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Guitar Techniques

Just a few of your regular GT tuition experts

JUSTIN SANDERCOE

As one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers, Justin lends us his insight into learning and playing guitar. This month: Regaining Focus.

MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace. This month: The Trick Bag.

FRANK GAMBALE

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on the iconic movement. This month: the Australian jazz-rock supremo and master of sweep picking

PHIL HILBORNE’S ONE-MINUTE LICK

Michael Schenker Style Rock Lick

JAM TRACKS TIPS

Use these to navigate our bonus backing tracks

Substitute More Blues Minimalism

WITH RICHARD BARRETT

JOE SATRIANI

A minute’s all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with one the fathers of instrumental rock, Joe Satriani.

NEW ALBUMS

A selection of new and reissued guitar releases, including Album Of The Month

ROCK THE 80S!

In this exclusive feature Jon Bishop looks at the wonderful world of ’80s guitar. Many of the decade’s musical excesses are covered, and you’ll also find four stylistically contrasting performance pieces to learn. Let’s get ready to rock!

THE CROSSROADS CLAPTON MIXING 3RDS & 7THS

This month John Wheatcroft unravels Eric Clapton’s secret to blending Major and Minor sounds effortlessly and beautifully and show us how you too can mix your 3rds and 7ths to similarly great effect

JS BACH Courante

From Cello Suite No 1 (BWV 1007)

PAUL GILBERT VIDEO

In this exclusive video performance and tutorial, rock legend Paul Gilbert treats us to a spellbinding guitar solo involving power tools and string skipping. What can possibly go wrong? With Jon Bishop

JASON INTRODUCES...

Lessons from the world’s greatest teachers and schools

30-MINUTE LICKBAG

EXAMPLE 1 EASY LICKS ALEX KAPRANOS This exercise

PRINCE

This month Phil Short examines a soul, funk and pop icon, a brilliant multi-instrumentalist and an exceptional blues-rock guitarist

VINNIE MOORE

In the span of just five licks Charlie Griffiths takes us on a Time Odyssey, looks into Vinnie’s Mind’s Eye, and gets lost in the musical Maze

BOB MARLEY

Simon Barnard kicks off his brand new series with a stylistic analysis of perhaps the most famous and best loved of all reggae artists

GYPSY JAZZ

This month Remi Harris of Fundamental Changes continues his new series by looking at soloing over a static Dominant chord

ACOUSTIC COUNTRY

Stuart Ryan begins a new series focusing on the great acoustic country players. This month he looks at legendary thumbpicker, Merle Travis

THEM CHANGES

Andy Jones gets sassy with the Mixolydian mode to bring you great Dominant 7 ideas and lead lines inspired by Robben Ford

GT USER GUIDE

You can get more from GT by understanding our easy-to-follow musical terms and signs...