Guitar Techniques May 2020 PDF. 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 May 2020 (#308) contents:
- Teleblasters! 50 Awesome Telecaster Licks. And you don’t need a Tele to play them! Andy Saphir has built a fabulous feature inspired by 50 great Tele players in rock, country, pop, soul, blues and jazz. Grab a whole new trickbag now!
- DADGAD acoustic guitar. Two Great Celtic Pieces Stuart Ryan has some super ‘traditional’ tunes to play in the alternative tuning that all acoustic guitarists should master. So, grab that old flattop and get those fingers and feet moving!
- Antonin Dvorak. Humoresque No 7. You’ll definitely know this piece, tabbed by Bridget and composed by the Czech genius who foresaw the future of popular music.
- Lessons Introduction. Jason Sidwell introduces another GT lessons section. This month: in praise of octaves.
- 30-Minute Lickbag. Pat Heath has six great new licks to learn, from idle stroll, to brisk walk, to 100-metres dash!
- Blues. Phil Short brings you two full solos in the style of modern blues-rock master, Joe Bonamassa.
- Rock. Martin Cooper on the ‘galloping’ gourmets of the NWOBHM, the legendary Iron Maiden.
- Jazz. John Wheatcroft shows how ocataves can create unique sounding melodies and solos.
- Fingerstyle Blues. Joseph Alexander of Fundamental Changes continues his series on this fantastic style.
- Brit Rock. Simon Barnard checks out the psychedelic rock sounds of raga rock band Kula Shaker.
- Creative rock. Shaun Baxter continues his aeries creating midpaced blues-rock solos built on the Pentatonic scales found within Mixolydian mode.
- Fretboard fluency. Martin Goulding brings us another lesson on creating solos from Melodic Minor’s modes.
- In The Woodshed. Charlie Griffiths introduces the Diminished scale with both chord and solo examples.
- Philip Sayce. Interview & Masterclass. The American blues virtuoso shows you some of his favourite blues turnarounds, on video.
Text Format PDF, 100 pages.
