When I was a kid, that was my favourite sound on the guitar ... of the fretboard… the one, the two and the five. I think that’s sort of my signature," he says of the three-note inversions ...

Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy of altered tunings ... then experiment by moving the shapes around the fretboard. Sure, new tunings can be a challenge as you ...

4. Use the very tip of the pick for plucking single notes. It helps with accuracy. The world of guitar music is awash with players who've broken these 'rules,' but this is a great starting point ...

Finally, the shred example stays in one fretboard position, but uses a fast descending flurry of notes for an ear-catching ...

I don’t think your fretboard will need oiling more than twice a year, and eventually, once a year." But a lot of the confusion around guitar lemon oil is due to assumptions about what it actually is.