First used by ’50s legends Chet Atkins and Les Paul, it is rock, metal and punk that have made palm muting so popular today ...

To develop strength in your fingers, utilize a grip strengthener or a soft tennis ball. Simply squeeze the object tightly ...

Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a ...

One of the great pleasures of acoustic guitar is the direct connection ... This goes double for barre chords! The wide ...

The neck is unfolded before flipping the frame up into position ... paddle to "strum" the guitar with your right hand primarily on downbeats while finding the chord with your left.

Music legends from Bonnie Raitt to Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello were in San Francisco to honor Joan Baez.

McCartney also revealed how he came to understand the bass guitar's transformational power while recording the Beatles' "Michelle" ...

A violinist plays for her father. A singer takes requests. In hospitals and hospices, bedside performers offer a new kind of ...

Fimone is, in short, a lifelong, rural- and Midwestern-born country music fan whose most authentic, queer, lesbian self was ...

After sustaining a soccer injury while attending Texas Wesleyan University, Alexander taught himself to play guitar by watching ... it just struck this chord and the imagery of a bird came ...

Angus Batey remembers how 40 years ago the classic Smiths second album helped change the direction of his life ...