Inspired, according to Paul Gilbert, by the grooves of Christina Aguilera, Mr. Big’s Mean to Me is brimming with top-drawer ...

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We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a short, ...

The opening chords of Rick Derringer’s hard-rock guitar would play over the arena sound system. Instantly, 20,000 ...

For guitarists, it’s a masterclass in feel and fluidity. Hendrix doesn’t just play the guitar. He speaks through it, bending ...

Varnes took the stage, guitar in hand, and began strumming a melodic tune, only to be cut off mid-performance by Cowell. “I didn’t love the song,” Cowell said, with the room echoing in shock. From ...

The first publisher of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Hans Georg Nägeli, called it the “greatest musical work of art of all times and peoples”. Assembled from a variety of sources, eclectic in its ...

Larry Saltzman – Timothée Chalamet’s guitar instructor – has opened up about how he taught the actor how to play like Bob Dylan.

In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar blues improv in the key of ...

Learn how to use AI to learn guitar online for free. Hone your skills through picking exercises, interval training, chord progressions, scale practice, and more.

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Lilting ballads, foot-tapping jigs, soulful lyrics of yesteryears, and new folk songs originating from the north of Ireland. Jenny Lee chats to co-founder Raymond Walsh of The Shamrock Tenors ...