Guitar Techniques August 2017

Guitar Techniques August 2017 PDF and Mp3 CD download. 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! We take pride in providing the most accurate transcriptions around, and cover a full range of styles. Every month we feature full transcriptions of guitar songs and instrumentals in every genre, from blues and rock, to acoustic and jazz. All the music in the magazine is included on a cover-mounted audio CD, complete with backing tracks and video master class to let readers play along.

Guitar Techniques August 2017 (#272) contents:

• Les Paul Heroes - 50 amazing licks. Gibson's awesome Les Paul model has been the choice of many great players and the source of thousands of amazing tracks. Richard Barrett brings you 50 Les Paul licks from 50 top players!
• Soloing with Jazz Chords. Learn this beautiful technique. Top jazzers make it look effortless. But Milton Mermikides says there are tricks and techniques that allow us into this world of musical artistry.
• Robert Schumann. Of Foreign Lands And Peoples. Bridget arranges and transcribes this moving piece from one of Germany's most celebrated composers of the Romantic movement.
• Blues. Les Davidson brings you two full solos in the style of Room Full Of Blues's Ronnie Earl.
• Rock. Martin Cooper checks out the style of a multi-talented musician, Trevor Rabin of Yes.
• Jazz. John Wheatcroft examines a player of immense taste and beauty, the brilliant Jim Hall.
• Acoustic. Stuart Ryan looks at a modern acoustic megastar, the all-conquering Ed Sheeran.
• Creative Rock. Shaun Baxter continues his mini-series on creatively using Mixolydian 7th arpeggios.
• Slide Guitar. In the third article in this new series Harrison Marsh looks at playing slide in open G tuning.
• Rhythm Essentials. Iain Scott examines the laid-back strumming style of reggae superstar Bob Marley.
• In The Woodshed. Charlie Griffiths tackles a technique that often foxes guitarists: that of consistency when using both outside and inside (economy) picking.
• Brett Garsed. Allan Holdsworth lesson. Here Brett offers his own unique take on the playing of one of his greatest influences, the late and much missed Allan Holdsworth.

Text Format PDF, 100 pages. Original CD mp3 Tracks included. Video lesson enclosed.