FOOD FOR thought

Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: Isolation Adventures 2.

Eric Clapton 4 Style Studies

Richard Barrett helps you get your fingers and musical brain around some of the milestones in Clapton’s musical journey, with four bespoke pieces concentrating on different facets of his style.

Your 30-Day... Lockdown Workout

Jon Bishop has 30, targeted and graded exercises, designed to be practiced one per day for a month. Follow them closely and in just 10 minutes a day your chops are guaranteed to improve.

Fretboard fluency

For the ninth part in his series on the Harmonic Minor scale and its modes, Martin Goulding looks at how the Phrygian Dominant works in jazz.

The Clash

This month Martin Cooper examines the pioneering punk and new wave sounds of Mick Jones and Joe Strummer’s The Clash.

Hot Country! 30 Great Licks Nashville style...

In this special feature Stuart Ryan brings you a whole new lickbag of barn-burning licks straight out of Music City. Add them to your arsenal and beef up your repertoire today!

Ocean Colour Scene

This month RGT’s Simon Barnard explores the playing style of guitarist Steve Cradock from Brummie Brit kings, Ocean Colour Scene.

Syncopation

In this, the final lesson in his series on acoustic fingerstyle blues Joseph Alexander is going to look at the important issue of syncopation.

Jennifer Batten Interview & masterclass

After 30 years on the road, Jennifer found time away from her deliriously busy touring schedule to talk to Dave Mead about her musical life, and deliver a masterclass that is a technique thriller!

INSTRUMENTAL inquisition!

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. We asked some top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement.This month: one of jazz-fusion’s founding fathers, Al Di Meola.

Diminished Sounds

John Wheatcroft shows how to broaden your harmonic horizons, adding intrigue and sophistication using Diminished sounds.

Buddy Whittington

This month Phil Short delves into the styles of the versatile ex-John Mayall guitarist: Texan blues and country picker, Buddy Whittington.

Philip Sayce Interview & Masterclass

He’s one of the most formidably energetic blues guitarists out there – but he’s also a master of tone-tweaking. David Mead joined Philip to talk about getting the best from Strats, Fuzz Faces and amps of all sizes

SIXTY SECONDS with...

A minute’s all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before she jumped into her limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with Spain-born, America-raised, Cornwall-living, singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid.

Session shenanigans

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness, with Mitch Dalton. This month: The Old Person’s Guide To The Orchestra (With apologies to Benjamin Britten).

Joe Bonamassa

This month Phil Short examines the style of a man who made the blues cool again, that modern legend of the genre, Joe Bonamassa.

In The Woodshed

Charlie Griffiths looks at the Diminished scale with symmetrical fretboard shapes, Dim7 chords and a new perspective on Major triads.

INSTRUMENTAL inquisition!

Instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments, brimming with inspiring guitar work. Here, iconic rock guitarist Joe Satriani talks to Jason Sidwell about his new album, Shapeshifting.

DADGAD Tuning Two Celtic pieces

In a special feature Stuart Ryan shows you the lush sound of DADGAD tuning in action with two specially adapted pieces.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: The Best Teacher For Me.

Brit Rock

Simon Barnard explores the sounds of Crispian Mills’ raga rock band Kula Shaker, a group whose sound fused East with West..

Antonin Dvorak Humoresque No 7

Bridget Mermikides creates a stunning arrangement of Humoresque No 7 by Dvorak. Originally written for piano it ranges from light-hearted to deeply emotive in character.

Molly Tuttle Interview & Masterclass

Still only in her mid-20s, Molly Tuttle is already festooned with awards for her songs and incredible guitar playing. David Mead met Molly to talk about her new album, and record a special video masterclass.

John Mayer

This month Phil Short checks out the bluesy side of a super-successful songwriter, singer, popstar, and bona fide guitar legend.

Using the tritone

Got your accidentals covered? John Wheatcroft sorts out your flat 5ths from your raised 4ths, as he looks at ways to apply the tritone interval in jazz.

The Stone Roses

In the first of this new series focusing on ’80s and ’90s Britrock, Simon Barnard goes mad for it with some true Manchester legends.

SIXTY SECONDS with...

A minute’s all it takes to find out what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo for the airport we grabbed a quick chat with acoustic blues master, Keb’ Mo’.

Rocco Zifarelli Video Masterclass pt6

As we come to the end of our exclusive six-part video feature, guitar wizard Rocco unleashes the Melodic Minor scale for our final track entitled The Return Of Johnny F, with Jon Bishop as your guide.

Rival Sons

Martin Cooper checks out a modern day but classic rock flavoured Californian band and their guitarist Scott Holiday.

J S Bach Violin Sonata 2, Andante

This issue Bridget Mermikides arranges and transcribes a delightful piece, originally written for four strings by one of music’s irrefutable geniuses.