100% PRO LESSONS INALL STYLES ROCK BLUES ACOUSTIC CLASSICAL meee aren Oe oC ead THE SKY IS CRYING aes tee THE SRV TRIBUTE FROM. Guitarlechiniqués Gray our sg Pee a I Cot arc) ae TRANSCRIBED LR Rake Gt ares ce ec ely Lele acon ve CMRI R ECC PR n cuentas scale made easy eM Ao) Ercole ene olld ee) 4 TWIN at a SD ji) iContents OCTOBER 2002 Pa Rock Pre eed FINGERSTYLE aber ed 4 INTRO Gazer Kon per andpcpchan 12 LETTERS: 64 SUBS OFFER = READERS’ JIVES GexCTncte Ts MONTHS GT STARS the ie Toan Bowman Steve Rayan “The Sy Crying anther Renders Chace Q4READERSADS © 72ck(u,Graeme Sion! proving hat your input ito he Geir han ‘magazine's mportane But wile we get plenty of requests for 98 GUITAR TECH *ivdial tracts we dont get too many about the ins and outs Sovtcmramipeeng | ofr leoming he gutarYes, there are currently call on ‘lean ache {GT sweb orum for decicated rythm and jaz cokamrs 4 Gute Techniques ocrosen 200. (and we oe sorting those out);you could always leur know you vant more fink, soul seourteor even musi theory overage in GT. Write to He maga seepage I2fo the dares) o on the cabate at hepforumntarmusic com ‘Were planing some more changes 9 GT inthe coming months. if youwant so have an elec et uk. Menael Lenard # Editor26 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN "The Sky Is Crying® your blur sil wth one of SAV favourite Tacks PLUS lar histone cacrete Srep TRACKS 7-9 TInero 8 Full erack 5 Backing track 38 ROBBEN FORD “The Brother’ ‘Amato in ase on this SRV ibe SpeD TRACKS 10:12 10 Intro 11 Fall erack, 12 Backing trace 50 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS mScarTissue? Lear jon Fruscante ths Chithot classic a Guitar’ 16 HOW TO USE Sreprracs 13415 1 tmero 14 Full erack |S Backing track 56 ERIC ROCHE ‘The Theme From Cheers’ COTRACKS 16-17 17 Full erack 60 FRANCISC( TARREGA i Lagrima’ igh postion chords in i eter DepTRAcKS 18:19 etntro 15 Full track, WORKSHOPS © 18 ROCK GUITAR MADE EASY for andcrnor pentatonic cle for groowy hybrids “iepTRAcKS6) Intro 5 5 scale examples 65 seale like |66 THE GUITAR GYM lng G's acdamed Cutar Gm saree oka sous then esis 72 ROCK MUTATIONS nd your knowede of simple arpepgos for some ny sophisticated elo twine 80 BEGINNERS sos ~ who needs em? We al do, s0 lok ere 84 FINGERSTYLE = infer bves legend Howie Wot Not fr ‘Lrepraneksisicse Sato zercise | Exercise 2 34 Exercise 3 88 COUNTRY “iepTancks3s:37 2a Fulace bathing tack ‘crower 200 Guitar Tecniques 5INTRO NEWS IIPS ll NEW ALBUMS ill GIG GUIDE IEEVENTS ll COURSES Ill COMPETITIONS, aq] SCHOOL RUNNINGS (Temcuomerd 46 Be cone wee EELEAST IT Sto Ge BBLCNDON Doge nid Sascon ser tae ‘ole. NECASTLE aanuncnesren Jota | Shere Oy 09 gaunormniciae ps Cre 2 YORK ‘Star cows tgacira ERETOL ann ee mentor ey, SHEFRELD wy) Gee hGLAScOW sean GLASGOW cae Sqnewenst fay aaroousercuce Seeatan, ‘ten LDS (ry (0e CIO pin nee SHANA besbaen PORTSIOUTH Fane Genet UR a Crea BRITO ade NORWICH UERUELLONOON. ah UVC UCKEEE GUITAR INSTITUTE, THE WEST LONDON guitar seheol that boasts rambers of Radiohead, Reef and even Brad Pitt among ite students, have launched a Foundation One part-time beginner’ gular course. The course sms to help guitarists bvtge the gap betwen learning basic techniques a home and geting band playing experience. All ofthe students will are the opportunity to work regularly with 8 fll band-lne up onthe sehocls sound stages, and there will ais be some coaching in solo performance, @MINUTE LIC. Be a guitar genius in under 60 seconds! 6 Guitr‘Teeriques ocrowen 2002 Gl celebrates its latest grads Gt’ course co ordirator Paul Dhiman 569 "Beginners ofall ‘ages need to Tear twpertomn as wel as Team techniques By saining Desinnes in a stage envirorunent from ‘day one, we ensure that students Wl lear to be comfortable with live performance at the same time they are Tearing tele Arst chords and se 20023 GI graduates pat thelr ve sis to the test at an end-of-year i/oezemony at Landon venite Sound ‘with Musieman donating a Sport gata and 2 Stingray bass tothe etudents with aD ‘Ths ecenng AT ape sas ind hk stole ean par parry 9 ‘sees 50 ye a ae Sears re the highest overall marks — Joe Maclin (Guitar) and Paul Garr (bas, pleted). Meanwhile, Peavey Bletranics gave sampes to best stage performers Libersto Rocco (guitar) and Mark Harrington (Gass), Well dane and good luck to them ~ 60 percent af GI graduates so on to work 2s pro musicians, Fr more details, ring (QOS 740 1031 or ema foundation! @puitarinstitute.co.ukINTRO WILL POWER New axe from G & L designed by the Ray man yA edhe ale G&L HAVE LAUNCHED a new Wi Ry Signature model, co-desgned Paes with the Hellecaser ranger hinsel a Based on the ASATZ3, he instrument features tee G&L Zo Pekupe customised to Ray's ‘peeietions (the mide and bi Pletupe are overwound a uso fetened poepiees) and a lipshot ‘Wil Ray BBender ay also specie Joking tuners plus shulinlys he designed meet Fasty shes incude sver or turquoise metal fake with ror plekguard, or clear orange with a peat pickguard Inced in iis Tackage sa moulded G&L hardshell tse, apa of Wil Rey mstuctional dec ete Bender Mana and Seath Slide’, pus 0 ofthe agaist eademark se rings Prices start at 2200 wh urpean piles tote centimesd GT Essentials