Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions ...

From The Doobie Brothers to The Smiths, James Brown to Metallica, 7th barre chords are fundamental for playing with more color and sophistication ...

Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the ... resonant bass notes, we struggle to see why this tuning doesn’t share the popularity of DADGAD (although you may need a set of ...

Inversions are essential for jazz players, virtuoso cats such as Martin Tyler, but they are super-useful for any player ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

If im hole resembled some unearthed medieval manuscript inked with demon’s blood, hexed! is more reminiscent of ’90s hardcore conveyed with toothy, uncanny tones. “I spend most of my time listening to ...

He could play guitar and bass ... chords on the guitar, but I did not let that stop me. I famously play a guitar that was run over by a car and only has two tuning pegs, so it just has two strings.” ...

The solo work of David Sylvian has been marked by collaboration with inspired artists. We celebrate just a few of them.

Guys & Dolls, the 1950 musical theatre classic about a gambler with a heart of gold. Brian Thomson’s successful New York City set is all gritty concrete and smokestacks. The centrepiece is a big ...

Travers kept busy over the following decades, delivering melodic ’80s rock, blues throughout most of the ’90s, and a series ...