How to hold a guitar and a guitar pick By Total Guitar editors published 14 April 21 Beginners! Before you master the guitar, you've got to learn how to hold it. Fix your posture and your playing will follow
How to play guitar chords: the first 8 chords you need to learn By Chris Bird published 6 April 21 In this beginner lesson, learn your first guitar chords and the building blocks of rhythm guitar
How to dial in a guitar amp By Total Guitar editors published 30 March 21 Beginners, step this way: here's how to find a decent sound on your amplifier
How to tune an electric guitar with a tuner By Chris Bird published 24 March 21 Learn the names of the strings and which way to turn the tuners
7th guitar chords: chord shapes you need to know By Chris Bird published 22 September 20 Expand your chord repertoire with this easy-to-follow lesson
How to play lead guitar: learn to play your first solos By Chris Bird published 11 September 20 Start your lead playing journey with TG’s easy lesson on two essentials: the minor pentatonic scale and string bends
Beginner guitar: how to play minor chords By Total Guitar editors published 7 July 20 Improve your playing and get to grips with the theory behind minor chords
Chord tone soloing: how to learn this important lead skill By Total Guitar editors published 23 June 20 Ditch scale shapes and use chord tones for a creative approach to your first guitar solos
Beginner guitar: expand your chord knowledge with these simple suspended shapes By Total Guitar editors published 10 June 20 Go beyond basic majors and launch your playing to a new level
Beginner guitar scales: learn the most important patterns By Total Guitar editors published 29 May 20 Get your head around this essential musical building block and learn two of the important scales: pentatonic and major
How to play fingerstyle guitar: learn fingerpicking styles By Chris Bird, James Uings published 8 April 20 Steady up your acoustic skills with this fingerpicking lesson
How to play minor pentatonic riffs By Chris Bird published 9 January 20 Learn how to use this essential scale, with two hard-rock riff tabs and two scale shapes