PREPARE to be improved, mentally, physically and, wildest of all, MUSICALLY. This is that special section of One Two which thinks of your fingers. The following features on playing techniques and skills will make your music a finer place to live in.

THIS MONTH: OUTSIDE OF C, part two of a thesis on lefthand keyboard tricks, featuring some Boogie-Woogie and Barrelhouse styles, plus notes (written ones) — WHEN IS A ROOM, what makes a physical space reverberate in its own special way? (P32) — PLAY FRETLESS BASS with none other than PINO PALLADINO, brilliant exponent of four-strings-without-metal-bits-under-them. He shows how. LETTERS, the good Dr Spliff attends to your questions on gear and what to do with it (P38)

In the time being, don't forget our more than generous offer of...

INSTANT ADVICE

Yes, it's that MUSICIANS' HELPLINE moment again. And we're still serious. If you have any URGENT QUESTIONS about instruments and the like, especially if you're thinking of BUYING some of the stuff, a small light bulb marked ONE TWO TESTING should gleam above your head.

For we can help.

Fast.

Our 24 HOUR ANSAPHONE SERVICE is ready to hear your sorrows. Call the number below, record your (brief, please) enquiry, plus a daytime number where we can reach you. Then, the next day, we'll play back your call, hurl it around the office, make some expert decisions and RING YOU BACK WITH OUR ADVICE. PERSONALLY. We have very nice telephone manners.

So, if you're stuck on what synth to buy, want a list of gigs, or need a search party for the lost chord, dial THE HELPLINE. We're only some numbers away.

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