The ultimate guitar tuning guide: expand your mind with these advanced tuning techniques By George Howlett Go deep with this multi-pronged, hyper-accurate approach to tuning your guitar
How to play 5 classic Christmas songs on guitar - with tab and chords By Jimmy Brown In the spirit of the Axemas season, we’ve compiled a handful of select solo guitar arrangements of popular Christmas songs
Get a private blues lesson from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons By Guitar World Staff Billy Gibbons teaches you the blues tunes that inspired him to play guitar
The basics of rhythm notation for guitarists By Alex Bruce Master notation basics in this simple and easy-to-follow lesson
Expand your creative arsenal by implementing the zero-th fret in your rhythms and leads By George Howlett Explore open strings to create new textures, cluster chords, and scale voicings
Steve Howe lesson: Learn how to play Yes's Starship Trooper, Siberian Khatru and Mood for a Day By Guitar World Staff Steve Howe shows you how to play the key riffs to several Yes classics
Nick Drake lesson: learn his influential open tunings and inventive fingerpicking patterns By Dale Turner Drake's compositions were in a league of their own - learn more about them in this lesson
Make your compositions soar using augmented climb progressions By Jimmy Brown How to inject a sense of drama into your songwriting
Learn to play a blues solo with 3 easy licks By Sponsored Develop your own soul-stirring blues solos with this free playing guide and video from GuitarZoom.com
West African grooves: energize your guitar playing with new rhythmic colors and concepts By George Howlett Learn the fundamentals of African guitar approaches with this in-depth lesson
Learn the hallmarks of the hugely influential guitar style of Mountain's Leslie West By Andy Aledort Take a look at Leslie West's heavy, dense guitar work in this lesson
Improve your shredding skills by connecting string-skipping patterns By Sammy Boller These patterns are easy to link up with your pentatonic scales, and can be very useful for adding some flash into your riffs and solos
Explore John Lennon's acoustic guitar technique with the Beatles By Dale Turner Lennon - wielding his Gibson J-160E or Martin D28 - is the man behind many Beatles acoustic classics. Look at what makes them tick
Metallica's Kirk Hammett: how to play like Stevie Ray Vaughan By Kirk Hammett Learn how to play like a blues guitar legend, from an unexpected source!
15 ways to improve your tone - without breaking the bank By Guitar World Staff Quick and easy ways to get your sound in shape without going broke
10 easy guitar songs for beginners - and the chords you need to play them By Guitarsumo Classic campfire guitar songs that are easy to play
Dissect the brilliance of Jimi Hendrix's rhythm guitar playing By Keith Wyatt Learn how Hendrix absorbed the soul guitar greats that came before him, then turned their approach on its head
These smooth BB King licks work for more than just blues By Matt Warnock How to use BB's blues ideas in a jazz context
Dave Mustaine lesson: Learn about exotic voicings, major and minor diads and "upside down" chords By Dave Mustaine Learn some more about exotic voicings, plus major and minor diads, from the Megadeth frontman
Robert Johnson: Unlock the guitar mysteries of the Delta blues great By Andy Aledort Learn the variety of picking techniques and tunings that Johnson used to craft his timeless, deeply emotional music
