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Beginner guitar: how to take your first steps with lead guitar

How to play lead guitar: learn to play your first solos

By Chris Bird published

Start your lead playing journey with TG’s easy lesson on two essentials: the minor pentatonic scale and string bends

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Young woman playing her guitar at home

Beginner guitar: how to play minor chords

By Total Guitar editors published

Improve your playing and get to grips with the theory behind minor chords

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Beginner guitar: how to play chord tones

Chord tone soloing: how to learn this important lead skill

By Total Guitar editors published

Ditch scale shapes and use chord tones for a creative approach to your first guitar solos

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Sus chords

Beginner guitar: expand your chord knowledge with these simple suspended shapes

By Total Guitar editors published

Go beyond basic majors and launch your playing to a new level

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How to play scales

Beginner guitar scales: learn the most important patterns

By Total Guitar editors published

Get your head around this essential musical building block and learn two of the important scales: pentatonic and major

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Pedal tone riffs: kickstart your playing with these simple riffs

By Total Guitar editors published

What do a church organ and your guitar have in common? Let us explain...

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Beginner guitar: How to play fingerstyle acoustic guitar

How to play fingerstyle guitar: learn fingerpicking styles

By Chris Bird, James Uings published

Steady up your acoustic skills with this fingerpicking lesson

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Beginner guitar: lock down your rhythm playing with this lesson in basic note durations

By Jimmy Brown published

Everything you need to understand the concept of timing in popular music

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Beginner guitar: How to play powerchord riffs

What is a guitar power chord? How to play power chord riffs and progressions

By Chris Bird published

Power up your rhythm and riffing with our lesson on these staple chord shapes

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5 hurdles every beginner guitar player faces - and how to avoid them

5 hurdles every beginner guitar player faces - and how to avoid them

By Justin Sandercoe published

Justin Sandercoe lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers

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