In this issue

CRANK UP YOUR BLUES!: Your best minor licks yet: Three-fingers-per-string licks and the Minor scale are perfect bedfellows for blues. Players like Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher have used
them to superb effect, as Rich Barrett shows, SIXTY seconds with: One of the most respected and admired prog
guitarists, Andrew Latimer of Camel, speaks...

Crank Up Your Blues!

Want to expand your blues-rock vocabulary? Richard Barrett looks at the seven positions of the Minor scale using three-fingers-per-string ideas, culminating in a solo that incorporates them with the Minor Pentatonic.

2 mins

Rocking Country!

Country music is not all songs about trucks, front porches and that girl who left you. This month Andy Saphir brings us licks from some of the extraordinary talents that put some rock into country.

3 mins

Brett Garsed Masterclass

This month Brett improvises beautiful slide guitar over Jason’s modern sounding, pop ballad, Sunrise. Jon Bishop is your guide.

2 mins

William Henry Monk Abide With Me

This month Bridget Mermikides tackles a much loved Christian hymn, known to be a favourite of many luminaries including both King George V and Mahatma Ghandi!

2 mins

Paul Kossoff

Join Ronan McCullagh as he covers the playing of one of the most expressive, dynamic and melodic blues-rock guitarists of his time.

2 mins

King Crimson

This month Martin Cooper goes progressive as he examines the individualistic style of King Crimson’s amazing guitarist, Robert Fripp.

2 mins

Russell Malone

John Wheatcroft meets one of the classiest guitarists in jazz today. He’s a top solo artist and sideman to Diana Krall and Harry Connick Jr.

2 mins

Ray Davies

Got Kinks in your acoustic rhythm playing? Stuart Ryan will iron them out with this month’s study of band frontman Ray Davies.

2 mins

Eric Sardinas

This month Harrison Marsh investigates the fiery slide playing of Eric Sardinas. Cowboy hats on and resonator guitars at the ready!

1 min

Fretboard Fluency

This month Martin Goulding looks at Aeolian mode. Also known as the Natural Minor it’s a scale that lends itself to all styles including blues, rock and metal.

2 mins

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Guitar Techniques Magazine Description:

Guitar Techniques is a monthly guitar magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing. It was first published in 1984 and is currently one of the most popular guitar magazines in the world.

The magazine covers all aspects of guitar playing, from beginner lessons to advanced techniques. It also features interviews with guitarists, reviews of new gear, and transcriptions of classic solos.

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