Total Guitar

Guitar skills: We introduced diads in our last lesson, now let's get some movement!

Guitar skills: A beginner's guide to exploring the contrasting moods of major and minor add chords

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

Guitar skills: Get to grips with the technique used by blues greats including Eric Clapton and Gary Moore

Guitar skills: Open the door to new creative possibilities with these varied tunings

Guitar skills: An essential blues trick to breathe new life into you notes – tab and audio included

Guitar skills: A simple blues trick to spice up your playing

Guitar skills: Welcome to the world of bright-sounding major chords; simply add a handful of new notes to create lush, spacious sounds

Introduce an airy quality to your progressions with this special ‘neither major nor minor’ type of chord

Get your rhythm right with this easy DADGAD tutorial

An arachno-killer fretboard exercise

Complementary and inspirational lead ideas

Get weird using these exotic shapes

Get your rhythm playing in check

Try these classic techniques and scales

Take the lead with a chordal approach for our daily guitar lesson

Clean up your fretting with this easy beginner lesson

Everything you need to scream...

Simple ideas to boost your solos

Key chords for cool (Stray) 'Cats

From jumbo to triple-0, how to find the right acoustic size for you

Earn some cash by passing on your skills to others

Cunning tonal tips