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The Maccabees: Want to sound like

Learn how to re-create the sounds The Maccabees make.Hugo White tells the kit, stlye and influences of the band and how him and his brother attack their Fender Telecasters on the first Album 'Colour I ...

Want to Sound Like | Bloc Party | Russel Lissack

Learn how Russel Lissack from Bloc Party gets that unique Bloc Party sound with his Telecaster and various pedals...Read more ...

White Stripes | How to sound like White Stripes | Icky Thump

Learn how to re-create the sound of Jack White from The White Stripes.Find out what guitar and pedals he used too record the 6th Studio Album 'Icky Thump' ...

Aadd9/E

Here's a voicing of Aadd9/E with a chiming major second interval between the open B and C# on the third string. Play the chord one note at a time to make the most of this. Resolve this chord by moving ...

B9b5

Place the fingers carefully for this one, as this voicing gets a bit congested at the bottom of the fretboard. Play this chord slowly from lowest note to highest note to make the most of the flattened ...

Cadd2

Cadd2 ...

Cadd6add9

Cadd6add9 ...

D5b9

D5b9 ...

D7#9b5/A

Here's a handful for you. With a double barre from thumb and first finger this might not be an elegant chord to finger, but the harmonic richness in this D7#9b5/A makes it worth the struggle. Resolve ...

Dm add 9/Eb

This unlikely fella is the opening chord of Mastodon%u2019s Pendulous Skin. It's a Dm add 9 chord on the top four strings, but with an Eb note at the bottom on the fifth string. Resolve the tension by ...

E

Here we've got an octave shape of G#s on strings five and three plus the bottom and top two strings played open. This forms an E chord; it's the opening chord of Radiohead's High And Dry, plus the ope ...

E Octaves

We're returning to classical composer Villa-Lobos again for this peculiar chord from Study No 11. It's called E Octaves since it consists solely of three fretted E's flanked by open E's on bottom and ...

E/Gsharp

E/Gsharp ...

Em9

Em9 ...

Fsus9

Fsus9 ...

G

This may be a G, but it's no ordinary G! The combination of open strings and notes high up the fretboard means than this chord contains two pairs of unisons, that is, two pairs of notes of the same pi ...

G6/F5

As the name implies, we've got a G6 chord on the top three strings over an F5 chord on the bottom three strings. Alternatively, it could be called Fmaj7sus9aug11 which is more immediately informative ...

Gm

A three-note voicing of Gm this month, showing that chords don't need to contain loads of notes to be effective. This shape has a nice bare perfect fifth interval between the bottom two notes and a mo ...

'Toe The Line' - John Illsley (Taken from his new album)

An exclusive viewing of John Illsley in the studio recording 'Toe The Line' from his new album, 'Streets Of Heaven' ...

Acoustic Rescue

Buying an acoustic guitar with 'issues' needn't be too much of a risk if you're handy and prepared to get stuck in. Huw Price snapped up a promising-looking contender from the internet and set to work ...

Alex James Bass Techniques

Behind the louche, champagne-swilling exterior and the Aga ads, Alex James is a bassist of deceptive inventiveness and taste. Gareth Morgan delves into some Blur classics ...

Amadd4

Amadd4 ...

Amadd9

Amadd9 ...

Amadd9

Amadd9 ...

Bbmaj9

Bbmaj9 ...