The fearsome 'spider' lick can speed up your guitar solos - here's how to try it By Total Guitar published 16 March 24 An arachno-killer fretboard exercise
Learn 60 guitar chords in 20 minutes with this simple tutorial By Total Guitar published 15 March 24 Master barre chords and you'll open up the fretboard
"There’s plenty of material for us guitarists to learn from – and ‘less is more’ is the overriding lesson": how to play like George Harrison on The Beatles' Abbey Road By Total Guitar published 13 March 24 Learn the guitar style of the most expressive and accomplished playing The Beatle would ever commit to tape
"Though these songs have a hard rock edge, blues is the stronger influence in the solos": 3 ways to play like Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin I By Total Guitar published 11 March 24 Fundamental steps to avoid a communication breakdown
How to play like John Lennon: 4 key guitar lessons from the early Beatles era By Total Guitar published 8 December 23 Remembering an often underrated guitarist
4 easy ways to record acoustic guitar: one-mic, stereo options and overheads explained By Total Guitar published 31 October 23 RECORDING WEEK 2023: How to use mic, stereo and electro-acoustic methods
10 things you need to know before you record your band By Total Guitar published 30 October 23 RECORDING WEEK 2023: Essential tips for tracking guitar, bass, drums and vocals live
The 6 essential acoustic guitar chord groups every player should learn By Total Guitar published 29 August 23 30 key chords to master from blues chords to open chords, alternate tunings, and more
Ditch the pick and start fingerstyle today with three guitar chords and this lesson By Total Guitar published 10 August 23 Fingerpicking fundamentals
Learn the ultimate Jimi Hendrix rhythm guitar chord lesson By Total Guitar published 6 July 23 Master Jimi's 'thumb over the neck' and finger barre chord techniques – plus his approach to funk rock and much more
John Lennon and George Harrison: 10 guitar lessons you can learn from their Beatles era By Total Guitar published 15 June 23 Songwriting tricks, chord progressions and the guitar genius of the Beatles' early years
Learn the riff to No One Knows by Queens Of The Stone Age By Total Guitar published 15 June 23 We get some rules to follow
Try these 16 inspiring guitar chords that use open strings By Total Guitar published 19 April 23 Add some shimmer to your rhythm playing with open-string variations on simple chords
Led Zeppelin II: Jimmy Page guitar lesson By Total Guitar published 17 April 23 A whole lotta lesson – including how to play across the whole fretboard with five different shapes but just one scale
How to play guitar like Queen's Sir Brian May By Total Guitar published 15 March 23 To celebrate the Queen great being knighted this week, try some of his soloing tricks (roof platform optional)
Classic interview: Brian May on the guitar greats and the magic of The Riff – "It's a basic, primal need" By Total Guitar, Scott Rowley published 1 March 23 The Queen great salutes Jeff Beck, Satriani, Blur, Bowie and... Queen
Speed up your lead guitar playing with these quickfire exercises By Total Guitar published 1 March 23 Master the go-faster
5 ways to play guitar like Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield By Total Guitar published 21 February 23 Taking apart the Manics man's style, so you can put it together
5 guitar tricks to learn from Mark Knopfler By Total Guitar published 15 February 23 Master the soloing style of one of rock's most revered guitarists
Less is more: learn how to improvise a fresh guitar solo By Total Guitar published 26 January 23 Guitar lesson: Lead ideas getting a bit stale? We can help!
Understand time signatures with this easy guitar lesson By Total Guitar published 18 January 23 Get to grips with 4/4, 6/8 and beyond
10 easy partial guitar chords you can learn to speed up your changes By Total Guitar published 18 January 23 Less is more with these creative chords
4 guitar exercises to max out your finger dexterity By Total Guitar published 10 January 23 Take your playing to a new level
Get creative with your rhythm guitar playing with inspiration from Van Halen, Rush, Soundgarden and Nile Rodgers By Total Guitar published 13 December 22 Guitar lessons with tab and audio
Guitar skills: Expand your mind and playing with these ingenious prog chords By Total Guitar published 7 December 22 Rush and Opeth-style chords for your vocabulary