Latest articles by James Uings
The pentatonic scale: a beginner guitar lesson
The pentatonic scale is the guitarist's friend!
Guitar lesson: String bends for beginners
Guitar skills: string bends on guitar lets you play phrases that other instruments can't
How to play Red Hot Chili Peppers - Raindance Maggie riff
Video guitar lesson from 2011 album I'm With You
How to play The Damned Things - We've Got A Situation Here riff
Video guitar lesson from 2011 album Ironiclast
How to play Black Stone Cherry - White Trash Millionaire riff
Video guitar lesson from 2011 album Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
How to play Arcade Fire - Speaking In Tongues riff
Video guitar lesson from The Suburbs album
IK Multimedia Amplitube Custom Shop
A pick'n'mix amp sim that offers maximum flexibility
Guitar basics: String bending
This video lesson shows you how to hit your target notes so your bends sound in tune.
Beginner Guitar Lessons: Playing scales
Learn how to play a scale both evenly and accurately with good technique.
Guitar basics: Combining hammer-ons and pull-offs
This video lesson shows you how to make your playing more fluent and gives all four of your fret-hand fingers a workout.
Guitar basics: Natural harmonics
In this lesson, we show you how to get 'chiming' sounds on your guitar
Guitar basics: Tapping
This video lesson shows you how to tap like the legends
Madina Lake’s Mateo Camargo on his songwriting and studio setup
Madina Lake’s Mateo talks song writing, studios and the joys of NS10s
Beginner Guitar Lessons: Barre Chords
Barre chords are an essential building block in guitar playing. These simple chord shapes can be used anywhere on the fretboard and can form the base for your own songs.
Beginner Guitar Lessons: Alternate picking
TG's going to take an educated guess here and say that if no-one's told you how to pick it's likely that you use downstrokes exclusively. This tends to be the default technique for new guitarists.