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

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

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

Gibson ES-5 Switchmasters

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