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Buddy Guy influenced Clapton, Page and Hendrix – here’s what you can learn from the blues icon
By Richard Barrett published
No-one plays the blues like Buddy Guy – but that doesn't stop us trying. We look at four ways the blues icon approaches his solos. Warning: it's going to get fiery

Sue Foley pays tribute to blues icons Johnny Winter and Muddy Waters with 4 essential soloing licks
By Sue Foley published
Sue Foley returns to help us navigate the I-IV-V changes and come up with some soloing ideas that enhance your melodic sensibility – and add a bit of fire along the way

30 beautiful acoustic guitar chords every player needs to know – and how to play them
By Richard Barrett last updated
Increase your musical vocabulary and expand your compositional horizons, in each and every key

11 alternate and open tunings every guitarist should know
By Jimmy Brown last updated
From drop D to DADGAD and beyond, these essential tunings will help you approach your guitar in a different way, and as a result, level up your playing

How 440Hz became the “concert pitch” – and the argument to change it to 432Hz
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
A=432Hz – also known as “Verdi’s A” – is said by advocates to be in tune with the laws of nature and mathematically consistent with the universe

Jared James Nichols explains why we should all be using the blue note in our solos
By Jared James Nichols published
The irrepressible Mr Nichols pays tribute to the flatted 5th, and explores the myriad ways that he uses it in his playing

Joe Bonamassa on the influence of the great Eric Johnson
By Joe Bonamassa published
What’s so special about Eric Johnson? “The tone, the technique, everything!” says Joe Bonamassa, and in this video lesson he shows us what he’s taken from the Texan virtuoso

Cory Wong on why approaching rhythm guitar like a drummer makes you a better guitar player
By Cory Wong published
One of the great rhythm guitar virtuosos teaches us how not only to play to the beat but to be the beat itself. This video and tab lesson explains all...

Jared James Nichols on the art of the riff and what Eddie Kramer told him about songwriting
By Jared James Nichols published
The fingerstyle blues-rock phenom shows us how open drone strings and simplicity can be used to write a riff that you can build a whole song around, just as he did on Honey Forgive Me
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