Bits of kit that every guitarist should own. WE ALONGSIDE RATHSTOM MORELLO, Korn araaners Mark and Hoi ave rete the modern Sens guar wih thar nagatve th of fer ae lowenne ne vo compe Mesa/Boogle ‘ripla Rectifier tare or Sie ce tel cities te ‘ter for ie sounds in ce lsc cad ae Mee nee Freenty ruses the K7 spc Cesc ny ne bane Loos bad ‘on the Unters 7g bre to dhe worl ys cerain Save Vase ‘ears anor bre tact fine Ute) slows segs {be radi gch wlohe neuer bing ner ie ‘Thing are prey spl whos dine btn th cud ot bri aos end ray ae ft ls Mr ai aot {Se oy one pe song Hi min bran Elactro-Harmon Stal Stone,tu he ako snes wit ch rere a ol Dame Beehorus ond EH Big Mutt The wick with obtaining sme of hs bands ewaderark tones our upended mara and Fewer etree bar aling te ots resol ih each ‘ther Adding something ba nal tone ts eax realy pues ‘hing oer te eg and proves hat you dan peed huge ep obo ‘hain tree Mund and Hause sd ue ld Lae Pauls, Stratocastors and Telocasters, cer A even saver ample ot experimen te rt he one Bin the se ‘ilar sam anclert Silvertone pied trough the cases bun MUNKI’S GEAR Toe sony a | #11 PICKS! | We | m uwessroure pepicaTeo ye |] | terete eda a ‘with strings, don’t underestimate the (fee on your technique and cone ACRE Sac ang nese metccdrciea kamsimedceiewsn, eon tior ence eel econ as Gade pecenalmig raurdimeriosdnnced ond aebase pete ° as peed ay Siar quienbeattouge” page tints ora hore qa pe | eicesanare sory NOVEMBER 1617 ses nother Acourte ACOUSTIC AVALON iy en ‘Avcon weekend ae place a Leceser Racecourse Conference Centre, where ‘ you en psy an (ray) buy hun Gfacouste paar at pei prices £9 © a Ploying workshops and demos, and cat performances from some ofthe acousue ‘works biggest names. The lineup this yr inches America's Doyle Dyes, Colin Reld from ireland, Belgian pickar [neque Stotzm side wizard Michael Mester plus Sugarland Sim, ou Stonehill Steve Hicks and Amit Sond Tickets are £25 fr ‘weekend pass (with enance w Dykes’ and Seoczen’sSauréay righ concerto via an £18 day vce (wth concers) oF 3 £10, {ay sce (without) Advance ket: Shashars Musi Seve on (0116 2557492, werwsheehans.com or musie@sheehans.2om ‘octouer 200 Guitar Fechnigues 9EVENTS COURSES M COMPETTIONS. NEW ALBUMS = New guitar releases to get you inspired. eT MARTIN TAYLOR ‘Solo! (: Recorded slo (¢tu) in Nash, this realy MEd Scotsman in pare again are, ming standards (Tennesces ‘Wate Barney Kestels Tm On My Wy Charie Parkers "Moose The Mood) with is own wor, Tals ack of treatng tunes with reverence whe smuaneckaly twisting thems ecent throuhout andthe ‘oper intmatasaund helps the nuzrces this se sine. Listen to the intreate harmonics ni! Dart’ ar his reworking of his own'n A Meow Tone: Best bit? Tre bebop of Moose The Mech What will ou learn? As much 3 Swart to Taylor remain one ofthe wis fies jzzers tek 10 GuitaTecniques ocroser 2002 Chica : fn Bom cas = What will you learn? Foye licks in | Sr eres ah he BON Jovi Bounce’ (sans Ban oul eth au ie quite toudet and angract~ Ike Nel his here Bruce Sprrgsteenjon Bon iv ses 6/1 asa real spur While the est besing and parrots lt eers tava tire ara cliché, the music surge along Heol Rechie Samora remain an expert ‘Trt and economical zlast, and knows whe to sip back on the expecta bala. Bounce’ isnt exactygrenre, be ts nls efficiency is aémrabie, Best bite! Ths roofrasing tle Yee or puvotic chest boster Unie ‘Wat will you learn? Nat much ne en the pita Font butt sano fee Amuthal eke IN BRIEF CHRIS REA “Dancing Down The Stony Road (azzee Bue) [Nothing it seems bring fe no focus he sous les 20 when Crs Rea rec Lunderweit mor surgery he dened to ‘make is svar’ ues abum he hes shvaye rsh With Rat soularing rie and quivering sce guitar atts cor, Bese bie? The sven ‘Wha will you learn Sic is vith nade of Lowa George ani Ry Coon, bat thera nosing wang with tha wee DOMINIC MILLER & NEIL STACE’ ‘sNew Dawn! (Nin) With the Sing dy jad kaeping the wot from the door Dame Mller an ford to indulge himself once in a while This et oust au with Stacey wh rather ‘many tines revered rom previous albums — want change lives bute wenderlly wan {nd fl of bath memerable melodies and aa ite 1s Bese bits? r= hung Rush Ho. What will ou learn? Plenty of sping though previous releses are betes for decent fins de SNOWY WHITE & THE WHITE FLAMES ‘Restless’ (Hyperersian) slough White had an international wth Bird OF Para’ in 83 he's spent mort of he career ara sceman - notin Pk Foye bry in Thin Lay and eve fr Peter Green, His wan voice cose re him tural Frontman bt Rests ful of tasty auiter with hints of Davo Glmour Green ‘ein Santana, Best bits! The hoppy ile rack ‘What will you learn? ch case prasng and tks a Brit bs traction, whee JOHN SQUIRE “Time Changes Everything’ North Country) Five years ater the Seahorses album Squre rrr ol ony ale puri por ecelerce bit a8 snger His voce 8 inguin. fang somentare between the croak of Dyan the ca of Bie andthe amp manner of Anthony Nesey Wein tj abou ut he soundtrack — Tosaoured pop rock hats hgh on intagetoned lead breaks arc mallow, rele long Best bies? | Mer You (has Squire been isterng to De Sri) othe srtchy ‘Welcome To The Vile Wnat will you learn? Tht an Brown woe he best singer inThe