Category Archives: Musicians
Finger independence
THIS MONTH WE’RE going to concentrate on getting independence of movement between the fingers least commonly used in the picking hand. The second and third fingers (m and a in traditional pima
Eddie Van Halen
THIS MONTH’S player needs no introduction. EVH is a bona fide rock guitar legend, right up there with the likes of Clapton, Page and Hendrix as far as iconic status is concerned.
South African style
THE SOUTH AFRICAN region has a myriad of music styles. These range from Iscathamiya (most typified by the a cappella vocal stylings of Ladysmith Black Mambazo) through to Township Jive – three-chord
Greg Koch
Whilst in his early twenties he was living a lifestyle no doubt familiar to many of the readers (and writers) of these pages, working in a music shop in his native Milwaukee
Led Zeppelin
LED ZEPPELIN HAS become the stuff of rock legend, with all four members celebrated in their own right. Back in 1968, it was Jimmy Page who assembled bassist John Paul Jones, singer
Martin Taylor
MARTIN TAYLOR IS the most successful jazz guitarist the UK has ever produced – not without good reason too, as he is an absolute monster player! Whereas most musicians would content themselves
AULD LANG SYNE
Please could GT do a Guitar Giants feature on Eddie Lang, a massively overlooked guitar hero; not only an early jazz guitar pioneer but a session guitarist on tons of classicjazz and
NO MARK & MIKE?
I felt it was time to write, as something has been bothering me a while. That is the trend to forget about some great guitarists and focus a lot more on the
