Richard Barrett

When the mix is crowded by other instrumentation, simplifying your chords can help your playing stand out

This lesson demonstrates how modal approach to blues can open up your musical options, adding some Mixolydian folk spice in the style of Robby Krieger, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix

It’s time to make some noise as this lesson demonstrates how using all six strings can make for some big open chords in the key of E major

Using partial chords and doublestops with regular pentatonics, this lesson offers a soloing strategy that's easy on the tendons and big on expression

Learn the solo acoustic guitar style pioneered by trailblazing players such as Big Bill Broonzy and Memphis Minnie

How using the Hendrix chord and the sus chords favoured by Andy Summers can add intrigue and options for your songwriting

Let linear patterns unlock the fretboard and take you out of your comfort zone

Inspired by Django Reinhardt's ingenuity, we break down five simple three-note Gypsy jazz chords

Learn Gary Moore's style and technique from the mid 1970s through to the late '80s with these licks and soloing examples

Add variety to your blues playing by bringing the two disciplines together in the vein of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix

A lesson in vintage '80s blues guitar, when guitars were pink, shoulder pads were big, and the melodies bigger still

Thanks to John Mayer, Journeyman-era Eric Clapton is having a moment, and this lesson lets you climb into that '80s vocal blues guitar style

This solo workout goes deep into Deep Purple MkII-era Blackmore and unpacks his electric blues style in detail

How the Rush legend’s pioneering approach can help you achieve wider, fuller sounds

Looking forward to hitting the stage again after an enforced time off? Here are some exercises to get your chops back up

A little chord theory can go a long way with new voicings freshening your approach to rhythm guitar

Turn up the volume for this practical lesson in how blues guitar evolved into rock, via Eric Clapton, Angus Young, Gary Moore and Eddie Van Halen

Learn some six-string rhythms in the style of blues heavyweights Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin

Taking a closer look at Beck's Les Paul era, during the '60s British Invasion

Touch and feel is everything when trying to master the late Irish blues-rock maestro's style

Throwing some curveballs in among old-school John Lee Hooker callbacks, Clark's style is fresh, vital and liberating

The impossible dream? Maybe, but this primer in Slowhand's style will set you on your way

Master the Led Zeppelin guitarist's melodic folk and dissonant style using open tunings and a variety of picking techniques

Get familiar with the phrasing and soloing approaches of the prodigiously talented Free guitarist

Because the best blues players know that less is more...