Stone Roses, weeLETTERS Let us know what you want from your magazine by writing to: Guitar Techniques, Future Publishing, 30 Monmouth St, Bath BAI 2BW ‘or email us at guitartech@futurenet.co.uk, SLOW RIDER Regn tips on software fr slowing down music (GT, Letters rage, August 02) sagest air lok at ‘Amazing Slow Diwner 20 factors (os, backing tracks), Por each CD oF fl, ou can store and rerall upto eight presets (Grack number, seriend pein, tron stretch, pitch, (Groneronimusiecom). A free rmx ote) plus there are demo version is available shorieut keys fr most, ‘which wil oly play the frst not al features to speed. two tracks of ay GD. Ip sp operation $45 for te fullversion in Richard Smith October 200 Via ema Despite the choosy name thisisa serious analytical ‘ool fromm 20-2008 of orignal, pitch SLOW RIDER 11 sporting just about every feaure1 +12 semitones in hundredths ofa The only eatch with SlowGold can think of for doing this job. seman), plays back in mona or (Letts, passim) seemed 20 be can use CDs, WAV ar MP3 es a¢ steroo, hae graphic equaliser, mit that eost S50 dollars. Download sources. For CDs, treads ditectly —adjustinent and a ramoke the MPS player Winamp free for a from the CD in realtime fuetion for cancelling vocals or year, andit works fine. Also (broviding you have a CD unit other instruments, Iralso has two downloal the Pacemaker an CD- that suppers digital reacting), 80 fs of payac, one being Reader plug-ins frm pa need to record your target botor for large low-down fa hitpujmsew-sunpoit net! -oparva sovtion first. I can change speed (eg, Tas leks) sna the ot pacemaker! (they're both free and pitch independently (peed preferred for smaller slow dawn too). With them installed you can ress around with pte, tempo 1 speed... just ike SlowOeld, Ie works on MPS and CDs if you ge oth plugins, and although T don't think the Pacemaker plugin is offal, works fine Also, i there any chance of setting any punk music in the rmaguane? realise that 9 per cent oft i eulousty simple but ome ofthe songs off the latest Bed Religion album, for example have afew dificult (in tems of punk) solos, ‘Andrew Clarke Via email ‘Thanks to everyone who's hipped in with suggestions on this ~ maybe you could swap more ideas via the GT forum hhttp/forum.intermuste.com Asking for tab's not very punk rock, is it Andrew? CORI RUSTE coer: at high voles hav sve been tld OPINION cory cron wits azz puts ee oats the hola body and Eos there anyway of elatng ts fcten Py teacher kas suggested bug an eal but le ect the tone of he uta? mpl in Ftmo De La N- an palm plan to me how to pay palm mtg the Richard Rahaman 7 AID Meola does in is soos fo Morden ‘ute ef, but not Sco unless | repastion my GT answers: Many players hav gone to righthand in sucha way art pic essy 3 sl great lengths to sleviste ths problem Paul Keyrou, rome even have talento stuflagswathesfof Via email ‘oth into the guitar's body to reduce feedback! A remote EO pecal would Ho the GT answers: There's no doubt tha ths i job, but & depends on nang the ace tricky technique and without wishing t0 sata Frequancy ofthe feedbscc and removing ts ‘the obvious ifs simply a question of pracsng! ‘would certsiniy affect your tone and Iedoes invohe the need tobe very accurate would probably ako involve the need to ‘when picking 35s best to move the poskion fine tune evry tine you ply the gular in ‘of your hand as ise as possible in anger ~ feactack dapends on the room Corder to keep che muting constant let horses for course, <9 ey and 20 f you can coms vp with your ‘own method of mung but generally speaking, and lini he movement fof your arm above the wrist and concenerste on picking ccurately FD OFF PICKING POSER ave ecery bought an Ive been buying very isue of GT since Emserer Regent and fd to Noverber'98 and execs Hhe te lessons by be a great gutar bat Im Shawn Beier and Guthrie Govan, Can you pee experincing seu feck ‘you ply in tha ditance you ‘and fom the amp and the setual eve! of volume. ‘Sabine produce a unit called the FBX Feedback Elminatr, ‘whichis soon tobe reviewed by GT seeer mag Guta. e could be the answer to the prayers af ‘many players. For foreher information contact Audio-Technica (00 0113 277 14a 12 Guitar Tectuiques ocroRER 2002taf STAR u aL * Peneun ty SPEED KILLS? ‘hati the thing with uitarists and speed? ears ago Tail get into Yagi bat cid ‘nad alot of substance in als playing ~ ve actualy sold the albums. I have some Satan tacks too, but why so fast on every track? Surely Fu not the ‘nly person co we sick of dus? it was oceasionl, the power ‘Fit wold make an imac, Soirianis solos re mally riclodic, a eat, but after"The ‘Extremist’ just seems to repeat hse. talent? They ius seem so far up their own arses, especially Sieve ‘Vas and Yr, Beck Harper Australia. ‘The speed vs feel debate rears Its head aan... SUI an ‘scue, or is this dead news? _ BURNING ISSUES Ihave bean the proud avnar of an Ala: DPS 12 (Pictured forthe last few years ard | have aco tied a Boss ORG, Boss GTS anc Line & POD for par and drum sounds | have usally mastered to Mik or even ap Ihave recently seen ac fora sumer of ew studios thst spoarenty include 4 CO burner ia | the actu unt tae When | enquired