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
How to play guitar: 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
How to install a kill switch on your guitar By Jack Ellis We take you through the wiring you need to get that Morello/Buckethead sound
How to play guitar like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong By Total Guitar editors Learn the secrets of the iconic punk-rock guitarist's deceptively dextrous playing techniques
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...
20 of the best modern blues riffs By Total Guitar editors The hottest riffs from today's masters of the blues - complete with video lessons
How to install a Tremol-No system By Jack Ellis Everything you need to know about fitting the brilliantly named tremolo-blocking system into a Strat-style guitar
5 guitar tricks you can learn from Duane Allman By Chris Bird Learn the style of this legendary player with five tab examples and a backing track to practice over
Learn to wrangle the whammy bar with these slick tremolo tricks By Chris Bird, Charlie Griffiths It's time to hit the dive bar for a few scoops and doops in the style of Stevie Vai, EVH and more
Beginner guitar: get more mileage from your chord shapes with slash chords By Chris Bird Get creative with some easy new shapes as TG explains how to use slash chords
Speed up your leads with this alternate-picking workout By Chris Bird, Charlie Griffiths Master this and watch your playing become faster and more effortless
Beginner guitar: how to play fingerstyle guitar By Chris Bird, James Uings Steady up your acoustic skills with this fingerpicking lesson
Guitar arpeggios: 8 things you need to know about this pivotal soloing technique By Kathy Dickson Demystifying the arpeggio in 8 easy steps
6 expressive technique ideas that will change the way you play By Chris Bird, James Uings Take your playing to new heights with two-hand tapping, pinched harmonics and other creative guitar skills
How to troubleshoot guitar signal problems By Chris Bird, James Uings No sound? Signal chain woes? Use a process of elimination to work out what’s causing the problem
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
Up to 11: a full harmonic-melodic analysis of Nigel Tufnel’s genre-bending Trademark Solo in Spinal Tap By George Howlett How the pre-eminent guitar hero draws on classical, Indian and freeform jazz approaches to sculpt his game-changing 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
How to tune your guitar by ear By Jimmy Brown Train your ears with our guide to tuning a guitar for beginners - no tuner required
