Techniques

Your next jam session is about to get a whole lot classier with these jazz-inflected blues turnaround ideas

Alternate picking, legato, sweep picking... we're throwing the kitchen sink at this one for an intense workshop in the Alter Bridge shred captain's six-string approach

You can apply crosspicking techniques to all kinds of styles, from country to the blues, bluegrass and more

When it comes to the guitar, the pentatonic is the one scale to rule them all, and despite its ubiquity, the possibilities are limitless – as our deep dive tab and video lesson demonstrates

Polychords are a neat way to expand your musical vocabulary and can be used in your rhythm and lead playing, as the great Larry Carlton has demonstrated time and time again

We look at the whammy bar styles of Duane Eddy, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour and Jeff Beck – and how you can incorporate them in your own playing

Get inside the Texas blues icon’s style with this in-depth lesson on his incendiary playing

The choice Extreme cut had the whole guitar world talking thanks to its hair-raising technique and nods to Eddie Van Halen – and now you can bring that same flair to your solos

The Aussie maestro's radical style is a rhythmic and technical challenge for any player to master, but by doing so, it might just change how you look at the instrument

How the rhythm and lead styles of James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett will power up your metal playing fast