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

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

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

After quite a few playing hours under its belt, Dave Burrluck gets the Epiphone Oxblood back into the garage for a bit of a tinker and a tune-up

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

Proper preparation prevents poor performance