Guitar Techniques #166 June 2009

Guitar Techniques #166 June 2009 Every month we feature full transcriptions of guitar songs and intrumentals in every genre, from blues and rock, to acoustic and jazz. We take pride in providing the most accurate transcriptions around, and cover a full range of styles. The Guitar Techniques tutors' workshops provide some of the best guitar tuition available.

Current regular columns include soloing, jazz and fingerstyle. All the music in the magazine is included on a cover-mounted audio CD, complete with backing tracks to let readers play along. If you want to become a better guitarist, Guitar Techniques is the magazine for you.

On this issue:

John Mayer - Every Day I have the blues
Play Tastier Licks - Sophisticated blues
Sting - Shape of my heart
Blues - John Wheatcroft on the blues side of Eric Johnson
Rock - Martin Cooper looks at the guitar styles of the legendary Alice Cooper Band
Guitar Essentials - Jon Bishop on the minor pentatonic scale
Prog Rock - Gianluca Corona unveils the lyrical guitar style of Camel's Andy Latimer
Metal Bootcamp - Sgt Goulding continues his alternate picking drill. Practise or do a hundred press-ups.
Creative Rock - Shaun Baxter concludes his look at the harmonic major scale
Jazz - Pete Callard shows you how to create bebop lines from fragments
Acoustic - Stuart Ryan on the unique style of Nick Harper
Video Masterclass - Aynsley Lister