Pic by Leon Wilson

FLEA or Michael Peter Balzary was born in 1962 in Australia and plays bass in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. His style ranges  slap bass to  melodic playing.

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Pic By Ella Mullins

I went to see Seasick Steve play when he was in Sheffield and he was fantastic.
The amount of feel he gets and groove whith his three string trans wonder guitar is a thing every guitarist should hear.

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Strum Pluck Strum when trying to get the fingering for a new guitar chord. When learning a new chord shape memorize the chord shape as quickly as possible so that you do not have to keep referring to the chord sheet when playing.

Then put your fingers in the correct positions for the chord and strum the chords, remember on some chords you do not strum all the strings.

Then pluck each note separately, it’s difficult when you strum a full chord to hear if all the string are ringing true or if you have and clunks in there.

Make any adjustment to the positions of your fingers to get each not sounding true and then strum again so you can get used to the sound of the chord when it is played correctly.

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Some simple chord progressions to practise your guitar soloing over. E & A minor pentatonic. This is a link to some free online backing tracks of simple chord progressions. Once you have learnt the E minor pentatonic and A minor pentatonic scales have a go a creating a simple solo to work over these guitar chords.

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Michael Angelo Batio is fun to watch and a real performer. Although this style of guitar playing is not my cup of tea I had the chance to see Michael Angelo Batio play at a guitar show in Birmingham.

He’s a great performer and doesn’t take himself too seriously. Between tracks he had a  good repartee with the audience and was keen to talk about his experiences. He was full of funny quirky anecdotes.

If you ever get the chance to see him play go along even if it’s not usually your cup of tea as I’m sure you will enjoy the performance.

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Andy Summers (origionally Andrew James Somers) was born in 1942.

In 1977 Andy met Stuart Copeland and Sting and joined them in the Police. He uses many different styles in his guitar playing and he uses electronic effects and  skillful technique to create different sounds and textures.

His favourite guitar is a 1961 Fender Telecaster with a Gibson humbucking pickup in the bridge position.

See the YouTube clip below.

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I usually play guitar with a standard flat pick and I have never found a thumb pick I liked until I found the HERCO thumb pick.
It’s basically a flat pick that fits on your thumb ‘genius’.
If have struggled to find a thumb pick that wotks for you give it a try.

Joe has been nailing blues guitar licks from an early age (he started aged 5)and played at B.B. King concerts ages 12.  He plays a Gibson Les Paul and I love his ‘Sloe Gin’ album. Check out the Youtube clip below if you haven’t heard him play.

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