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

Melody and rhythm are almost inextricably linked. I say ‘almost’ because you can have melody or harmony without a distinguishable rhythm, and rhythm itself can exist with no melodic content at all.

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.

"And at a party, you only want to play it for 15 or 30 minutes or so, and by the time you've goofed up their guitar and you hand ... of his chord knowledge from McCartney, who would position ...

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

Yes drummer Bill Bruford looks back at the band's 1972 masterpiece 'Close to the Edge,' and explains what lured him out of retirement after 13 years.

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 ...