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

In the third instalment of this series, Richard Barrett demonstrates how third inversion and slash chords can lead the way in popular music

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

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AN ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUE all electric guitarists should strive to master is the art of string bending, which can be used to create personally expressive, vocal-like sounds in unique ways. String bending

HELLO, AND WELCOME to my new column for Guitar World! Over the course of these lessons, I will be sharing and demonstrating my approaches to rhythm playing, soloing, slide guitar, open tunings and son