Latest articles by Total Guitar
Learn how to develop an essential and emotional part of guitar playing with our tab and audio tutorials
Simple tips for moving beyond staple guitar shapes
A beginner guitar lesson in one of the oldest playing styles
Get the essentials and then use them in our funk rock riff
Playing fast lead lines doesn't have to be hard
Try out this technique to brighten up your chords and get slicker-sounding solos
A beginner guitarist tutorial to learn better finger technique for four popular chords
Take your overdrive and distortion tones into new territory
An essential tutorial for singer-guitarists
Where to start with this style of American roots music
Guitar skills: Learn a signature technique from Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Play the essential sounds of jazz and funk with 7, 9 and 11 shapes
Get to grips with the classic '60s acoustic folk of Bob Dylan, Nick Drake and Paul Simon
Find new ideas for old chord shapes with our lesson
Guitar skills: An Albert King-inspired lick
The Lone Star State overdriven blues of SRV and Johnny Winter made accessible
Give your fretting fingers more strength and independence
Guitar skills: A signature slide move from one of the greats
Guitar skills: A guide to getting more from the moodiest chords of all – they can take on a mellow character too
Guitar skills: Get the sounds of your favourite players with these trademark chords
Guitar skills: We introduced diads in our last lesson, now let's get some movement!
An accessible beginner lesson to get you making the moves like Django – including your first gypsy jazz chord
Guitar skills: From Jimi Hendrix to John Mayer, countless players have used diads to add chord-like tone to their solos
