Stuart Ryan
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If you learn one thing from Johnny Marr, it should be this (opens the original)
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One of the most individual guitarists of the 1980s, Johnny Marr is a master of rhythm guitar. One of the hallmarks of his style in the Smiths is his extensive use of open strings. You can tell he spent time working on his chord voicings and developing exciting vocabulary that often combines rhythm and lead approaches. There are two main approaches to Marr’s use of open strings which are covered in the following examples. Sometimes the open strings are applied to common major and minor chord shap
Country icon Dolly Parton wrote over 3,000 songs, but her trademark ‘thumb and flick’ playing style is essential learning for acoustic players (opens the original)
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The late queen of country Dolly Parton’s career was astonishing when you put it into numbers: over 3,000 songs penned including mega-smash I Will Always Love You, made doubly famous by Whitney Houston in the film The Bodyguard. A true crossover artist, Dolly took country into the mainstream charts with hits Jolene and 9 To 5, which many a function guitarist will have had to master. Dolly’s glittering, rhinestone-laden onstage image belied her humble beginnings. She was born in Tennessee and rais
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