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QUADRAPHONIC - How to weave four-part guitar harmonies

The 25 GREATEST BRITISH COMPOSERS of all time

We asked 167 top musicians to vote for the best composing talent to emerge from these fair isles over the centuries. Here are the results...

Adrian Vandenberg

SUFFERING FROM RIFF-WRITER'S BLOCK? TAKE A PAGE FROM THE FORMER WHITESNAKE GUITARIST'S BOOK AND HOP ON A BIKE

Marcin

MEET AN ACOUSTIC MASTER WHO PROBABLY BURNS ABOUT 1,500 CALORIES WITH EACH PERFORMANCE OF BACH'S TOCCATA

Performance Notes

HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH'S SONGS

STRETCHING THE TRUTH

ON TRUTH KILLER, SEVENDUST'S MENACING (AND GUITAR-PACKED) NEW ALBUM, CLINT LOWERY AND JOHN CONNOLLY PONDER THE MUSICAL QUESTION, \"HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?\"

Wet and Wild

BOSS SDE-3000EVH DUAL DIGITAL DELAY

TALES FROM NERDVILLE

TOOLS OF THE TRADE, PART 5 - The 1959 Blonde Gibson ES-345

LIVE FROM FLAT V

DIMINISHED RETURNS, PART 2  - More on using diminished shapes in a blues solo

INQUIRER KAT DYSON

CATCHING UP WITH THE PRINCE AND CYNDI LAUPER VETERAN

21st Century Schizoid Men

How did a Swedish death metal band end up releasing one of the greatest progressive rock masterpieces of the modern age? Opeth's MIKAEL ÅKERFÉLUT looks back on 20 years of Damnation

Bare Essence - FURCH VIOLET D-SM

LITERALLY DOZENS OF great acoustic guitars are available these days if you have around $1,000 to spend. While newer companies that specialize in entry level models offer some good choices, I often recommend considering a guitar built by a company with a decent history that also offers a selection of instruments extending well into higher price ranges due to experience and “trickle down” quality factors.

5 FIVE QUESTIONS JAKUB ŻYTECKI

NEW INSPIRATIONS, TWO-MINUTE SOLOS AND WHY RIGHT NOW IS A PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TIME FOR THE GUITAR

Teke::Teke

FINALLY, A BAND THAT BLENDS CLASSIC JAPANESE BALLADRY, SURF ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIA

ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN'

On STARCATCHER, GRETA VAN FLEET'S NEW BACK-TO-BASICS ALBUM, GUITARIST JAKE KISZKA HEADS FOR THE HILLS, CRANKS UP THE VOLUME AND TAPS INTO HIS COUNTRY BLUES INFLUENCES BY

And It Was All Yellow

JACKSON GUITARS X SERIES DINKY DK3XR HSS

Rise of the machines?

Artificial Intelligence is suddenly everywhere, and its tentacles are stretching into the musical world. But there's no need to panic... at least not quite yet, says Tom Service

Breaking the sound barrier

For composer Ailís Ní Ríain, hearing loss is a complication but not an obstacle to her creativity, as she explains to Claire Jackson

A song in her heart

Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn) wrote 255 songs, many of them never published. Tenor Timothy Parker-Langston's new online edition is making them available for all, as he explains to Rebecca Franks

Song of courage

Opera tenor Nicola Ugo Stame took on many roles but proved himself a true hero during World War II in his defiance against fascism, says Christopher Gillett

Cumnock Scotland

Home of James MacMillan’s Tryst festival, the picturesque Ayrshire town punches well above its musical weight, as Clare Stevens discovers

George Onslow

Admired by several notable contemporaries, the man once dubbed 'the French Beethoven' is surely ripe for reappraisal, says Misha Donat

Voices from the past

A new compendium gathering 600 years of first-hand accounts of music, art and society gives a fascinating insight, says Simon Heighes

Lost in translation?

Stephen Johnson takes a look at how large-scale British works have fared in the hands of overseas conductors, from the composers' own day to ours

My hair was still growing back-but I needed to show the singing world that I was back in action

Having survived cancer treatment, the English mezzosoprano appears stronger than ever and is fighting for cultural organisations close to her heart, as she tells Amanda Holloway

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

SOPHIE LLOYD DISCUSSES THE JOYS AND THE VERY PUBLIC PITFALLS OF HER WILD TRAJECTORY FROM POPULAR ONLINE CREATOR TO MACHINE GUN KELLY'S ARENA-ROCKING SECRET WEAPON

VIDEO MASTERCLASS: Peter Green Style Solos

For this month's video lesson Remi Harris has treated us to a couple of blues solos inspired by the great Peter Green, with Jon Bishop as your guide.

DANIELE GOTTARDO

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music's most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: an incredible Italian guitarist with a unique approach to combining rock and classical music.

SIMON MCBRIDE

This month Phil Short explores the rip-roaring style of blues-rock virtuoso and Deep Purple's sensational new guitarist, Simon McBride.

WALKING BASSLINES PART 3

In the third of his four-part series Tim Pettingale delves further into the bassline, chord and melody style of British jazz guitar legend Martin Taylor.