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Anton Bruckner Locus Iste

This month Bridget Mermikides arranges and transcribes Bruckner’s sublimely serene but approachable and satisfying choral ‘motet’

FOOD FOR thought

Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: Older Learners

SESSION shenanigans

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by session ace Mitch Dalton. This month: Standard Practice

INSTRUMENTAL inquisition!

Instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. We asked some top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: one-time Joe Satriani student, ex T-Ride guitarist and now solo artist, Geoff Tyson

JAM TRACKS tips

Use these tips to navigate our bonus backing tracks

That Was The Year… 1953 Elizabeths Jackie & Marilyn

GUILD INTRODUCES THE STUART cutaway archtop guitar, fully bound (including

Perfect picking!

Many players are reconnecting with their classical guitars right now so we decided to revisit Bridget Mermikides’ super lesson which focuses on perfecting your fingerstyle technique

GT User Guide

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

SONS OF APOLLO

The prog-metal supergroup is back with a new album, MMXX

PAT METHENY

The care that goes into any Metheny creation warrants deep

BLACK SWAN

This may be a new rock band to you but

GEOFF TYSON

Geoff Tyson was a student of Joe Satriani and then

ERIC CLAPTON & BB KING

It certainly doesn’t feel like 20 years ago that Eric

MICHAEL LANDAU

When James Taylor refers to someone as “The complete virtuoso”

Hype up your Hybrid picking

Stuart Ryan shows you how to get your pick and fingers working together, allowing you to play licks that are tricky or impossible with plectrum only

LEARNING ZONE

Lessons from the world’s greatest teachers and schools

30-Minute Lickbag

This example of simple chord changes is designed around the

David Gilmour

This month Phil Short dives into the iconic, melodic, feel-filled, but deceptively tricky style of Pink Floyd’s legendary David Gilmour

Slade

Martin Cooper checks out the sound of Slade, who produced finely crafted glam-rock hits packed with catchy hooks and melodies

Harmonic Minor on the V

In part two of his new series Jens Larsen examines the Harmonic Minor scale as a rich source of melodic choices over the V chord

Oasis

This month Simon Barnard goes mad for it as he examines the guitar stylings of Noel Gallagher and Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs of Oasis

Chromaticism Pt 3: Enclosure

Shaun Baxter looks at the time-honoured practice of introducing a target note by using surrounding scale- and non-scale notes

Fretboard fluency

Martin Goulding brings you the last in the current Fretboard Fluency series, and introduces the symmetrical Half-Whole Diminished scale

In The Woodshed

This month Charlie Griffiths looks at the I - II/I chord change and how it can inspire dreamy, ethereal soloing using Lydian mode

Jonathon Long Interview & masterclass

Raised by the banks of the Mississippi, Jonathon plays an electrifying fusion of jazz, blues and country. We joined the slick but soulful guitarist from Baton Rouge to talk bayou blues – and pick up some of his best licks first hand…