recently about the new BOSS [D-rack machine, the guy Inthe shop sai that my Alas probably bem 2nd | may be beter buyrg a separate CD forte to 50 witht Do you agree! Can you suggest a suitable CD sritr Onin what could Irae the DPSI2 and the DR66O with say. an extra £500. for that luhich would all ma te dame CDs more fess? | have haar thave i 2 gooe Yaraha and emnecra sid Zoom i planing top of the ‘ae version (along with Tasca) 1 have fried wih PC recording but you need 10 set up a whe PC and allocate ts foe recording Pu | prefer the way [work 2t-he ‘moment! That vay change, epecily wth Line {Bs nen samo, bu for now | Keep the two Separate. Any help rea apprec ‘Stove Buttereate Vis email GT went to home recording expert (Oz Owen, of sister mag Future Music’, and he answered: While ecuing a dacene fxeernal CDR would ensure a betesrsounding Anyway, don't get mad at us, get mad at the SYSTEM, MAN! HOME JAMES? very much enjoy Geoft Whitehor’s bus lssons in GT bt ean from the excellent Canadian suitarist Coin James. Afterall i he good enough to suppert Stovio Ray Vaughan, hos got to ‘be worth lool at hasnt he? ‘Andy Richmond (@sad old blueser) Via email Cao nei Wall, the not so good Duke Supiter also supported Stevie Ray Vaughan once, but we ‘ake your point. a ECONOMY DRIVE Tove Shaun Baxter’ current Guitar Gym articles I read them with some smasemnent als: a5 & former Guar Insitute stent of his, LJaow exactly what hes building up 9. He never beats around the bush when it comes to preparing people to defect 10 te economy picking camp. Bring on Economy Drive! Let's a> Does speed mean demo than youll gt using taper minisk the Ala, while comparene © getting on. Trading up is probably cho best option ~ and just look 3¢ the advantages thatthe inexorable march of technology has provided us with recently! While there are plenty co choose from when considering 2'studo-nacbox the pick of he bunch at ee moment has to be the Yara AWI6G (pictured below) esa 16 track recorder with the ability to record eight tracks simultaneous, wo effects processors onboard, ‘ynamies and EQ on all chanel. a large. ear You Heks al the musiestore). Tv tried the brary, but they only have books without CD ot tapes and all are from the mit70s Martin Kristensen Denmark ‘We probably won't be ‘covering Flamenco in detail, to be honest Martin ~ its ‘whole diseipline in Itself and full of subtleties. There's a ‘book with CD, "Mel Bay's Flamenco Guitar: Basie ‘Techniques (Techniens Basicas)' by Juan Serrano ‘that might be worth trying, although those library books should still be of use — Utimatetsiyou might be best off with one-on-one lessons. PLUCKY THIRTEEN Thope you wall consider transcribing apiece called ‘Lucky Thistecn by Bert Jansch that was ona rovord album with that tite {OF bousHit in te tate ‘That reoord started me playing, but [never conld figure aut the tide pice. I hadnt heard anything by him since Iwas @ teenager, but recently bought ‘When The Circus Games Ta ‘Town, and he is stil amazing, Jansch also reworked the ‘John Renbourp-written tune ‘on his 2000 alfbum ‘Crimson ‘Moon’ (the one featuring 14 Guitar Tatnigpes ocTORER 2002 Johnny Marr and Bernard Butler on eleetries). Good call though, Greg, we'll see ‘what we ean do, SWEDE SOUL MUSIC Hey dues, Ihave just started ‘buying vour mag and have realised that it Rcks the absolute ss out of ll the mags (it really ‘develops ur style and helps to fenvich Your paying, not just throw another Metallics tab in tomiss aniseve on rneo-classicalmetal soins. and as ply lead ina metal band, 1 really would lke to get my hands on this particular back issue, Fw could plese let us know ho that'd be awesome. Also, as sccurate REAL enetl tabs are 8 rarity these days, ean we have some Meshuggah song. (progressive thrash from Sweden, Inn for their extreme syncopations and Fredrit Thordendals fn sweet soos, Mhey use T-strings though, avd the new album is @ sting, top string tuned to F). Or Soler (nelodic death, é-strings tuned to B), another Swedish and who are very syncopated, write the best harmonies J ever heard and use bluslold skool meta style soloing, Those two bands really are what metal s about, nat hls bullet Korn, Cael Chamber, Limp Bt Dimebag Jay Australia Via email Te might be a while before ‘Meshuggah make GT, ‘especially i they use 8 strings... Still, hanks and welll pass on your regards to Korn et al. They speak highly of you, too, SHORT & SWEET Tatar to compose a in price of the August, Edition of GT, but Iam at work © Great Hey Joe lesson # Loads of suff to lem ancl playing to aspire to Mi lcks ace faster alreny! (hanks 10 Shaun Baxter Guitar @ How do 1 Anger Feus2 (Jamie Hlamphies on The Cults ‘il Devil)? Matthew Nourse Yeovil ‘That's weird Feus 2 ste] takes to earn a passage. 