmy Brown Learn a technique employed in songs like the Cars' Good Times Roll and David Bowie's Suffragette City
Perfect the art of clawhammer guitar with Molly Tuttle's lesson on how to play Take the Journey By Molly Tuttle The supremely talented multi-instrumentalist teaches a choice cut from her latest album, When You're Ready
Sick Riffs: Scott Kay teaches you the djent-y grooves of Voyager's Colours - with tab! By Sam Roche Unsheathe your seven-string and do battle with this odd-time-signatured prog-metaller
Beginner guitar: how to play 7th chords By Total Guitar editors Expand your chord repertoire with this easy-to-follow lesson
Sick Riffs: Quinn DeVeaux teaches you the soulful acoustic chord progression of Been Too Long By Sam Roche Grab your acoustic - you'll be playing along to this one in no time
Sick Riffs: Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe teach you the destructive rhythms and leads of Tetrarch's I'm Not Right By Sam Roche Tune to drop A and learn this metalcore banger
Sick Riffs: Wade MacNeil teaches you the two-handed tapping hook of Alexisonfire's 44 Caliber Love Letter By Sam Roche Hone your skill in ambidexterity with the post-hardcore titans' self-titled debut opener
![[L-R] Rob Grote and Pat Cassidy of The Districts](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J86tpW7gH5LTGaScSm5a8H-1024-80.jpg.webp)
