Just a few of your regular GT technique experts...

WELCOME

LOOKING AT Stuart Ryan’s excellent Celtic article this

JUSTIN SANDERCOE

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

MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace. This month: One Hit Blunders, Part Two.

JD SIMO

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: soulful blues-rock guitarist, JD Simo

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Resplendent 4ths

The majority of chords are built from the basic Major or Minor triad, with added notes providing more complex sounds. So without additional notes you have plain Major or Minor chords. The most common addition is the 7th (seventh note of the parent scale), perhaps followed by the 9th or 6th

SIXTY SECONDS WITH...

A minute’s all it takes to find out what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo for the airport we grabbed a quick chat with Edis Mano, guitarist with Switzerland’s Ellis Mano Band

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NEW ALBUMS

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

60 YEARS OF LEGATO

For this in-depth lesson Jamie Humphries offers five tracks that follow the evolution of legato guitar technique from the 70s to the present day

THE CROSSROADS Hendrix 7#9 Connections

Ever wondered how players like Jimi Hendrix and Grant Green blur the distinction between Major and Minor with such beautifully bluesy ease? John Wheatcroft shows you as he explores these 7#9 connections

MATTEO CARCASSI Etude No. 1 (Opus 60)

Declan Zapala takes us through this 19th century etude. It’s choc full of cascading scales, cross-string arpeggios, and expressive chord changes that are designed to boost your all-round technique

ANTOINE BOYER Video Masterclass

This month we welcome this remarkable French classical and gypsy jazz prodigy, who brings out his Collings electric for Jason’s European flavoured jazzer, Enchantment. Jon Bishop is your guide

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SUSAN TEDESCHI

This month Phil Short delves into the classy blues stylings of sensational singer, songwriter and guitarist, Susan Tedeschi

LITA FORD

This month Martin Cooper checks out the style of 80s rock pioneer Lita Ford, the ex-Runaways guitarist who went on to be a glam-rock solo star

SHRED!

Enter Edge Of Insanity, past Maximum Security, through Chromaticity and the Concrete Gardens, to get to Equilibrium. With Charlie Griffiths.

NEO-SOUL

In the penultimate piece in his series, Simon Barnard analyses some guitar stylings of multi-Grammy award winning guitarist, Jairus Mozee

ROCKABILLY LICKS

In his second article from Fundamental Changes, Darrel Higham shows some cool moves if you want to play authentic rockabilly rhythm

CELTIC FINGERSTYLE

Stuart Ryan explores the smooth legato sound of English fingerstyle legend Gordon Giltrap. Hammer-ons and pull-offs at the ready!

THEM CHANGES

Andy G Jones gets inside the Dorian mode to bring out the Robben Ford/Josh Smith influence for some sophisticated blues-rock lines

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