In his inaugural Guitar World column, Cory Wong establishes the principles – and the mentality – of good rhythm playing, and how you can make yours fun ...

“Acting on your best behaviour/Nothing ever lasts forever,” sings Curt Smith as the song shifts from Em-F#m-G-F#m, then ...

"Performance and making a record, that's the bit we understand," Hawkins says. "It's fun and you're in the moment and the rest of the world falls away." ...

In Set List, we talk to veteran musicians about some of their most famous songs, learning about their lives and careers in ...

“Yes, Tom [Petty] was not a perfect person. Neither am I. Neither are you, you know,” guitarist Mike Campbell says, a bit ...

Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired ...

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Electricity? Overrated… ‘Real’ guitarists know that a guitar’s genuine excitement is best earned via the more personal connection of the player plus the resonant wooden body of an acoustic. Decades ...

Brian May has said that he wasn't happy with the sound of smash hit Under Pressure but decided to 'bow out' of mixing the ...

The guitarist and bassist has played on thousands of records, including hits by The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, and Brenda Holloway. When guitarist/bassist Carol Kaye took her first gig as a ...

Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy ... This fingerstyle arpeggio idea is essentially just a D and G chord sequence. Providing excellent scope for drone-like ...