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“I still don’t find it easy! It’s one of the most unnatural riffs to play you could possibly imagine”: Brian May finds Bohemian Rhapsody difficult to perform – and he points the blame at “riffmeister” Freddie Mercury
The Queen guitarist has called it “the most unnatural riff to play” and says even now he has to battle with adrenaline when he plays it live
The story behind the fake Metallica track that fooled the world
How a Total Guitar ‘Play Like’ track – aka Apocalypse Dawn – accidentally achieved mythical status among Metallica fans
Beginner guitar scales: learn the most important patterns
Get your head around this essential musical building block and learn two of the important scales: pentatonic and major
Learn to wrangle the whammy bar with these slick tremolo tricks
It's time to hit the dive bar for a few scoops and doops in the style of Stevie Vai, EVH and more
Code Orange's Reba Meyers: “I love evil sounds people wouldn’t necessarily know are played on guitar”
One of modern metal's most distinctive players on her self-taught style, the influence of hip-hop and music theory, and her studio gear
Slash guitar chords: what are they, and how to use them
Get creative with some easy new shapes as we explain how to use slash chords
Gary Clark Jr: "I got my education from Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix more than going to grade school"
How the modern blues trailblazer has defied convention and broken the mould in order to find himself, pushing the genre in new directions along the way…
Here are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month (April 2020)
Say hello to Brazilian rockers Ego Kill Talent, gifted blues player Hannah Wicklund, UK punk trio Gender Roles and more
