Latest articles by Total Guitar
There are key variables that affect how an acoustic guitar will sound - its projection and tonal characteristics in particular
Here's what you need on board and where they all sit best for maximum effect
Learn the guitar style of the most expressive and accomplished playing The Beatle would ever commit to tape
Tackle the expressive phrasing and minor pentatonic tricks of one of rock's finest guitarists, David Gilmour
Guitar skills: A beginner's guide to exploring the contrasting moods of major and minor add chords
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
Played at speed, the fearsome ‘spider’ lick is a challenging two-hand workout. Slow it down and you have a great finger exercise for any guitarist…
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
Fundamental steps to avoid a communication breakdown
Remembering an often underrated guitarist
RECORDING WEEK 2023: How to use mic, stereo and electro-acoustic methods
There are many ways to record your music, and you don't have to be in a traditional studio environment to get good results.
Fingerpicking fundamentals
Master Jimi's 'thumb over the neck' and finger barre chord techniques – plus his approach to funk rock and much more
Songwriting tricks, chord progressions and the guitar genius of the Beatles' early years
We get some rules to follow
Add some shimmer to your rhythm playing with open-string variations on simple chords
A whole lotta lesson – including how to play across the whole fretboard with five different shapes but just one scale
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.
The Queen great salutes Jeff Beck, Satriani, Blur, Bowie and... Queen
