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Joe Satriani performs onstage

‘Hammer-ons from nowhere’ can blow your guitar playing wide open

By Jamie Hunt published

This Greg Howe and Joe Satriani-favored technique will whip your hammer-ons, pull-offs, tapping, and muting into shape

Musical Tips & Advice
Joe Bonamassa playing a Les Paul live

“Pretty much everybody in the genre was a Fender guy… I said, ‘I’ve gotta pivot and do something different’”: Joe Bonamassa reveals what prompted him to switch from Strats to Les Pauls – and the one technique he cannot nail

By Phil Weller published

It's a technique that Allan Holdsworth and Eric Johnson are masters at, but the revered blues guitarist has had to pursue a different approach to counter his shredding kryptonite

Guitarists
Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan

Learn 60 years of legato guitar in 5 generation-spanning lessons

By Jamie Humphries published

Master the evolution of legato technique from the '70s to the present day, spanning Eddie Van Halen to Steve Vai and Guthrie Govan

Lessons
How to play legato guitar licks

How to play legato guitar licks

By Total Guitar editors published

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

Beginner Lessons
Master legato with this guitar workout

Get to grips with legato playing using this simple guitar workout

By Chris Bird, Charlie Griffiths published

If you know the basics, its time to take your technique to new heights for some super-smooth lead chops

Lessons