These fast-moving melodic phrases will help you chromatically ascend the fretboard By Andy Aledort Get your picking and your fretting hand in sync with licks that can be applied up and down the fretboard
Get a free, 3-month, all-access pass to Fender Play right now By Sam Roche Kickstart your learning with the one of the most popular guitar tuition platforms in the world - at no upfront cost!
Harness Joni Mitchell's acoustic imagination with this primer on dulcimers, altered tunings and cluster chords By George Howlett A deep dive into the singer-songwriter's aptitude for out-there tunings, and how you can incorporate them into your own compositions
Expert advice: 35 ways to play (and sound) better right now By Guitar World Staff Enjoy these tips from guitarists who know their stuff - from rock royalty to jazz patriarchs to random bad asses
John 5 teaches you insane sweep picking, sliding finger taps, pinch harmonics and behind-the-nut bends By John 5 One of the finest shredders playing today teaches you an array of dazzling techniques
How to write guitar solos: 10 essential tips By Ron Zabrocki Catapult your lead lines into the stratosphere with these tried-and-tested compositional tricks
Sick Riffs: Zack Anderson plays through Blues Pills' hard-rock anthem Low Road - with live on-screen tab! By Sam Roche Learn to play the Swedish rockers' latest single, released ahead of upcoming album Holy Moly!
A guitarist's guide to playing bass: 20 tips to help you think like a bassist By Matt Scharfglass More at home with six strings? This guide will help you demystify the low-end
Enhance your leads by fully grasping the harmonic minor scale By Stéphane Wrembel Gypsy jazz master Stéphane Wrembel shows you how to implement this widely used scale in your solos
Beginner guitar: expand your chord knowledge with these simple suspended shapes By Total Guitar editors Go beyond basic majors and launch your playing to a new level
How mastering the concept of rests and ties will make you a better musician By Jimmy Brown Your comprehension of this fundamental aspect of rhythmic notation is crucial if you're looking to write and read music
Beginner guitar: how to play scales By Total Guitar editors Get your head around this essential musical building block and learn two of the important scales: pentatonic and major
Sick Riffs: Adam Thistlethwaite shows you the mood-elevating riff of Massive Wagons' In It Together By Sam Roche Says the guitarist, "The show goes on one way or another - you can’t stop the rock!"
Beginner guitar: kickstart your playing with these simple pedal tone riffs By Total Guitar editors What do a church organ and your guitar have in common? Let us explain...
Sick Riffs: Jon Miller teaches you the harmony-driven clean lines of Fire In The Radio's This is my Document By Sam Roche Dig out your looper pedal and become your own one-man-band
Sick Riffs: Learn the savage death-metal dissonance of Ingested's Invidious By Sam Roche Guitarist Sean Hynes takes you through the track's heavy hooks
Sick Riffs: Learn the chromatic-flavored riff and dazzling solo of Toothgrinder's ohmymy By Sam Roche Guitarist Johnuel Hasney walks you through the second track of 2019 album I AM
Sick Riffs: Learn to play the monster Drop A hook in Marishi Ten's Enemy Now By Sam Roche Linda Lou plays it on a baritone, but a regular six-string will work just fine
Upgrade your leads by learning to solo over non-diatonic blues chord changes By Richard Barrett Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player - with full audio examples and backing tracks
12 mind-blowing guitarists reveal the techniques they struggled to master, and how you can improve your guitar playing faster By Jason Sidwell Joe Bonamassa, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani and many more share the lessons they wish they'd learned sooner
