When the bridge hits at 2:13, it sounds like the bass guitar drops out. “What you may think is guitar is actually me ...

Become an acoustic polymath and be comfortable in any musical company with this lesson in styles spanning boygenius to ...

Including one of the most iconic opening guitar chords of all time… There are many ways ... with the major 3rd of the chord in the bass, then the root, 9 and 5th on the highest 3 strings; all creating ...

Coming down the mountain! That’s how Perry Farrell begins “Mountain Song,” Jane’s Addiction’s alternative national anthem.

Bass guitar might be the instrument Paul McCartney was known for in The Beatles, but he was also a lead guitarist for the band. How many lead parts did he play?

Herbie Flowers, who played the bass on Syracuse University alumnus Lou Reed ’s 1972 hit “Walk on the Wild Side,” died ...

funk put more emphasis on the rhythm and groove resulting from the interplay between bass and drums, than the melody, chord progressions or arrangements often found in genres reliant on guitar ...

Dean Wareham has a Google Alert set for his first full-time band, Galaxie 500, named after a friend’s vintage Ford. With ...

A celebrated session musician who appeared on a host of classic rock albums, he made his most lasting mark with his ...

I’ve always wanted to learn to play the piano. A good while ago I bought a Casio MIDI keyboard intending to do just that, but after a few YouTube videos about c ...

For every day, a piano, an organ, and a guitar come together to form reggae-like chords on the off beat of ... keyboard sound that starts out as a bass instrument, and ends up as a bright digital ...