Phil Capone invites you for a stroll on the sophisticated side of the street to explore extended chords; before showing you how to use them to create some cool accompaniments.
Grown-up or ‘adult’ chords. No we’re not referring to the guitarist that played on those dodgy 70s soft porn soundtracks; we’re talking tasteful, ‘clever chords’ for want of a better term. During the 60s a new genre was spawned, AOR or ‘Album Orientated Rock’. Albums became the coolest format and they freed artists from having to write catchy, throwaway pop songs. Pioneers of the genre were undisputedly The Beatles (Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) and Cream (Disraeli Gears); these two seminal albums opened the floodgates for a wave of creativity that extended well into the 70s and beyond. At the jazzier end of the spectrum AOR encompassed ‘full on’ fusion pioneers such as Allan Holdsworth, Frank Gambale, Mike Stern and Pat Metheny. There were smooth, funk fusion players like Larry Carlton,
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THE MOODY BLUES
This month Stuart Ryan delves into the picking style of this British prog legend whose acoustic guitar has powered many a Moody Blues song.
WAYNE KRANTZ
This issue Nick Mellor provides an insight into this brilliant jazz stylist, focusing on his approach to improvising over static chords.
OPEN G TUNING
Open tunings are great fun and can help create exciting new ideas. Simon Barnard shows how to incorporate open G tuning into your playing.
RODRIGO GOUVEIA
Last month we featured Mateus Asato, and mentioned the importance of the neo-soul style in his playing. Here we turn to his fellow Brazilian, the master of neo-soul fusion.
MARK KNOPFLER
Our topic this month is a master craftsman as both guitar player and songwriter. His style is unique and his influence spreads far and wide.
U2
Martin Cooper checks out the chiming pedal delay tones of this stadium-filling band from Dublin, Ireland, and guitarist The Edge.
LUTHER ALLISON
It’s blues with a touch of soul this month, as David Gerrish explores the dynamic, expressive style of an often overlooked Chicago bluesman.
JOHANN KASPAR MERTZ Capriccio
This month Declan Zapala explores the music of Austria at the turn of the Romantic period with a fiery caprice to level up your fingers and unlock your inner virtuoso.
THE CROSSROADS Michael Landau
John Wheatcroft explores the playing of a session ace _ and blazing blues-rock maestro who graces the top-flight m band of singer-songwriting legend, James Taylor.
VIDEO MASTERCLASS Troy Redfern
This month GT welcomes this slide guitar virtuoso. If you've been wanting to take your slide playing to the next level then this is one's for you. With Jon Bishop.
