Total Guitar

Essential shapes for every player

Moveable shapes you can play anywhere on the neck

"There’s nothing you can’t play – at any speed – if you’re willing to put the time into it.”

"The sixth string is the kick, the fifth and fourth the snare"

Easy ways to freshen up stale scales with our lesson

Lesson: chord shapes to learn with tabs and exercises

Best of 2020: Master barre chords and open up the fretboard

Best of 2020: A great way to begin with fingerstyle guitar

Start developing speed around the fretboard with an accessible lesson

Take a look at a handful of shapes that lend themselves to fingerstyle and flatpicked guitar arpeggios alike

Start playing guitar in the style of greats like Steve Cropper and Joe Messina

Six chords and the truth with tab and audio

Great chords for atmospheric arpeggios

Molly Tuttle explains how crosspicking enhanced her guitar technique and you can get started with our tab lesson

Get your hands talking to each other

"So much depends on the thumb"

How to add more soul to your soloing with the Alter Bridge guitarist's advice

Try your hand at one of the most expressive lead guitar techniques and put your own mark on every solo you play

Freshen up the riffs you write with our easy lesson

Master rock guitar's cornerstone chord with this tab and audio lesson

Build your speed with our tutorial

A guitar lesson with essential tips for a blues jam – complete with backing track

Guitar lesson: expand your blues chord progressions