Leigh Fuge

Leigh Fuge

Leigh Fuge is a guitar player and content creator with a love for all things '80s. When he’s not creating gear demos for his Youtube channel he’s teaching students via his online guitar course Right Notes Music Tuition. Off camera he spends most of his time travelling around the UK performing at functions and corporate events.  www.instagram.com/leighfugeguitar

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Jimmy Page
Play like Jimmy Page! Exclusive video lesson

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Key techniques guitar players can learn from the Led Zeppelin legend

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Billie Joe Armstrong
"You can learn hundreds of songs with a few easy chords and some basic rhythm playing chops"

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Master five classic songs with just a handful of chords

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Rory Gallagher live
3 ways to supercharge your lead guitar playing like Rory Gallagher

By Leigh Fuge Published

Improve your blues with this lesson on the Irish rocker's style

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Noel Gallagher
Play 'em like Noel! Learn 5 classic Oasis riffs (and 1 underrated riff)

By Leigh Fuge Published

From Cigarettes & Alcohol to a little-known banger

Guitar Chords
Guitar amp pedals
Going ampless: 5 tips for using an amp modeller with your pedalboard

By Leigh Fuge Published

Building a hybrid rig that's ready for anything

Guitar Amps
Noel Gallagher performing with Oasis at The Academy in New York City on March 8, 1995
Learn these unexpected Oasis guitar chords

By Leigh Fuge Published

Definitely maybe some chords you don't know

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American singer Johnny Cash performs on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on November 15, 1983
Learn classic songs with just a few guitar chords

By Leigh Fuge Published

Strum for everyone

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
COLSTON HALL Photo of GENESIS and Peter GABRIEL and Steve HACKETT, Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel performing live onstage in 1974
Learn 4 inspiring chords from Genesis's Peter Gabriel era

By Leigh Fuge Published

Firth of A minor

Guitarists
Brian May of Queen during a sound check, Seville, Spain, 1991.
"When it comes down to chords, we don’t often spend much time talking about Brian May – until now": learn 4 from his Queen classics

By Leigh Fuge Published

A crazy little thing called Dsus4

Guitar Chords
Guitarist Eric Clapton performing on stage, 1986
His musical career has taken him from blues to pop, reggae, country and back again as we hone in 4 key chords from the career of old Slowhand himself to help you mine some inspiration for yourself

By Leigh Fuge Published

D major triad of your love

Guitar Chords
English Rock Band The Beatles, from left Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr performing on the Television Variety Series, "The Ed Sullivan Show", New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, February 1964
Getting better: 5 ways the Beatles can help improve your guitar playing

By Leigh Fuge Published

The school of George, John and Paul is in session

Guitarists
Bruce Springsteen in Concert, 1984
Learn 4 Bruce Springsteen guitar chords and inspire your own guitar glory days

By Leigh Fuge Published

A lesson from the Boss

Guitar Chords
From left, George Harrison (playing a Gretsch 6119 Tennessean guitar with Bigsby vibrato) and John Lennon (playing a Rickenbacker 325 guitar) of English rock and pop group The Beatles perform together on stage for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) music television show 'Shindig!' at Granville Studios in Fulham, London on 3rd October 1964. The band would go on to play three songs on the show, Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey!, I'm a Loser and Boys.
"The Beatles were never afraid to experiment with their chord choices inside songs": here are 4 to inspire your guitar playing

By Leigh Fuge Published

While my Am7/G gently weeps

Guitarists
Singer Bruno Mars performs during the B96 "Jingle Bash" at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on DEC 11, 2010
"Bruno Mars's funk-inspired pop is full of fantastic chords and interesting voicings": learn 4 of them here

By Leigh Fuge Published

This pop maverick has serious chord chops in his songwriting

Guitar Chords
Singer Phoebe Bridgers of the American band Boygenius performs live on stage during a concert at the Verti Music Hall on August 15, 2023 in Berlin, Germany
Learn 4 Phoebe Bridgers guitar chords to inspire your playing

By Leigh Fuge Published

Cherrypicking voicings from the catalogue of one of the most influential songwriters in recent years

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during night three of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at La Defense on May 11, 2024 in Paris, Fran
Learn the chord secrets behind Taylor Swift's songwriting success

By Leigh Fuge Published

Dissecting the hits songs of the biggest artist on the planet right now

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
OTTAWA, ON - JULY 10: Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs on Day 5 of the RBC Bluesfest at LeBreton Flats on July 10, 2018 in Ottawa, Canada.
"Inside some of these catchy tunes lie really interesting voicings": Learn 4 guitar chords from the Foo Fighters

By Leigh Fuge Published

The best of Foo

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The Edge and Bono of U2 spend the day on the streets of New York City shooting a video for their new album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" which drops tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23rd. U2 finished off the day in Brooklyn at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park where they played songs off of their new album for their fans. MTV captured the show for future broadcast.
How to play Edge-style rhythm guitar with four unusual chords from U2 songs

By Leigh Fuge Published

Pride (In The Name Of Badd4)

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John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers performs at Accor Stadium on February 02, 2023 in Sydney, Australia
Triad chords could be your new secret guitar weapon

By Leigh Fuge Published

Get to grips with the three-note chords that could be game-changers for your playing – just like Hendrix, Mayer and Frusciante

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Hendrix, Jimi (*27.11.1942-18.09.1970+), Gitarrist, Rockmusiker, USA, - bei einem Konzert , - 1970
Here are 5 Jimi Hendrix chords to inspire your rhythm-playing

By Leigh Fuge Published

All along the C#/A

Guitar Chords
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performs on stage at Brixton Academy on May 25th, 1994 in London, England.
Take some inspiration from Trent Reznor with Nine Inch Nails guitar chords from their classic songs

By Leigh Fuge Published

Head like a… E5addb9

Guitar Chords
John Lennon (1940-1980) of English rock and pop group The Beatles plays his second Rickenbacker 325 guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London on 11th July 1964. The band would go on to play four songs on the show, A Hard Day's Night, Long Tall Sally, Things We Said Today and You Can't Do Tha
'At his musical core, John Lennon had a wonderful way with chords': Here are 4 of his Beatles voicings and guitar rhythm ideas to inspire you

By Leigh Fuge Published

All my strumming, I will send to you

Guitar Chords
Killers guitars Dave Keuning
'Many classic songs use chords that sit outside of the regular shapes that we learn in the early stages of playing': 9 iconic guitar chords from classic songs and how to play them

By Leigh Fuge Published

From The Beatles to Bond, Mr Brightside to Hendrix and The Police – these are historic chords

Guitar Chords
Andy Summers, Police 27-31 December 1983 Wembley Arena
'Schooled in jazz, Andy Summers’ unique style and signature voice is founded on his use of interesting chords': Here are 7 to learn from classic Police songs

By Leigh Fuge Published

The shapes behind Walking On The Moon, Roxanne, Message In A Bottle and Every Breath You Take

Guitar Chords
Guitarist and MusicRadar contributor Leigh Fuge
I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and these are my five key tips that will make it a lot easier for you

By Leigh Fuge Published

Save some time, effort and have more fun with your guitar playing with this advice

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