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Lennon plays his guitar with a capo and plays it in a way that sounds like an old-school lute or mandolin ... He plays a modal chord progression in drop-D that wasn’t exactly common for its ...

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Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired up with a lyricist named Bernie Taupin in 1967. Dwight adopted the ...

I'm new to playing guitar, which means I'm constantly plagued by questions: What is the best guitar to buy for a beginner? What are some starter chords? What is a fret? When I used the free ...