It's always fascinating to hear players imply the harmony of the underlying chord progression when soloing. In fact, the backing track for this month is purely drums and bass guitar (in the old-school ...

ACOUSTIC WEEK: Take your chord changes into a higher gear with our handy exercises designed to help speed up this essential technique. Tricky chord changes are frustrating for any guitarist. You just ...

Guitar skills: If there’s one thing you'll need to do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords ...

A surge of high-level guitar resources is offering players detailed instruction in advanced techniques, from Eddie Van Halen–style tapped harmonics to sophisticated chord voicings and genre-focused ...

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These days, there’s no shortage of ways to learn guitar. Of course, on the one hand, you’ve got the tried-and-true old-school methods, like private lessons, group classes, and even sheet music. And ...

Any rock fan who's ever picked up an electric guitar has probably dreamed of becoming the next Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Nancy Wilson or Slash. But if you're going to become a guitar hero, you've ...