Latest articles by Christopher Scapelliti
Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Roger McGuinn and Others Rehearse in 1992
Can You Name These Five Riffs By Hearing Just One Note?
Can you tell what a riff is by hearing just the first note?
Are We All Tuning Our Guitars Wrong?
We’ve all suffered the frustrations of getting our guitars to play in tune along the length of the neck.
Learn Five Tone-Bending Guitar Techniques
Darrell Braun—whose videos comparing various guitar models have been a hit on this site’s pages—is back with a new video.
Paul Gilbert’s "World Changing" Trick for Better Blues Licks
If you’re tired of playing stock minor pentatonic runs when you solo over a rock or blues progression, guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert has a couple of neat tricks you can use to jazz up your licks.
These Are 10 of the World’s Wealthiest Guitarists
In a new article, Total Guitar counted down the 10 wealthiest guitar players in the magazine’s home country, the U.K.
Ozzy Osbourne Hears Isolated Randy Rhoads “Crazy Train” Solo for First Time in 36 Years
Ozzy Osbourne recently heard the raw, unmixed master tape of his hit song “Crazy Train” for the first time since he recorded it on March 22, 1980.
Five Ways to Make Guitar Practice Fun
Guitar practice can be a drag, but it doesn’t have to be.
Top Five Myths About Learning Guitar—and What You Can Do About Them
We’ve all heard time-worn advice about the dos and don’ts of learning to play guitar. How much of what we’ve been told is valid, and how much is pure bunk?
10 Ways to Improve Your Guitar Tone for Free
There are all sorts of ways musicians can spend money, from buying new gear to repairing broken gear to replenishing strings, picks and accessories.
Learn 10 Essential Whammy Bar Techniques
If you use your whammy bar only to bend notes and add vibrato, you’re missing out on some of its more nuanced, and more extreme, applications.
How to Turn One Lick into Five
If you’ve ever come up short for musical ideas, this video could be just the thing to help you out.
How to Play Jazz Guitar with Just Six Chords
If you have no experience playing jazz but want to pick up some chords and techniques, this video is the perfect place to start.
How to Play Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode”
Chuck Berry wrote dozens of rock and roll classics, but perhaps the best-known of them all is “Johnny B. Goode.”
“Free Fallin’”: Tom Petty Wrote His Biggest Hit to Make Jeff Lynne Laugh
Tom Petty’s 1989 hit “Free Fallin’” is a simple enough song. It contains just a handful of guitar chords that any beginner could easily handle.
How Metallica’s ‘...And Justice for All’ Would Have Sounded with Cliff Burton on Bass
Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died on September 27, 1986, when the band’s tour bus rolled over on a stretch of icy road, killing him instantly.