1 also enjy playing electric titer, but Fi at that stage ‘where mse sem too easy ‘or just impossible, especially when it comes to alos. Tinow aot of finger postions on the neck ccme oven to personal proference, bet Lyou'd open up some of the more difeul ieces to wider group of plavers fa Title more assistance was _wvalable— maybe a few ‘umbal prints or extra tab nates? The Pak Floyd “Conortably Numb’ solos are ‘2 good example. WS nat particulany fast, but Ispend Fag sore timo ting vo decide Bow David Gimour has Played rather than learning it! He must be using suhalt-gra or barre to pay ll those notes on lfeent stengs at the same fei? Great magazive ~ shame its months Simon Burch Birmingham Well, whereas ‘proper’ classieal guitar tends to have ‘rules’ about fingering, rock Gn the broadest sense) dacs rot. Some players use the pinky to fret (eg, Ritchie Blackmore), others don't; ‘while the different neck dimensions on electric guitars rean even the same player ‘ay, oceastonalls; adopt a different approach. We give as many tips as we ean for the tab, to recommend exact fingerings for every chord, solo and) Matthew, ‘os we're at work toot double stop, would So to summarise: ¢ sean the tab may resemble scribble. ¢ Cheers Cheers! And we might not even get it right as to Great! Cheers! $ Yes, Jamie's how the original was played, Angering was a bit tongh wasn't #2 Try this one, bbarre-ing across the Ist fret. GIMME THE FINGER! Te just receved say Angus ‘edikon of Guitar Teeniques and Tim wees mpressed, | just wish ou cou ineluce some more Getais on some ofthe songs that you tab, Piva relative nemoomier dnd currently take esical lessons. The music tends to have sitions] information regarding fingering ete, which ean make a Ihuge difference tothe time it Senders and Ask GT petento Guitar Techniques, Future Publishing, 30 Monmouth Se, Bath BAL 2BW Emailuse uleartech@tuturenet.co.uk Ferree cal O14S8 271116 SUBSCRIBE TO Guitarlechniques Take advantage of our super rene. sing ofr See pb CALL 0870 4448474User Guide Whether you're a complete novice or a guitar supremo, youll get more out of GT by understanding our musical terms and signs... HOW TO USE GuitarTechniques ETOP ATTY a ec) a i aystem which uses sta norzonta ines vo represent the strings ofthe ‘uta, the bottar line being the low E sting the line above it the A string and so on. The names ofthe open strings ave always shown atthe start of ese line. The nurnb sch ine show the fret at which a note should be played an a pardeular str, For example "TABLATURE SINGLE NOTES SS This ilustrates that you play Cat the fur rt ofthe A ering flowed By the Diads, or intervals are shown by numbers stacked on top of each eter andy unless thor issn indication tothe contrary the ‘notes are alway played together ‘TABLATURE DIADS ae RHYTHM GUIDE NOTATION KEY 1 chord asronnal inti axe ra qurterncte duration 2 Optional or sss gest aed lowes note, 3 Letthand postin Wis ce 0 feaee, 4 Hard paca ata, 5 force oe or aed ngs (6 Chore ide pierg only te frst cher 7 Redcar chord qui 8 With Peay acct 9 Same a 5.onhy on sng notes 10 Lovestpart ofthe creche te orthrae aig Highest art afte chor top two cr tree snes 12 Norra hs sare 2 | bin is Sart cfseaiencet cn be ken a8 rmazing the mde sorts orgs Abvays sab or detalii ‘TABLATURE CHORDS This Indicate that you play the notse on the ath iret ofthe End 8 Sings Chords Sf hres or more noes are alsa Hstrated ing Stacked nurabers: (CHORDIRNGEREOARD DIAGRAMS 7 Damped seh T > Letnand All chor dlagrams are in GT writen wing fhe scheme above respectively note chord symb ln Guitar Techniques, x dispensed with the symbole for sid hammer-ons an pulls, Si slanted dash between fret numbers inthe any murnber fellow reonmseted by a shar above, a connected by asl Most plaversusnally ‘understand these anyway, and ¢ with the symbols rakes the ta Sensing sie Editor"AN EXAMPLE WHICH USES THE MAJORITY OF THE SYMBOLS YOU ARE LIKELY TO FIND IN GT'S RHYTHM GUITAR NOTATION. Mirna eton a ag ee . HE se Nae na at Ueagess vee | monet ie Bitetn Tis Sia Sool CaS ander Raa INTO NORV Ns 1 tend upward arg pitchis_oran cine above te Fete uae shown brats Ny Hara harmoni: 3 rrr BD Bend downwards: args ptchis writen ang camondneoced ores the UMNO) LVL 8 Pre-bend: se ring note ofa banc sting handing ie teh wich performed tut not heard Usa) peruse sou thom prot t= LD er LB : ie oor fom a ot rot 1D Lee down: the tr i et Sov gute a gece rot) an upward bend (@) Ghost notes «vey et ory PB Revpck bend jer ot co 1B Let back the ating et backers > Accent downward bend Downstoke, with pee SS/SF Bend sight sharp: V Upsroke, with pike eau eos rmezotoal bandh ie ary bends ies then = ne Teampo of ong beats per mrute Se T nic ch ing fingerings inate by (ra {Sin Bes peces——murbos)-T= thumb |= index finger 2 : Ser ths wslyatcompured by he finger 3= rng finger, 4 = : fs destin (ruse notion) fourth ngs (inky). fr Wl te ivan is aly sbownseg ¥ Puck gers Ps MU Muted notes): inthe rus brackets ight severely mized nt ERIC ROCHE . if ‘Ais, saccat dots ae used where finger postions (ruse notation) appropriate CV Ful bare Resa aumeral ede ree (6) Bracketed number: show the “ast fet for bendsremoo arm techniques Brackets are aso used for eng notes er notes tat are ed aroes bar ines a pad withou ping an arrow reese he png Grete C0 Gut off arate played saxcatoleut of Srumiside sroksowaep | preva by ri ind muting \ Bera mows aracton of | TW Temole arm ie of Vieng vole pot vel | wanon TA Vib Versto produce 1S Linge verso amo ethersct’ [GP RATING SYSTEM TABU aiing itch of 2 nos TALD Leting the not pitch aera TAB BEBE Dy erecereee rn | “ify fom ey Ph Pinched harmonic he