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

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

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

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This month Alex Bishop gets forensic on lowering action, and explains how to get the best playability from your guitar