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

I RECENTLY GOT back off the road with my band Black Country Communion, which features Jason Bonham on drums, Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals — the “Voice of Rock!”— and the master of the keyboards, De

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

Neville Marten bemoans his lack of music-reading skills as he and some ‘old’ mates attempt to compile songs for an upcoming gig

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

As mentioned earlier, we’re looking to develop a path that is reasonably close to neutral. This can be slightly rightward or leftward, depending on whether you want to play with draws or fades. The main thing is that it’s consistent. These four exercises will help.