usc rtcten | Helps improve your: Aneel aos teal shows beh henner neta Seale knowledge out wt ope Scingibendng anche overtone. Sipe peg Bytom Semi harm Neary a pinched harmonic tut = benef byaxenpang With ore fcr han overtone near, | len Wey and esp ver eof GT me Ab Erifca harmonica nota i Fete cS as emai fr er hile a spare frgertp onthe plukng had places 2 node or dea point (often 12 frets Pee at aaRock Guitar Made Easy THE HYBRID PENTATONIC SCALE ONTHE CD This month we combine both our major and minor Tacks 46 pentatonic scales to form the hybrid scale “<- HYBRID PENTATONICS playa m an 4, providing we bend the minor rd slightly sharp to hint ata major tonality. Tis works especially GT RATING EASYIMODERATE. nnn theory and modes a plain incl ty fot when playing bes, and th results very refrsting—b duplicates ek and minor pe CHORD POWER “The hybrid Ifyou have follwe Rock Guta Mid Ear fom he bepairg ou scale works ul be friar with the way w fantastically iene sa hayes wien Palio ten aa tC ae dominant Bele enh steeceel nian need ei lr lara te Your crtuton p i peiatonk onal the Tt cnors the minor and major pentatonic works fantastically well over dominant 80 Thave ielyesinons ed eal ion Tex tessl act f fe oieeo eee etieereas lc ofessons wooed ata new’ damintsventh shapes iyo now pre lo @ SOUND ADVICE FUSINGTHE SOUND, FORTHE GT CD SESSION THIS MONTH, | used my Erie BallMuscman Axis Super Sport, dhrough a For aed colour, you could also te including the ‘Cornford MK 50 head fattened 5, or the bes note 18 Guitar Tchniques ocrosen 2002© HYBRID THEORY RECOMMENDED USTENING MANY PLAYERS USE THIS 'SCALE though itr to sy ‘tha not al of them wil do it ‘because they've worked out the ‘theory — dee simply wang the added notes because they sound “Tigh Liston to Paul bor. (th 90s popes Mr Big and solo) Steve Morse wth Deep Prple and slo). Joe Stern Ere Clapton andthe ate Pl Kossa Fre} ll ‘ofthese players have dabble with the hybrid sale. ‘Tor Pick (MMe Bigg, Bia, Biggest! The Bese OF." EXAMPLES I-5 inch the five shapes as they are played on the GT CD. These examples are tthe sane ‘order as te examples found in Figure 1, with each shape Starting and resolving to the lowest posite ro Remember that the roct notes are ial in being able to entity the diferent shapes of key in the varios Toston, and als for moving the shi keys Now lets look ata few lick examples to help you get ng with our new seal, Remember these ate just a taster; 8 up to you tobe creative, EXAMPLE 6 is Steve Morse-style hsbri ick that inchides a couple of extra chromatic passing tones. The notes in question are the major 7th and the fattened 6th, Although these are not included in out hvbid scale, they ‘do work al add even more colour. The lick is based around patter #1 of the scale, and features a descending Sequence witha 16th-note triplet rhythm, Practise this lok slowiy as iis uses all alternate picking EXAMPLE 76 short descending hybrid lik tha would sound at home over any blues progression. Once nga just make sure you practise this slowly, and make sure all ofthe notes ae clear EXAMPLE 6 i an unusual bendity lk base! around pattern #2 and #3. This ik is not very complicate, but the tiplet ends must be ptehed accurately EXAMPLE 95 coo! Paul Gilert-sile hybrid tek that uses a fast 16th-note triplet rhythm. The great thing bout this ici that st ses the same shapes, and simply changes positon. Easy, oF what EXAMPLE 10 is rial lik, and is iia to Bok that Joe Satriani plas at the end of Surfing With The Aon. ust make sie you bald up the speed gradually and watch the wide stretch between the th and the 9th foot ofthe top string. Ard make sue you spend time practising al ofthe shapes, as next month we are going, to learn a solo with our hybrid scale a SCENT ATIET shape Pattern2 —_AT/D7 shape 7. oF ¢ +(16T4 5 ¢ eo e geeele o oo AEGHEA 135954 ATICT shape Pattern 4 1 ene 6 ¢ e | | ra e000e0 ole 2.000OO@ é 6 oo f ¢ e354 S5S95 Pattern 5 ATIGT shape = ae 18 6 an a8 aa 101433 500800 euco ea 76 Guitar Techniques ocrosen 2002WORKSHOP Beginners HOW TOSOLO WITH TASTE ONTHE CD TRACKS 630 GT.RATING Comfortable “A good trick is to try and ‘sing’ the melody on guitar, taking imaginary breaths.” YOURGITUTOR You've got the technique, you've got a melody, so why does your solo sound so forced and unappealing? It’s all a matter of taste. HOW TO SOLO WITH TASTE There’ always a huge temptation, especilly with a distorted tone, 0 playa phrase and hang on to that, ast note using stain, feedback et, milking it fo all its worth Well, sometimes t's really nice to just stop it dead. This also lets the ‘ching track ‘breath’ Alot of students [know have real trouble leaving gape a if, ‘when they're soning, they're skiing uncontrollably down a mountain with no way a slowing down oF stopping (Ive done that too). Youll thunk tha ‘not playing something would be quite an easy thing thu for most people its realy realy dificult. Also, if you've wien a melody on star, try singing it Can you sng the whole thing witout turing blue and falling over? If not then take some bits out so tha you can, Singing an also give you some new melodic ideas which you would. normally come up with ‘Themes are also very important What’ theme? Well,’ really jst a melodic phrase or hook that ou repeat at various points in the tune Onee you have a meode hook that you like, you ay wan veting refered to as and answer technigu (OH, SOLO MIA acklng the question that ev In my tne this month, ‘Vox’s Happening ruse teacher devas: how do you phrase? If phrase (BARS 1 AND 2) is played on the I sting, a that werent enough, wel be lookin nny simple ea that could be seen asthe theme. This ifferent hen followed by a reply’ abit lck answer to th weapon: string bending previous theme, played lower on the G string (in BAR, A the com 3) In BAR the theme is repeated followed bya smi ps That's righ, the wonderful sound of answer, bt this ime played an octave higher. This kid the listener hwars a constant bara ccomes of interplay gives your soloing certain logical fee and oo mie information nd th nels the istener to feel comfortable with the musial sity ofthis in Journey you're taking them on This whole &-bar section the past, as anyone thats heard my track (BARS 1-8) [would probably call ‘Sundance’ wil testify! (The last time ear ough 8 an instrumental, i always a go threw something atthe stereo) arrange itn the same wa you would a vocal tune Singers, saxophonist, atists ete have a ull BARS 9-16 woul be the verse Dynamics ‘taste factor in this regard, namely the neve wise the tune has come down shit so I wrote averse breath (Tm not going to mento Tower in pitch than Ue intro al played a ite quicter, So, a food trick sto try just to emphasise this fat, Again, were using theme and sulla taking imaginary breaths in between phrase variation, an even 1 play the exact same notes asa, 80 Guitar Tactniques ocToReR 2002QUEEN 1 try ferent inflections (hammer-ons, pls, sles te) to keep the interest. This isnot unlike a singer, who would use the same tune but with diferent words, Peleg uD Po atanreria 0) (onset Paleo wp Pa (BISA WORKSHOP BARS 17-201 cal the bridge. To emphasise the Aiferent mood, changed key and played tle harder, with a more aggressive vibrato, higher up the neck or the final section, we're back to the ‘chorus’, bt with a slightly looser fee, Youve established the tune And themes, 80 now ifs tie to cut loose and improvise, 1 Aid go mad atthe end, but to make it sour abit crazy in places I played some pretty wide bends. The one in BAR 24 (top Eup four frets) i defiitely not for the faint heared. Also the David Gilmourinftuenced lick in BAR 25 (up a tone, back down, then back up two tones none movement) wil probably take a ite peace ‘When bending strings, make gure tht its your forearm Going all the work and not your fers or writ. "ry pening an imaginary door; this twisting action isthe ‘exact same movement that you should se to bend strings. Hook the thumb over the top ofthe neck, lock Your fingers onto the string with the Hirst knuekle joint ‘amped to the undemeath ofthe neck, and twist your forearm. Its a good Wea to practice this onthe guitar vein holding om to a string jus to et use to the movement [play a Tele-stye guitar with 01's and a fairly high ation; this is the only way you can bend on it ‘final bit of advice. Amencan virtuoso Jason Becker was asked aut phrasing in one of us seminars, and he simply answered: “Listen to Jeff Beck” Nuff said! ay ppaau 15417) —t16){17) aio i811) ‘ocroueR 20m Guitar ech 8WORKSHOP gl tararaiona— ar (a)-1012 1987 UP Baw eu tO 07) ——— (ee)--- ‘rge pom Neck pchip | Slow LD ot assi7 7 41 Sy asa OO — 8 SF 6-8 5 Pew BU Bu to pe a3t1His}-13—417)-407) 74715108) 82. Cult Techies ocroees 2002Acoustic Fapcerstyle HOWLIN' WOLF STYLE BLUES. ONTHECD | This month, GT becomes a sheep in wolf's clothing as we take a rmacksiieugg look at the great and very influential bluesman Howiin’ Wolf, Bro =" HOWLIN’ WOLF STYLE BLUES ability. Songs ike *Cormit A GT RATING Sere | rine (coined by Stevi noosnate purses | Cre’ eocontet ty Stevie Ray Poemieier | Veustur), Woos Been aking i" feet age | (record by Reber Cry), Ming Tin Hedi and Abert King) and Yeioren yor imis' Caso eo) hae tis come bine staples world wth Hovstin’ Wolf was Hubert Sutin st ve and & legen in blues ete ‘This the accompaniment ideas that transfer Feat to acoustic fingerstyle. Eri Clapton i record a saying at Sunlin had one of the weidest styles he'd ever heard To begin with, les considera few facts, Most of the post-WWIL feletne players learnt their tuff on “Most of the post WWI electric players learned their ‘Aultat 80, fever youre aise Ee own eary blues things really evolved. It was much stuff on Jater on that blues guitar solos took acoustic tre stage back inthe early days ” oud find guitars: + vocals, harmonica and piano ~ i that de. Inlty blue’ the gular was rythm inst nating on ils a YOUR GITUTOR See p16 for more into is + Burmett Howlin Wolfto youand me BLUES NUT 1s born in West Point, Misses A very rch source of aocompaniment ideas can be found wen near the guitar nut EXAMPLE 1 shows what s ike. Is basically the min fat ‘va ale musieal moments ray. And if you wrap i mE be snl ye founding father of mocorn pentane ele wil tie Waa gia a 8 potble os a 3s workings ace whe raveling as crng te Chi sci in hie pare ine Lege hn hat hear an 7 cho, 0 wl fin Toads of Us a played with Paton, Rob