The most frequently asked questions our educators get are, “How and what should I practice to improve as a player?” and “What is the best approach for learning ...
Whether you’re writing out a solo or improvising one, you’re connecting a series of musical ideas to express yourself. In his Jam Craft edition of Solo Factory,...
Boom-chick is a versatile technique employed by many great Fingerstyle guitar legends such as Mose Rager, Ike Everly, Doc Watson, and many more. This approach c...
One of the roadblocks guitarists can encounter when they start playing country guitar is playing to the chord changes. If you come from a rock or blues backgrou...
'Tis the season for gift giving, and we want to help you find the best gifts for guitarists. It can be difficult to find a good gift for a guitar player, especi...
Guitar is one of the only instruments that you can actually perform a bend on and the technique is inherent in all styles of blues and rock guitar playing, Bend...
Listen to any Stax, Motown, James Brown or Wilson Pickett record and you’ll instantly recognize how critical a role the guitarist plays in the overall mix. Guit...
Whether your composing or improvising, the ability to create a compelling melody is always the key to making your music distinctive, emotional, and memorable. Y...
When jazz takes on the blues, it develops a vocabulary of its own – the nuances of jump blues, swing, and bebop can help you develop new ideas to bring into you...
The second half of the '50's was a very special time for music. Chicago Blues was at its peak, Rock & Roll was in its infancy, and Rockabilly and Surf music wer...
If ever there was a band that epitomized the hard driving, no holds barred rock band with a two-guitar frontline, it is the British Band Status Quo that feature...