Guitar Techniques January 2018

Guitar Techniques January 2018 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 January 2018 (#277) contents:

• Beatles Chords And Progressions. Their sound and style changed music forever. Find out how their different use of chords can expand your own musical horizons, and learn more about what made this band so special.
• Sweep picking For mortals! People often associate it with super fast shred styles but there's way more to this technique than meets the eye; you can even use it in blues!
• Robert Johnson - Alman. This Robert Johnson was a Tudor lutenist-composer and Shakespeare's only confirmed musical cohort. Bridget tabs this lovely tune.
• Blues. Ronan McCullagh looks at the guitar style of Traffic and Blind Faith's multi-instrumental genius, the great Steve Winwood.
• Rock. Martin Cooper examines the unique playing approach of Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler.
• Jazz. John Wheatcroft discovers the superlative craft of jazz master John Abercrombie.
• Acoustic. Stuart Ryan pays musical tribute to a legend of American rock, the wonderful Tom Petty.
• Creative Rock. Shaun Baxter delves deeper into Pentatonic scales with a look at the Indian variety.
• Fretboard fluency. Martin Cooper begins a brand new column that aims to make you more fluent on the fretboard.
• Slide guitar. Harrison Marsh brings his slide primer series to a close with a final look at open E tuning.
• In The Woodshed. Charlie Griffiths continues to help you hone your general guitar skills. This month: muted and non-muted double-stops and riffs.
• Video. Antonio Forcione Masterclass: Part 2 of 2. Antonio plies us with more of his acoustic guitar wisdom in the second and final lesson in this video masterclass series.

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