eae Fitanson (ho aug im harronicn and con legen Jn Regers (to roportedy nike blnesnan afer beams rah itv woalssie) {GESOUNDABVICE Woifevenualy made fis recoing debt im 1950, wth MOWIINAKE Chess Sam Philip ater Cini his covery wan mare potant that that of Elvis Presley, and he arsed | IUSEDVA YAMAHA APX A gustar through one of she on making albus upto is death in 197 ‘ew Yamaha AC Stomp acoutsie preamps with 3 ‘Wolf himself isnt paricuarly remembered forhis own | sma mirophone et. _matar playing ~ more for his voice and his sonwmiting 4 Char Techniques ocroeen 2002ey @ WOLF ATTHE DOOR RECOMMENDED LISTENING "THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMPILATIONS avatable that demonstrate Wol inimtable ba) style. A good staring pone is ‘is Bost (1997). singe CD n L Chess Logencary Maeter Series, ‘or the mors committe he Terk LCD Chess Box? (1991). fd recommene, too that you len 0 some of the covers of his songs ~ Zepplin: and Hendrs version of kilng Foor fr instance. Iead carey wth reissues of the 1971 abbum clled The London Howlin’ ‘Wi Sessions (on which Weis backed by Bil Wyman, Steve Winwood, Charfe Watts and Erle Clapton) ‘Although the combination looks great on paper bes aicionados point ro ts lack of spark. and Clapton himself has repexteclycrivcsed i relase | omg Top Pick 1 Howlin’ Wolf “His Base’ ‘One thing bout the open position blues sale, tho ‘you could bend the 3rd on the G because it was ‘pen sting As you know, pat of what [Teal aay abd eT " Me hace rel Astntive timbre the slighty sharp Sr, wit sularts usally compensate forty bending he srng PROPS focermed. AS this is passable nthe epen potion, vas ite common for guitarist of the pened to employ PUNEHY FINGERSTYLE a “till instead — a trick they probably learned from ‘requires that your thumb hearing pian pistes. Provides a sold eyehse EXAMPLE 2 desunstates how yo can include his ounéaton so ee your al ues sound in you paving 1 takes abt of {00% ping tie on nation, bat nothing that abit of eanost practi cure thse 29 can't buff to a shine, Ifin doubt, I've recorded slow and help build up your realtine examples on the CD. EXAMPLE 3 san accompaniment device tht was used wholesale bythe Wolf ad Mindy Waters (tei Finbert Sunlin played guitar for both), andl if ts notin sour blues repertoire, lear now! Youll hea snlar parts in songs lke ‘Lite Red Renster,"'m A Mat’ Hoochie Coochie Man’ et. Basel, the idea comprises rapid shift between A and B chon, topped off with a Flah Bon the tp sing, 12th fet. Ive heard this played without lide ues as Mississippi to bend td i abou a authentic to the ual The whole thing relies on your he top B string al the third fret before accurately targeting the 12th fret, You mit have afew rear misses, but nothing that practice Wor sor Out fr you, Just take things slow to begin with, and keep & ‘hth going somehow, just to fuse nrerything getter rn tapping your foct (ike Jon Lee Hooker) ean add pce to this particular rhythm paxt. Have fun andl I se ‘you next month with more fingerstyle blues antics‘WORKSHOP ESSA Ps — Normal tis note woud be palled sigh sharp forthe o Cie cin ste, GI ce tiser te psble down ie tur do cleans freer e+ ee Use your index finger to rapidly hammer on and pull off between the open G and first fret to make the trill work CEA SES COSTS EAMES . 2 -- ; = $ i 5 = : * 1 ; 3 1 i KER — 4 ¥ ‘ 4 42- 3 a ae = a 5 Ss = 5 86 Guitar chniqus ocrowes 2002WORKSHOP Country CLASSIC OPEN-STRING LICKS ONTHE CD TRACKS 3537 | areca ak GT RATING ADVANCED This spe teas tical ns the tempo ‘ale eb a hgh Sccomplihed player, “Once it’s all happening smoothly, there's no intellectual input to speak of” YOUR GT TUTOR For the next few country workshops welll be looking at classic ‘open-string licks, starting with ideas in the keys of C, E and A CLASSIC OPEN STRING LICKS ne ofthe most mind bogging gitar sounds ‘you'll ever hear i that of Chet Atkins performing blur of notes. sory, make that a perfectly exeeuted cascade of notes... Chet Atkins’s master open string ns ad ick as since been developed tt likes of Jerry Reed, Jerry Donabe, James Burt Albert Lee, Brent Mason and Adrian Lega, to nar few The technique is undoubtedly an wdosyncrasy of ‘country guitar playing you wouldnt ever use distortion on icks lke these, enlya clean, articulate ringing soured and isnot always easy to get it right. There's perhaps an analogy with the technique’ of riding bicycle: get on fr the His meando realise that pedaling slo isnot how it works. But boild up some speed and you keep your balance: and once it all happening smoothly, there's no intellectual Input ta speak of, ks there? Soi swith this techniae Youll probably fumble and become frustrated atest, but ont give up ~ assure you that youl be siting before long Le’ fre up chose fingers! 88 CiutarThetuigus OcToaER 2002 weve going to concentra on open-sting thords of © Band A. To unde nce between playing in a a certain chord at any time, look at E 1. This only uses then tatonic~ the Hence it woul USED MY FREFING Corona SP (011°-058" Peao string) plus my Cornel Journeyman cas A combo (fered with Jensen PIDN speaker). and dhe dls wore sc the following numbers: eble edge Masser We mic eha up witha Rede NTL