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Master the soloing style of one of rock's most revered guitarists

Free blues guitar lesson: Master a few lines from the blues master, plus tips on technique and phrasing

Get a little 'Slowhand' in your playing

Get your solos off to a banging start with our easy lead guitar lesson, complete with tab and audio

There’s more to an arpeggiator than just its direction. Here, we treat a synth basic sound to effects and tweaks to give it more character

Essential tips for the major player

Get to grips with this essential scale in our beginner-friendly lesson

How to connect your electronic drum set to a computer and use your e-kit for recording

Why build a patch from scratch when you have endless jumping off points to get you started? 'Presets' doesn't have to be a dirty word…

The basic nuts and bolts of music from a piano roll perspective

From beginner basics to folk and blues

Partial shape chords that are great for rock

Try applying this music theory technique to your synth pad parts

We unveil some of the influences behind the mega-hit and explore how you might recreate its '80s-inspired sound

Nail down the sound of industrial pioneers like Throbbing Gristle with these software emulations of classic equipment

What do a church organ and your guitar have in common? Find out here!

Can't get your hands on a LinnDrum or a DX7? Don't worry - these software imitations sound almost as good

Play in the style of Clapton, SRV, Hendrix, Gilmour, the three Kings, John Mayer and more

Send your sound back to the '80s with these six sonic hallmarks of synth-pop