Take your guitar solos to the next level with these genre-spanning tips By Richard Barrett published 26 May 23 Soloing ideas for lead guitar in rock, blues, acoustic, metal and more to make you a better player now
5 ways to use DADGAD tuning By Jenna Scaramanga published 12 May 23 Think DADGAD, think folk, but even Slipknot have used it, and this lesson shows you just how versatile it can be
5 ways to start a guitar solo By Jenna Scaramanga published 5 May 23 Grab the audience's attention right off the bat with these fail-safe lead guitar tips
15 Jeff Beck guitar lessons that will change the way you play By Jon Bishop published 30 March 23 From whammy bar gargles through picking techniques led by the thumb, it's time to take a deep dive into the style of guitar's most original player
5 ways to play a blues turnaround on guitar By Jenna Scaramanga published 13 March 23 Give your solos a satisfying ending with these foolproof lead ideas
5 ways to get more out of your power chords By Jenna Scaramanga published 28 February 23 Power chords are a rock rhythm guitar fundamental you need to know inside and out. Here are 5 options to spice up your hard-rocking jams
How to play Money for Nothing on guitar By Chris Bird published 7 February 23 Learn how to play Dire Straits' biggest riff – and how to nail its distinctive tone
How to play Welcome to the Jungle on guitar By Chris Bird published 3 February 23 Learn the legendary Guns N' Roses riff that introduced Slash to the world
How to play Master of Puppets on guitar By Jamie Hunt published 20 January 23 Learn the legendary Metallica riff that found a new lease of life on Stranger Things
How to play Back in Black on guitar By Chris Bird published 13 January 23 Learn one of the greatest riffs of all time from Australian rock legends AC/DC
Take your blues jams to the next level with 10 inspiring chord shapes By Jenna Scaramanga published 29 November 22 Get to know the Hendrix Chord and a whole lotta options for adding variety to your blues rhythm playing
Learn how to cover the entire fretboard with Joe Bonamassa’s soloing scale secret By Joe Bonamassa published 26 November 22 By memorizing scales as blocks, the notes will come to you and let your lead playing take flight
How to set your Floyd Rose's locking nut height By Jack Ellis last updated 28 October 22 Fine-tune the action once and for all at the less obvious end of the neck
5 guitar skills you can learn from Jeff Beck By Steve Allsworth published 26 October 22 Learn how to bend it like Beck can with our rundown of the former Yardbird's signature techniques and musical style
10 guitar lessons you can learn from Muse’s Matt Bellamy By Total Guitar editors published 19 October 22 It’s time to plug in, baby, and take a closer look at Matt Bellamy’s supermassive guitar techniques
Spice up your slash chord skills with these 10 tips on how to use them in your playing By Milton Mermikides last updated 30 September 22 Learn how to add some sonic intrigue to your progressions with rich, complex sounds, minus the complicated theory
How to play guitar: a beginner’s guide By James Uings published 26 September 22 This beginner guitar lesson takes you from tuning the guitar and strumming your first chords through to playing your very first guitar solos
5 cutting-edge prog guitar licks you need to learn By Charlie Griffiths published 26 August 22 Workshop your tapping, melodic phrasing, tech-metal riffing and more in this primer in contemporary prog guitar
How to play funk guitar – a beginner’s guide By Jenna Scaramanga published 1 August 22 Here we unpack the rudiments of funk scratching in a lesson that will help you perfect your strumming technique and improve your rhythmic sensibility
10 David Gilmour-style lead ideas you need to try By Jon Bishop published 29 July 22 From funky doublestops to wide interval bends, learn some of the Pink Floyd prog maestro’s masterful soloing techniques
