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Guitar lesson: get started with string bends
String bends can make your solos more lyrical and expressive. Get started with this simple guide...
Guitar tips: learn the vibrato of BB King, David Gilmour, Angus Young, Brian May, Steve Vai and Zakk Wylde
Six guitar legends – six very different approaches
Better legato lead playing in 20 minutes with this easy guitar lesson
Legato practice is an excellent way of building control over your fretting fingers and bringing a new dimension to your solos
Your first shred guitar lesson
Getting to grips with legato and alternate picking
Master the melodic solo techniques of guitar's masters
We profile the melody-laden tricks of Beck, May, Gilmour and more
Learn the guitar style of classic Smashing Pumpkins with these 3 exercises
Billy Corgan and James Iha's cherub rocking octave riffs, arpeggios and lead lines
Jimi Hendrix guitar lesson: learn clean chords and psychedelic lead
An introduction to the Hendrixian school of Strat playing
3 rhythm guitar skills all players should learn: pentatonic riffing, folky chord strumming and rock groove
The minor pentatonic scale isn't just for solos!
Learn Stevie Ray Vaughan blues lead guitar and funk-rock rhythm
A great introduction to SRV-style playing
Eric Clapton: learn two blues guitar licks based on Slowhand's early '70s and '90s eras
Clapton’s minor pentatonic phrasing is an essential part of nearly every lead lick he plays
Fill out your rhythm guitar parts like Eddie Van Halen with this quick lesson
Learn from a master
How to record remote sessions, according to one successful pro guitarist
Turn your home office into a money-making recording studio
Take Paul Gilbert's lead and develop the most important guitar skill of all with this quick exercise
"Controlled vibrato is the stamp of a professional player more than anything else"
Classic guest lesson: Joe Satriani shows you two exotic scale practice licks
Satch gets you started exploring new scales
How to start prog-style guitar tapping using chords
Start with basic shapes and use tapping to take your chord ideas to the next level
How to record electric guitar using amp modelling plugins
7 steps to recording success
Guitar Skills: Better acoustic fingerpicking in 20 minutes
Finger independence, pinch technique, alternating bassline and more covered
Learn 6 guitar chords that are great for drop D tuned hard rock styles
Bigger than your average powerchord
Get neoclassical with your guitar by learning these six great chords
Try out some shapes used by neoclassical virtuosos Jason Becker and Yngwie Malmsteen in our guitar lesson
Guitar jam track lesson with chords: psychedelic rock
It's time for a 'far out' jam session with this free downloadable backing track and chord lesson
Learn 5 Nile Rodgers funk guitar chords with our rhythm lesson
Including tab and audio – plus learn the Get Lucky riff
Get your string bends in shape with this Slash guitar tip and quick lesson
"If you're gonna bend a note, make sure it's going somewhere" – a tutorial for beginners and anyone who needs a refresh
