Guitar Techniques December 2016

Guitar Techniques December 2016 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 December 2016 (#263) contents:

• Fretting Technique - 10 great ways to Improve it. Fretting impacts on every other aspect of your playing - if it sucks, so will everything else! Richard Barrett is here to help get your fretboard fingers functioning fabulously!
• Rockabilly. It's a revolution! Jon Bishop looks back at those heady days of rockabilly with some fab licks and chords from some of the genre's finest players.
• Enrique Granados - Dedicatoria. Bridget Mermikides arranges and transcribes a nostalgic and emotive piece originally written for piano but perfectly pitched here for guitar.
• Blues. Les Davidson pays music tribute to one of GT's favourite players - the amazing Gary Moore.
• Rock. Martin Cooper examines the playing style of those Southern rock kings, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
• Hard Rock. Charlie Griffiths is up to his neck in Monkey Business with a look at the style of Skid Row.
• Jazz. John Wheatcroft explores the considerable talents of Irish jazz guitar legend, Louis Stewart.
• Acoustic. Stuart Ryan checks out the unmistakable acoustic style of all-rounder Ani DiFranco.
• Creative Rock. Shaun Baxter concludes his series on Mixolydian triads: this month he stacks 'em up!
• Chord Camp. lain Scott explores the chord side of the Lydian mode and shows it in a variety of situations.
• In The Woodshed. Charlie Griffiths demystifies a technique that some find a little scary, but which can open up new musical horizons: sweep picking!
• Video Masterclass. Steve Lukather. Here we have two masterclasses for the price of one, with the legendary Luke showing how to break out of those standard Blues scales.

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