Latest articles by Total Guitar
From Parlour to Jumbo: The beginner's guide to acoustic guitar body shapes (and which one is right for you)
There are key variables that affect how an acoustic guitar will sound - its projection and tonal characteristics in particular
The ultimate guide to pedal board essentials (and what order to put them in)
Here's what you need on board and where they all sit best for maximum effect
How to play like George Harrison on The Beatles' Abbey Road
Learn the guitar style of the most expressive and accomplished playing The Beatle would ever commit to tape
How to play guitar like David Gilmour: Bluesy diads, slides, quarter-tone blues curls and more
Tackle the expressive phrasing and minor pentatonic tricks of one of rock's finest guitarists, David Gilmour
Guitar lesson: learn 'add' guitar chords, for the sound behind Every Breath You Take and more
Guitar skills: A beginner's guide to exploring the contrasting moods of major and minor add chords
"There are no safety nets in The White Stripes": Jack White talks gear and hipsters in 2007
In this in-depth chat from 2007, White talks about the recording of the White Stripes' Icky Thump, hails Nashville for keeping it real and explains why music is not fun
Learn 60 guitar chords in 20 minutes with this simple tutorial
Ever felt you didn’t know enough chords? We look at the technique that will take your chord vocabulary into double and even treble figures
"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
Fundamental steps to avoid a communication breakdown
How to play like John Lennon: 4 key guitar lessons from the early Beatles era
Remembering an often underrated guitarist
4 easy ways to record acoustic guitar: one-mic, stereo options and overheads explained
RECORDING WEEK 2023: How to use mic, stereo and electro-acoustic methods
10 things you need to know before you record your band
There are many ways to record your music, and you don't have to be in a traditional studio environment to get good results.
Ditch the pick and start fingerstyle today with three guitar chords and this lesson
Fingerpicking fundamentals
Learn the ultimate Jimi Hendrix rhythm guitar chord lesson
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
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
We get some rules to follow
Try these 16 inspiring guitar chords that use open strings
Add some shimmer to your rhythm playing with open-string variations on simple chords
Led Zeppelin II: Jimmy Page guitar lesson
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
Brian May is one of the more nimble-fingered guitarists to emerge from the 70s, and he has a razor-sharp understanding of harmony and melody.
Classic interview: Brian May on the guitar greats and the magic of The Riff – "It's a basic, primal need"
The Queen great salutes Jeff Beck, Satriani, Blur, Bowie and... Queen
