When learning how to play the guitar it’s very easy to focus on riffs and techniques, but one thing that can easily get ...

He was also quite a chordsman. Here are just four examples of Prince's use of voicings to enhance much-loved songs from his catalogue. Including one of the most iconic opening guitar chords of all ...

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It's hard to believe that Jimi Hendrix would be turned down for another guitarist, but that's exactly what happened when this ...

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

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?

Chords are played when the guitarist holds their fingers ... it creates a different note. Performers often use guitar tabs, rather than sheet music, when learning music: this acts as a kind of 'map' ...

Metal music revolves around a few key components: heavily distorted guitar riffs and chords, powerful drumming, extra low-range bass notes, and aggressive or throaty vocals. There is also ...

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For every day, a piano, an organ, and a guitar come together to form reggae-like chords on the off beat of the song. There are only two chords -- a higher-pitched one for days that ended with ...

Nashville country and rock superstar Keith Urban discusses how he rediscovered himself while making his new album, "High." ...

Bob Dylan will release “The 1974 Live Recordings,” the entire gigantic archive — 431 tracks — of his 1974 arena tour with the Band. Most of “Before the Floo ...