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August 2024

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August 30
- His onstage antics inspired Jimi Hendrix to play with his teeth, while his groundbreaking solos influenced B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Albert King: T-Bone Walker changed the course of blues guitar playing – and the role of electric guitar in popular music
August 29
- Open D tuning chords: 5 shapes you need to know
August 28
- Vince Gill and Brent Mason are two of country music's most respected guitarists – and their supreme hybrid picking abilities are key to their success
August 27
- DADGAD tuning chords: 5 shapes you need to know
August 26
- String skipping can present your playing with new melodic possibilities that were previously out of reach. Make like Paul Gilbert, Slash and Nuno with these wide-ranging exercises
- How to restring a ukulele in 14 easy steps
August 24
- How to restring a bass guitar: step-by-step guidance on changing your bass strings, from a professional guitar repairer
August 23
- What is the Steely Dan “Mu chord”? Breaking down the left-field chord voicings that will open up your harmonic world
August 22
- “It’s like you’re hearing a song within a song”: How to turn a guitar solo into a mini composition
August 21
- What do the finest blues guitarists of the past 60 years have in common? From B.B. King to Eric Gales, these are the technique secrets behind 30 of the most iconic players
August 20
- “My father talked the owner of the club into letting his six-year-old son (me) sit in the back and watch Dickey perform… That experience changed my life”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to one of his biggest influences, Dickey Betts
August 19
- He was one player with a Les Paul, another altogether with a Strat – from heartbreaking vibrato to fire-breathing leads, Gary Moore was one of the blues’ most versatile guitarists
August 18
- From boogie hooks to alternate tunings and experimental 10-string riffs, Joe Perry’s mastery of the fretboard is often taken for granted – here are 14 ways to incorporate his signature style into your own playing
August 15
- Using the CAGED system in conjunction with pentatonic scales can open up the fretboard – and offer an escape route from cliched blues licks
August 14
- Becoming a jazz-rock fusion player is a lifelong process, but these impressive licks from Ibanez maestro Luca Mantovanelli will get you started on your journey
August 13
- After he had his first hit at 15 years old, Paul Simon became one of the all-time great songwriters, but he’s a remarkable guitar player, too – and he learned his precise fingerstyle approach from the English folk masters
- How to play blues guitar: start playing authentic-sounding solos today with 3 easy licks in A
August 12
- Peter Green shaped his playing, John Lee Hooker enlisted his talents and Woodstock made him a guitar legend – nobody builds a blues solo like Carlos Santana
August 11
- “Alex’s note choices, use of scales and arpeggios, and classy vibrato was a perfect recipe for his metal guitar legend status”: What makes Testament’s Alex Skolnick one of thrash’s most cerebral players
August 8
- Slayer’s reputation as thrash’s fiercest band rested upon the guitar partnership of Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King – and their harmonically evil style will make your rhythm riffing that bit more diabolical
August 7
- Dickey Betts helped to forge the sound not only of The Allman Brothers Band, but of blues-influenced Southern rock as we know it – and his playing is all about feel, timing and details
August 6
- Pat Metheny called him “one of the brightest new talents on the instrument today” – and Dan Wilson’s remarkable phrasing will elevate your jazz guitar vocabulary to no end
August 5
- “You can grin and bear your rhythmic role, biding your time until you get to the solo, or you can put some thought, effort, and research into this area of your playing”: 5 blues guitar rhythms every guitarist needs to know
August 2
- “I think of the guitar as the singer, and the emotive qualities inherent in the human voice should be exhibited in the single-note lines”: How to connect melodic phrases using chromaticism and string bending, with Andy Timmons
- Surf guitar is on the rise thanks to guitarists like Khruangbin's Mark Speer, and it can teach you a lot about attitude and note choice – Arianna Powell shows you how your playing can benefit from catching the wave
August 1
- If you’re only bending strings with your second and third fingers, you’re missing out – strengthening your first and fourth fingers will help you express yourself like the greats