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Latest articles by Total Guitar
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The Edge's guitar tip for using delay can make you a tighter player
By Total Guitar published
"You find ways to groove with it," says the U2 man
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Free guitar jam track lesson: 70s riff rock
By Total Guitar published
A classic rock-style track in A minor to play along to and download with our guitar lesson to help you
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Unlock hundreds of new chord shapes with this barre chord workout
By Total Guitar published
Moveable shapes you can play anywhere on the neck
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Build your guitar playing speed with this Tom Morello tip
By Total Guitar published
"There’s nothing you can’t play – at any speed – if you’re willing to put the time into it.”
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Pro tips: how to play your guitar like a drum kit, according to Dave Grohl
By Total Guitar published
"The sixth string is the kick, the fifth and fourth the snare"
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Norman Studio ST40 Folk
By Total Guitar last updated
At the top of Norman's line is the Studio range, tipping the scales at just over a grand.
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Power up your blues with these 6 pentatonic lead guitar ideas
By Total Guitar published
Make blues soloing easier with the minor and major pentatonic scales. Just add extra notes to the scales you already know!
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Improve your guitar chord changes in three simple steps
By Total Guitar published
From folky fingerstyle to hard rock, you need a solid chord technique...
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Start fingerpicking on guitar today with this quick beginner lesson
By Total Guitar published
Best of 2020: A great way to begin with fingerstyle guitar
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These two simple guitar chord changes will improve your muscle memory
By Total Guitar published
Start developing speed around the fretboard with an accessible lesson
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Guitar lesson: learn 6 great chords for folk
By Total Guitar published
Take a look at a handful of shapes that lend themselves to fingerstyle and flatpicked guitar arpeggios alike
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Learn soulful guitar chords with just a few two-note shapes
By Total Guitar published
Start playing guitar in the style of greats like Steve Cropper and Joe Messina
![James Brown](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DcZWW9o83mFe7EVnDANZt9-320-80.jpg)
Get funky with this quick guitar chord lesson
By Total Guitar published
Six chords and the truth with tab and audio
![Explosions In The Sky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZQq3FhugvzdcUvgT5HL9pa-320-80.jpg)
Guitar skills: learn six chords for playing post-rock and jam along with our lesson
By Total Guitar published
Great chords for atmospheric arpeggios
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Start crosspicking your chords with our guitar lesson and transform your playing
By Total Guitar published
Molly Tuttle explains how crosspicking enhanced her guitar technique and you can get started with our tab lesson
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Conquer the pentatonic lick and develop your technique with Phil X's guitar lesson
By Total Guitar published
Get your hands talking to each other
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Musikmesse 2015: Danelectro unveils 12-string, sitar and semi-acoustic
By Total Guitar, Guitarist last updated
MUSIKMESSE 2015: Danelectro has announced four new products due to hit this summer, including three guitars - the DCV56CR Convertible, DG63 and DC59TSB-12 semi acoustic - and the DBS68 Baby Sitar
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Learn the riff to Black Sabbath – Paranoid to celebrate its 50th birthday
By Total Guitar published
As Sabbath's second album hits golden anniversary status today, learn Tony Iommi's classic guitar riff from the title track
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Power-up your guitar playing with this Paul Gilbert 'rule of thumb' lesson
By Total Guitar, MusicRadar published
"So much depends on the thumb"
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Learn to solo over chord changes and improve your bending with these two Mark Tremonti guitar lessons
By Total Guitar published
How to add more soul to your soloing with the Alter Bridge guitarist's advice
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Guitar lesson: how to use vibrato
By Total Guitar published
Try your hand at one of the most expressive lead guitar techniques and put your own mark on every solo you play
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Easy guitar theory: cross rhythms
By Total Guitar published
Freshen up the riffs you write with our easy lesson
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Guitar basics: learn to play power chords
By Total Guitar published
Master rock guitar's cornerstone chord with this tab and audio lesson
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