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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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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.
