'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...
Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo is a rising star in the guitar world. He has performed in 60 countries, has 23 CDs and 3 DVDs to his credit, and has won se...
Songwriters often find themselves stuck in a creative rut playing the same old chords and patterns. How do you free yourself from traditional forms? How do you ...
Supporting a songwriter as the sideman in a duo or band situation is an artful skill that can be very challenging. Usually, there’s a rhythm guitarist -- perhap...
Building a strong melodic guitar solo is one of the most important skills an improviser needs, especially when soloing in the Gypsy Jazz style. You need to use ...
All of our guitar heroes have one thing in common -- they know how to lock their rhythm parts into the groove, whatever style they’re playing. And learning how ...