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
Learn 5 licks in the style of one of the fastest guitarists who ever lived, Shawn Lane By Charlie Griffiths published 25 July 22 Transposing piano for guitar, combining jazz, classical and rock, Lane was way more than just a speedster – this lesson will take you inside his imaginative phrasing and esoteric note choices
Learn string skipping – the guitar technique that can supercharge your lead playing By Jenna Scaramanga last updated 20 July 22 Sharpen up your picking and soloing skills with these string skipping exercises in the style of Nuno Bettencourt, John Petrucci, Frank Gambale and more
8 David Gilmour techniques that will change your playing style By Jon Bishop published 18 July 22 This primer in the signature approaches of the Pink Floyd prog legend shows you the rudiments of his playing, from how he grips his pick and bends the strings, to chord fretting and more
Learn 10 of the Beatles' signature chord secrets By Total Guitar editors last updated 13 July 22 We delve into the wonderful world of Beatles harmony with a look at the trademark shapes and progressions of the Fab Four
Five practice tips from Dream Theater's John Petrucci By John Petrucci published 12 July 22 In this classic GW lesson, the Dream Theater guitar great helps you get more out of your practice sessions
How to fit guitar practice into your everyday life By Jenna Scaramanga published 11 July 22 Finding time to practice is the biggest obstacle facing most guitarists. We discuss some ways to fit it into your day...
