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Andy Timmons shows you how to target chord tones in melodic improvisation
By Andy Timmons published
Don't just play scalar runs when soloing – tell a story by accentuating the chords underneath with your note choice

Ilan Rubin: “Whatever I’m playing, whether it’s chords or a riff, I instinctively envision what the beat under it will be”
By Amit Sharma published
The New Regime multi-instrumentalist and youngest living member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on recording latest album Heart Mind Body & Soul, why he's a fuzz maniac, and what it takes to play with Nine Inch Nails and Angels & Airwaves

50 guitar chords you need to know
By Total Guitar editors published
Boost your guitar vocabulary with fingerstyle-friendly shapes and everyday essentials, plus complex jazz voicings

Steve Vai held a guitar chord for so long he had to undergo surgery
By Sam Roche published
The virtuoso reveals he “won't be able to play for a while” after going under the knife for trigger finger

Introducing triads (little chords with big potential)
By Sponsored published
Sponsored Allan Salmon gives an easy-to-understand introduction to both major and minor triads in this electric guitar tutorial and shows how you can begin to use them in your playing

Add tapped extensions to your chord work with this cool Chon-inspired hybrid technique
By Richard Bienstock published
It’s two hands on deck in Juan Antonio’s latest lesson

Create twists and turns in your solos with four-note 7th-chord arpeggios
By Andy Aledort published
Expand your understanding by incorporating chromaticism and a “scalar” approach

How to play 7th-chord arpeggios in four-note sequences
By Andy Aledort published
Unlock the fretboard for Santana-style improvisation with this lesson that takes the A Dorian mode and runs with it
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