I started out primarily as a bluegrass mandolin player, an endeavor for which Olympian levels of flatpicking are often ...

“Sort of in the centre of the fretboard… the one, the two and the five. I think that’s sort of my signature," he says of the three-note inversions that form a key part of some of his most ...

Brian Wilson has always been focused on building songs through layers of instruments, but he knew this guitarist belonged in ...

Intervals: The distance between notes on a guitar’s fretboard (it applies to other instruments too). This can be a complex topic to get your plectrum around, involving major and minor notes ...

This in-depth masterclass in the fusion icon’s virtuoso style is for moderate to advanced players ready to level up their legato chops, outside playing and minor chord vocabulary ...

"Instead of picking, you're hitting a note on the fretboard." The approach was so revolutionary that Alex encouraged his brother to play with his back to the audience so other bands wouldn't steal ...

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A music keyboard acts as the guitar fretboard here – keys can be pressed to choose notes, but no sound is generated. When the strumpad is strummed, six copper strips act as capacitive sensors.

You could argue that the American Ultra II is a blasphemy against the purity of Leo Fender's first masterpiece – or you could ...

The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction dazzled with Cher, rocked for Ozzy and offered a Foreigner surprise. Here's a ...

The way he bent the notes and came down the fretboard was amazing, too. “At the time he was playing a Fender [Bass] VI, which I’d never seen before – they were terrible! I couldn’t even ...