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Angus and Malcolm Young are straight-ahead, no frills rock ’n’ roll guitarists – the product of listening to classic blues and rock guitarists such as Freddie King, Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry in their formative years. The secret? Aggressive, fully committed strumming with downstrokes on Malcolm’s open and powerchords paired with a slightly more fluid down-up approach from Angus.

There are two elements to our lesson. First, a look at the duo’s approach to chords. Though easy open shapes feature heavily, there are