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• Opinion: Forget flash gear – do what you can with what you have

  

  In the first of a (probably sporadic) series of blog posts, TG's staff writer, Matt Parker, explains how new bands can benefit from doing things the hard way.

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• Online guitar tuning guide

  

  These samples will help you to make sure you're in tune for our lessons, or if you ever get stuck without a tuner.

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• Beginner Guitar Lessons: String bends

  

  You know how to play a few chords, but what's next? TG's beginner guitar lessons are here to walk you through the essentials. Here we look at string bends.

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• Blog Of The Week: The Classical Guitar Blog

  

  The Classical Guitar Blog's author Christopher Davis does a good job of highlighting some of the genre's key players.

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• TG204: Nail your scales with our (genuinely useful) pull-out!

  

  We've developed a 'Seven Modes Of The Major Scale' pull-out, which comes free with Total Guitar issue 204.

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• Free Track Fridays: Free MP3 downloads from Villagers and The Vaselines

  

  This week we've got free MP3 downloads from Villagers, The Vaselines, Disturbed, The Heebie Jeebies and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

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• Best Wah Pedals: Five of our favourites

  

  It's the ubiquitous sound to which countless washing machines have been 'repaired' and crimes in the 70s were solved. If your pedalboard deserves a little funk, check out our pick of the best wah pedals.

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• Opinion: What makes a good cover song?

  

  TG204 (on sale now) features the full tab for Santana's iconic Fleetwood Mac cover 'Black Magic Woman'. Here TG's Music Editor, Chris Bird, sets out his ideas on the formula behind successful covers.

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• Tenacious D Blog: John Konesky - The D's gear

  

  In his third guest blog for TG, Tenacious D's lead guitarist John Konesky gives us a video walk-through of his favourite bits of gear including a sneak preview of a rather special custom D guitar, made for the guys by EA Games...

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• Blog Of The Week: I Heart Guitar

  

  The third blog to receive TG's hallowed (it is too!) Blog Of The Week is another Australian site, I Heart Guitar.

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