Beginner guitar: how to write guitar solos By Chris Bird, James Uings Fire up your solos the easy way by using chords you already know to build your leads
Get to grips with legato playing using this simple guitar workout By Chris Bird, Charlie Griffiths If you know the basics, its time to take your technique to new heights for some super-smooth lead chops
How to make your guitar stay in tune By James Uings, Chris Bird Look after your gear and it will look after you. Here are a few tips to ensure your guitar is in perfect pitch for longer
Upgrade your solos by learning CAGED scales By Chris Bird Cage fight! This match up of chords and scales will improve your leads
How to use finger slides to create expressive, sitar-like sounds By Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa shows you how to utilize this tasteful technique to give your playing an exotic flavor
How to create chord progressions that will bring your lead lines to life By Total Guitar editors Follow our theory tips and learn how to pair your melodies with the right rhythmic accompaniment
Your first guitar lesson: 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
Go from Johnny Cash to Polyphia with these 6 diverse licks By Pat Heath Advance your guitar playing in 30 minutes by nailing these distinct styles
Beginner guitar: how to play powerchord riffs By Chris Bird Power up your rhythm and riffing with our lesson on these staple chord shapes
How to lower acoustic guitar strings By Jack Ellis A guide to dropping the action on your acoustic so the saddle can be set properly
Diversify your playing with Greg Koch's red-hot hybrid-picking lesson By Guitarist editors Koch serves up a little bit of country, a little bit of jazz and a little bit o’ blues on the side as he shares his 8 favorite licks
Make your guitar solos truly epic with these awe-inspiring licks By Richard Barrett Become a better blues player now with this lesson, complete with full audio examples and backing tracks
How to use bass compressor pedals By Dan Veall The Bass Player guide to compressors and how to integrate them in your rig
Take your solos up a notch by using rhythmic note groupings to build musical phrases By Dweezil Zappa Taking a mathematical approach to building solos will reinvigorate your playing
These 9 randomized fretboard patterns will help you explore new musical territory By Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa explains the concept of randomization and how it'll take your playing to the next level
Learn 9 creative and unusual ways to apply string-bending techniques By Andy Aledort How to use one of the most musically expressive guitar skills to take your playing to new heights
Beginner guitar: how to play minor pentatonic riffs By Chris Bird Learn how to use this essential scale, with two hard-rock riff tabs and two scale shapes
Learn to play the Tetris theme, prog-metal style - with full tab and audio By Charlie Griffiths Total Guitar brings you an arrangement of the 19th-century Russian folk tune, Korobeiniki, that became world-famous thanks to the 1980s Nintendo videogame
Speed up your leads with this Yngwie Malmsteen-style workout By Chris Brooks This neoclassical shred lesson from Aussie fretboard gymnast Chris Brooks will build speed through economy and alternate picking
Learn to solo over the Jimi Hendrix chord with this lead workout By Charlie Griffiths From classic Purple Haze to hip Superlocrian fusion, the E7#9 fits a host of soloing situations
