Improve your strumming

LAST MONTH, WE delved into the all-important topic of developing solid pick-hand timing when strumming. To me, that’s where the groove is: the pick hand is the timekeeper, and I’ve spent a lot of time

Charlie Wilkins explores why guitarists crave sustain, how to get it and why some guitars sustain better than others

This month, Richard Barrett grabs his acoustic and shows you another way to expand your chord vocabulary

In the 19th century there was a widely held belief that technique could be gained by devoting many hours a day to the practice of specially composed exercises and studies, and that the skills gained c

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

THERE ARE VARYING degrees of guitar hero, but Carlos Santana is a name you’d expect to find near the top of any list. Like Jimi Hendrix, Brian May or Slash, Santana has transcended guitar music and pe