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8 ways to keep your kids interested in playing guitar
By Richard Blenkinsop published
Keep outside distractions away with eight entertaining and supportive ways to help your child stick with the guitar
With blistering technique, a great ear for melody and an incredible rhythm guitar pocket, Steve Lukather is one of rock guitar’s all-time greats – upgrade your skills with his must-learn licks
By Martin Cooper published
Lukather is a play-anything session player and the box-office guitar behind Toto, and this lesson offers two approaches for incorporating his virtuoso stylings into your playing
Jeff Loomis is one of metal’s most technically audacious players – and learning his techniques can really up your shred game
By Charlie Griffiths published
Improve your alternate picking, arpeggios and tapping skills with these 5 lessons in the style of the Arch Enemy virtuoso
Introducing the “up-and-down” fingerstyle approach – a new guitar technique designed to get you playing faster than ever
By Matt Owen published
The brainchild of Gio Guido, up-and-down fingerpicking is inspired by Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin – but takes things one step further
How to use chromatic approaches to expand your blues soloing vocabulary
By Josh Smith published
Josh Smith is here to make you a better blues player by showing you the musical value in outlining chords in your lead playing
How to tell a good ’70s Fender Stratocaster from a bad one
By Jamie Dickson published
Strat expert Julian White of World Guitars urges a cool head and a judicious eye when considering Stratocasters built during the bell-bottom era
Run out of ideas? Try Scott Holiday's 'mind eraser' songwriting method
By Matt Owen published
Sometimes it's the simplest fixes that yield the greatest results
7 ways playing guitar can benefit your mental health
By Alison Richter published
Guitar is more than a hobby – here are 7 ways it can help you deal with the challenges life throws at you
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