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

This month, Richard Barrett explores how a chord can sound completely different when its basic note order is rearranged

Two albums recorded 50 years apart – the gear might have stayed the same, but the recording experience is completely different

Decorated with accolades from the Grammys to the Academy Of Country Music, the legendary Nashville sessioneer has played on over a thousand records. Here, he shares his go-to gear, why he surrendered to the metronome, and how “letting the emotion escape” is the key to nailing that first take

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

DRAWING IS GENERALLY where your practical artistic journey begins. A pencil or pen and a sheet of paper is all you need to doodle away. Outlines clarify information, making it easy to access the infor