How to make your guitar stay in tune By James Uings, Chris Bird published 30 March 20 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 published 27 March 20 Train your ears with our guide to tuning a guitar for beginners - no tuner required
Upgrade your solos by learning CAGED scales By Chris Bird published 23 March 20 Cage fight! This match up of chords and scales will improve your leads
How to create chord progressions that will bring your lead lines to life By Total Guitar editors published 20 March 20 Follow our theory tips and learn how to pair your melodies with the right rhythmic accompaniment
How playing guitar in front of a mirror can improve your technique (yes, really!) By Peter Hodgson published 17 March 20 Believe it: a mirror can help you to hone your playing abilities
How to play power chord riffs and progressions By Chris Bird published 6 March 20 Power up your rhythm and riffing with our lesson on these staple chord shapes
How to lower acoustic guitar strings By Jack Ellis published 5 March 20 A guide to dropping the action on your acoustic so the saddle can be set properly
How to tune your guitar to drop D tuning by ear By Jimmy Brown published 3 February 20 Don't have a tuner lying around? Fear not! Learn this all-powerful alternate tuning the easy way
Kickstart your songwriting with these ultra-useful chord progressions By Matt Scharfglass published 29 January 20 Though no amount of information about songwriting can turn someone into Paul McCartney, this lesson will help you come closer to fully realizing your abilities
How to play minor pentatonic riffs By Chris Bird published 9 January 20 Learn how to use this essential scale, with two hard-rock riff tabs and two scale shapes
Learn to play the Tetris theme, prog-metal style - with full tab and audio By Charlie Griffiths published 9 January 20 Total Guitar brings you an arrangement of the 19th-century Russian folk tune, Korobeiniki, that became world-famous thanks to the 1980s Nintendo videogame
CAGED guitar chords: learn the CAGED guitar system and unlock the fretboard By Total Guitar editors published 8 January 20 This simple chord system will transform your rhythm playing and get you playing across the neck