Latest articles by Total Guitar
5 ways to play guitar like Slash
Legato flurries, arpeggios, bending and high register licks – a top hat is optional
4 essential rhythm guitar skills for dividing up the beat
Get to know your eighth-note strumming from your 16th note partial chords in this guitar lesson with tab and audio
5 ways to play guitar like Gary Moore
Get to the fiery heart of the guitar soloing style of one of the all-time guitar greats
Guitar lesson: 5 ways to play like Stevie Ray Vaughan
Learn these different SRV-style approaches with tab and audio
How to learn any guitar lick faster
This lesson will teach you how to get your muscle memory up to speed
These 2 picking workouts will improve your timing and technique
Arpeggios and riffing inspired by Radiohead and Snarky Puppy
How to read sheet music: guitar theory for beginners
Learning to read notation as well as tab will help you play with other musicians. Our easy guide will get you started
Start improvising guitar solos with these 3 simple exercises
How you play is just as important as what you play – this beginner guitar lesson will help you with improvising
Guitar fingerstyle made easier for beginners with these 3 steps
These 3 exercises focus on the essential skills of fingerpicking
3 guitar scales for beginners to learn
The A major pentatonic, A minor pentatonic and Mixolydian are great places to start and we'll show you how
First gig booked? Refresh yourself on the dos and don'ts of playing shows
Back To Live: Refresh yourself on the essentials before hitting the stage again
Guitarists! Ace your soundcheck with our pre-gig checklist
Back To Live: essential dos, don'ts and pre-show tips
Packing to play a show? Make sure you check this essential gig kit list first
Back To Live: Don't forget your toothbrush, or your tuner...
Transform your guitar solos by breaking out of the stock pentatonic scale shape
We show you how to cover more of the fretboard
Classic interview: James Hetfield – "I’m able to show Lars some drum stuff and he’s able to show me riff stuff"
The Metallica legend talks rhythm, riffs and whether alternate picking is a cop-out back in 2009
Play smoother guitar solos with these two legato exercises
A handful of slippery legato lines will help hone your technique and bring new phrasing options to your solos
7 steps to making better acoustic guitar recordings
Getting a decent acoustic sound on your recordings needn't be difficult - try out our fool-proof methods
Learn 3 blues guitar turnarounds to enhance your playing
Simple and timeless changeovers to try
10 tips on how to get your guitar playing position right
Sitting, standing, posture and hand placement for chords and bends: get these right and it will help your guitar playing
All guitarists should try this rhythm exercise
Know your eighth notes from your 16ths with this simple lesson
Speed up your guitar playing in 3 steps
You need to focus on one hand at a time and this lesson will show you how
