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32ANDY
MCKEE McKee’s playing certainly
delivers the wow factor.
But as he explains to Noel
Harvey, what really counts
is the feeling.
© Tina Korhonen
40 Tony RETUNE
YOUR EARS
White
Alligators, Elvis Presley and 23 Listen to
the joys of home recording something new
– the man they call the
‘Louisiana Swamp Fox’ tells
© Leann White
38 Gerry Cott
Gerry Cott was guitarist of the
Boomtown Rats. Now he’s back,
and lyrical solo acoustic guitar
is now his métier.
30 Dar
Williams
Dar Williams has built a
career the hard way:
out on the road playing for
audiences the world over. 28 Malcolm 43 Ruarri
She talks to Acoustic.
Holcombe Joseph
A man who believes that life This young player is making
on the edge is the only way. some serious waves.
UK LUTHIER CORNER
86 The Workshop
Russell Welton talks with Ivor Pickard
62 Ibanez JSA10-BK
and accurately. Avoid taking on too many different
further by setting a quicker tempo.
CHRIS
experience in performance
Set a metronome to crotchet you have trouble finding a new E, go
Once Es are completely secure, pitches in a short space of time as the and helping others way to play any given piece, with fretting
back to a note played earlier. Try to
(quarter note) = 60, ie one beat per
second. Repeat the open 1st string E avoid playing the notes in the same repeat the procedure using the note GIBBONS
notes will quickly become confused
and little will be achieved.
develop their playing
potential to
hand positions.
sequence each time. F. If you know where each E is found, Composer
exactly in time with the metronome, F will be one fret (or one semitone) Skill level: Suitable for all their best.
and while you are doing this think When the process is secure and
accurate, continue the exercise by higher. As there are no open Fs,
where another E is found. Without left-hand position shifting will be a
66 Vintage V400MH
of shifts. pattern is movable, so shift up one 2nd position. Look at the left-hand
114 acoustic magazine march 2011
02/02/2011 11:18
G major scale
Ray Burley.indd 110
With more than just a few awards under their belt, the
Vintage range seems to be going from strength to
strength. Does the V400MH flex extra musical muscle?
110 Duck Baker 116 David Price Mead checks into Hotel California …
This song will help you get Improve your fingerstyle playing.
familiar with the circle of 5ths This month: block chords.
74 Gear4Music MDA 4012 N
and AA 4006
112 David Mead 118 Lin Flanagan If you have been feeling the pinch economically lately,
David continues to unlock the Should you go classical? Lin offers or if you are on a real budget, perhaps these guitars
mysteries of DADGAD. some advice. may provide you with a solution.
44 First Songs
We all started somewhere. Brooks Williams asks numerous
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guitarists about which songs they learned first.
92 12-string Corner
Kicking off a new regular feature Paul Brett takes you inside the
world of the 12-string.