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Guitar Techniques' User Guide: understand guitar tab and music
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How to read tablature, chord diagrams, terms and signs

Acoustic Avalon comes to Leicester Racecourse this weekend
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The world's finest acoustic guitar makers and players come together

Quick licks: intermediate #7
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Fingerstyle and classic Cream

Get a free issue of Guitar Techniques from Apple Newsstand
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Get GT issue 195 free on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch

Forthcoming Guitar Break events
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UK teaching from the GT team, next event this weekend!

How to: transpose melodies
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Changing keys made easy...

Quick licks: easy #7
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Keef and Matt Bellamy-style licks

How to: begin teaching guitar
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Get going as a tutor

Quick licks: advanced #6
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Yngwei-style and chromatic fun

That was the year: 1945
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End of the war, birth of Clapton and the return of bananas…

How to: start playing gigs
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Get your music out there and get yourself live bookings

Quick licks: intermediate #6
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Chilis and classic prog-rock licks

That was the year: 1991
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Nevermind Chesney Hawkes, here's…

Quick licks: easy #6
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Boogie blues and laid-back acoustic playing
How to: pick faster and more fluently
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With practise exercises to help you along

Quick licks: advanced #5
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Classic and modern prog styles covered in this round of advance riffs

How to: play perfect, clean string bends
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Avoid unwanted tones when string bending

That was the year: 1980
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Sinking, sliding and seeing double…

Quick licks: intermediate #5
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Plenty of blues in this round of intermediate licks

Quick licks: easy #5
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Indie-friendly parts from this round of easy licks

How to: count out triplet time signatures
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The secret to playing in 12/8, with examples to help

Quick licks: advanced #10
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Classic Johnson and some Wes-approved jazz

That was the year: 1969
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Rooftops, underground and the court
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