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

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

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DON’T MISS OUR AMAZING DIGITAL EDITION • Try GT’s digital edition on PC, Mac, Laptop, Desktop or Tablet!

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

FOOD FOR THOUGHT • Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: The Importance of Mechanics

SESSION SHENANIGANS • The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by session ace Mitch Dalton. This month: Metal To The Pedal

HOW TO find all the notes on the fretboard • Many guitarists struggle to know which note is at what fret on the guitar. This is vital if you are to get on as a player - especially when it comes to reading, transposing to different keys, or interacting with other musicians. Here are the notes at each fret, with its corresponding notation below.

INSTRUMENTAL INQUISITION ! • Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments so Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: Stax and Blues Brothers legend, Steve Cropper.

JAM TRACKS TIPS • Use these to navigate our bonus backing tracks

PHIL HILBORNE’S ONE-MINUTE LICK • Chromatic Dominant Lick

SUBSTITUTE Polychords • In this column we often look at inversions, where we take a note other than the root, that’s already in the chord and move it to the bottom. But you can also introduce a different note, such as playing G Major over an A bass to make a jazzy A9sus4. But we can take this idea even further...

LIFE WITH THE MAESTRO • In a tribute to Ennio Morricone who passed away last year Jason Sidwell talks to recent GT guest artist, Rocco Zifarelli, who played guitar with the legendary film composer for the last 23 years of his life.

TECHNIQUE FOCUS

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No amps allowed! 10 UNPLUGGED GREATS • Jon Bishop serves up 10 acoustic studies to make your acoustic playing sound richer and more stylistically informed. With such a broad base of techniques and ideas, there’ll be something in here for everyone.

TRACK RECORD

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ALEX SILL Video Masterclass Pt6 • In his final masterclass Alex demonstrates his chord and lead style over Jason Sidwell’s fusion groover, Buoyancy. The solo has some sophisticated semiquaver syncopation and offers a great chord voicing lesson.

TECHNIQUE FOCUS • PLAYING ACROSS THE BAR LINE

THREE TOP LICKS

ALEX SILL • ON DEVELOPING PRECISION AND SPEED

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TECHNIQUE FOCUS • Diminished Whole-Tone

THE CROSSROADS PT9 Altered Lines • This month down at The Crossroads John Wheatcroft shows how Robben Ford and others, add Altered tension and release to their solos, so that you too can sound sophisticated, modern and hip.

TECHNIQUE FOCUS • Good Tone

FERNANDO SOR Study No.18 Opus 35 • This month Bridget Mermikides takes us step by step through a beautiful study by the man who many consider to be the forefather of classical guitar.

JASON INTRODUCES...

THE RHYTHM ROOST • Keen on all things rhythmic, Jason Sidwell goes jiving...