Become an acoustic polymath!

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

Alex Bishop begins three new guitar builds, guided by a lesson drawn from playing the instrument itself

Improvisation. For many pianists, the very word can feel intimidating. We see a jazz player fly across the keys and assume they are simply making it up. But improvisation is not a random act. It is ro

When it comes to how pianists acquire their technique, the 19th century tradition of practising specially written exercises and studies (etudes) perseveres to this day. Yet many top players claim they

This month Richard Barrett demonstrates how changing the order of the notes in a chord can open up a lot of harmonic possibilities

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