Richard Barrett wraps up this short series on extended chords by taking a look at the often-mystifying world of 13th chords

For this month’s chord exploration, Richard Barrett shows how 11th extensions deviate from the usual naming conventions

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

CRAFTING AN APPEALING guitar solo for a song is always a creative challenge. There are many different approaches one can take: Do I follow the chord changes so that the notes line up perfectly with th

A CHIEF CONSIDERATION when playing with a slide is the tuning. Many of our favorite slide players — Elmore James, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, Derek Trucks — play slide almost exclusively in an open t

In the British Isles, one of the strongest examples of community music making can be found in brass bands. Their proud tradition goes back almost 200 years, and their survival has never been more nece