Guitar Techniques September 2017

Guitar Techniques September 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 September 2017 (#273) contents:

• Jump Blues. Learn this exciting style. This combination of blues, jazz and western swing is one of the most infectious styles of all. Learn six full solos in the style of half a dozen of its foremost exponents. Come on, be a hepcat!
• String Skipping. In a range of styles. Playing on non-adjacent strings can make you sound surprising and sophisticated. And it's not just a rock thing, as Richard Barrett ably shows.
• Theo B Tobani - Hearts And Flowers. Bridget arranges and transcribes a tune that's been used for decades to symbolise sadness and despair - but you'll be happy to learn it!
• Blues. Ronan McCullagh takes over this month and begins with a look at Jimmie Vaughan's style.
• Rock. Martin Cooper checks out the style of melodic prog player Andrew Latimer of Camel.
• Jazz. John Wheatcroft introduces the brilliant and innovative jazz style of the fabulous Bill Frisell.
• Acoustic. Stuart Ryan discovers that country queen Dolly Parton has a neat twist on fingerstyle guitar.
• Creative Rock. Shaun Baxter continues this series with some fine licks using the Dominant Pentatonic scale.
• Slide Guitar. Harrison Marsh with more great ideas for playing slide guitar in open G tuning.
• RHhythm Essentials. Iain Scott examines Bowie's funky side, with some cool Carlos Alomar riffs and licks to play.
• In The Woodshed. Charlie Griffiths unlocks the secret to playing in one of the most popular and easy to grasp odd time signatures - 7/8. Get counting!
• Video Masterclass. Two-Handed tapping. Play a Debussy classical piece. Carl Palmer's guitarist Paul Bielatowicz is one of the very best two-hand tappers. Here he shows how to play Dr Gradus ad Parmassum!

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