Beyond mere musicianship, some guitarists transcend their instruments to become cultural touchstones, wielding their axes ...

Your guitar belongs on TV, and the way into one of the fastest-growing sectors of the music business may already be in your ...

“My guitar teacher was a huge fan,” Wylde said ... As soon as you hear those certain types of chord voicings, you know it’s him.” And Wylde can’t wait to get his hands on “Little ...

What is the best guitar to buy for a beginner? What are some starter chords? What is a fret? When I used the free version of OpenAI's ChatGPT to search for a few queries, I was pleasantly ...

His guitar solos always blow me away, but don’t sleep on his chime-like cluster chord voicings, which reveal a kinship with the piano. (For more of his chordal playing, check out his 1962 solo ...

I realised the chords I knew at the time just didn’t capture that feeling. So after I got the guitar riff, I experimented until I came up with this dissonant chord that really echoed that sense ...

Inside some of these catchy tunes lie really interesting voicings. In recent years they have expanded to a three-guitar lineup which opens up some additional sonic spectrum when it comes to using ...

At first, though, open tunings were used to reproduce a standard chord voicing without putting one’s hand on the neck of the guitar. Opening up a new world for blues players, the predominant use of ...

If you ever find yourself getting bored of the same old chord voicings that you’ve been using since day one, you’re not alone. As guitar players we often learn, and stick to, chord rules that involve ...

(Of course, the overdriven guitar sound bolsters this crunchiness ... Off,” where we discuss quartal harmony and open chord voicings.) The G# in the melody produces a wondrous “Lydian ...

He then picked up a guitar from behind the witness stand, played the chord progression to the song, and sang the opening words: "When your legs don't work like they used to." Lawyers for the heirs ...