Guitar Techniques

Take the UK's foremost guitar teachers and players, and transfer their finesse and passion for music into a magazine! The magazine has established itself with guitarists who wish to better themselves as musicians in both the UK, Europe and as far afield as the USA and Hong Kong! When it comes to choosing music, GT's Abba to Zappa policy means that there's always something for everyone! Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies

Here are a just few of your regular GT tuition experts...

WELCOME

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

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN • A minute’s all it takes to find out what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo to the airport, we grabbed a chat with the Mammoth WVHfrontman, who carries guitar-playing history on his shoulders.

JUSTIN SANDERCOE • The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This Month: Mysteries Of The Pedal Steel!

SUBSTITUTE

MITCH DALTON • The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace. This month: Forgive Me Father, For I Have Sinned.

JAM TRACKS TIPS

VINNIE MOORE • 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, American virtuosic rock legend, Vinnie Moore.

EXPRESSIVE SOLOING WITH PAUL GILBERT • In this exclusive video lesson, the legendary Paul Gilbert treats you to a 37-minute overview on transferring vocal phrases to the guitar, with Jon Bishop as your guide.

SIX SOUTH AMERICAN RHYTHMS • Latin music combines exciting rhythms with a vibrant feel and can be both challenging and rewarding to play. So get ready, says Jon Bishop - it’s Carnival time!

CHRIS DUARTE • We invited the San Antonio-born blues master to record five of his favourite Texas blues licks. Prepare to turn up the heat, with Jon Bishop as your guide.

THE CROSSROADS John Scofield • This month John Wheatcroft investigates the playing of a true contemporary jazz great who mixes bluesy-rock tone with sophisticated harmony and dazzling technique.

GASPAR SANZ Canarios • We take a journey to 17th-century Spain this month to explore Declan Zapala’s arrangement of this uplifting miniature originally written for the baroque guitar.

30-MINUTE LICKBAG • Jamie Hunt of BIMM Bristol brings you a stylistically varied selection of licks to learn at easy, intermediate and advanced levels.

ALBERT KING • This month Phil Short explores the sound of a blues guitarist who used minimal notes but maximum feel to create unforgettable music.

DINOSAUR JR/J MASCIS • This month Martin Cooper checks out the sound of the Massachusetts rock pioneers, and the six-string talents of guitarist J Mascis.

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MICHAEL ROMEO • Join Charlie Griffiths on an Odyssey through the divine strings of Symphony X, to encounter a multitude of picking and tapping techniques.

TASTY SOLOING • Andy G Jones looks at a phenomenon of bluesbased music. John Mayer wears his influences well, but always brings his own twist to things.

BONNIE RAITT • This month Stuart Ryan looks at the acoustic side of a Grammy-winning legend who’s usually more at home with a Strat and a bottleneck!

WALKING BASSLINES PART 4 • In the final lesson in this series Tim Pettingale transcribes the bassline, chord and melody examples as played by fingerstyle jazz legend, Martin Taylor.

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