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Various acoustic picking styles
Blues, rock and fusion soloing
Breadth of guitar technique
If you were into contemporary music in 1971, chances are you’d have owned most, if not all, of the albums covered in this feature. To talk through them in the order they were released: The Yes Album hit the stores in February - their first with Steve Howe, who brought his love of jazz, country and ragtime, and not the prevailing blues influence of the day - you won’t hear much in the way of string bends and vibrato, but who cares when the music is this interesting?
James Taylor’s Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon followed in March, demonstrating his adept fingerstyle acoustic as the centrepiece of a dream team, including the Memphis Horns, Carole King and Leland Sklar. Meanwhile, in Birmingham Tony Iommi had been laying down unimaginably heavy riffs for Black Sabbath’s Master Of Reality - though like many albums of this era, there was the occasional acoustic interlude.
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PAT METHENY
Nick Mellor offers an insight into the jazz great's 16th-note lines, and his approach to improvising over static Minor and Dominant 7th chords.
MARTIN MILLER
Another fabulous JTC guitarist demonstrates his impressive techniques for us, focusing on an approach called Rythmically Dependent Alternate Picking.
THE KINKS' RAY DAVIES
This month Stuart Ryan takes a virtual trip into to North London to get to grips with the acoustic style of the original Muswell Hillbilly.
STEVE LUKATHER
This month Andy G Jones looks at the fluent soloing style of the LA guitarist who co-founded Toto in 1977 then ruled the 80s session scene.
JEFF HANNEMAN
This month Charlie Griffiths Shows No Mercy as he lays down the gauntlett with five shred licks from Slayer's undisputed master of attitude.
10CC
This month Martin Cooper checks out Eric Stewart and Lol Crème, whose distinctive styles helped give this UK band its unique sound.
T-BONE WALKER
From the heart of Texas to the cool West Coast, join David Gerrish on the journey of this hugely influential electric blues guitar innovator.
FERDINANDO CARULLI Andantino In G (Opus 241)
This month Declan Zapala goes back to basics to explore core classical technique with this emotive miniature by the pioneer of classical guitar playing.
THE CROSSROADS Steely Dan's Mu Chord
This month John Wheatcroft shows us how Donald Fagen and Walter Becker dressed their harmony to the 'nines, as he explores their trademark chord voicings.
GET YOUR MOJO WORKING! 60 Years Of Blues Licks
From the Kings to Jimi and Eric, Blackmore, Stevie Ray, Gary Moore, John Mayer, JoBo and beyond, Jon Bishop introduces six decades of blues guitar innovation.
