The acoustic guitar remains ... We can use the open-tuned strings as a ‘drone’ while shifting one note around, or see what happens when we try regular chord shapes in the non-standard tunings.

but in the track Into The Great Wide Open you hear the EmMaj7 chord. This is an E Minor chord with a maj7 interval added.

So, in an E minor for example, the bass note of that chord (on a guitar, this would be an open E string) defines the starting point of the chord, while the higher notes add further weight and ...

Oasis is a band that most of us don’t tend to lean into when we think of the great riff writing bands, but perhaps we should ...

Looking for an entry into slide playing but don't want to retune your guitar and give it a setup? This tab and audio lesson ...

The guitar has always seemed like the “lead instrument” on stage. Its power chords pushed it to the front and center of radio airwaves. And yet, it seems to come and go from popular music.

Bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, passed away recently at the age of 84. Phil was one of the ...

Since Goddess formed in 2022, the Hamilton-based quartet have been pushing rock to new heights and this is extremely evident ...

The leaders of two of America’s top musical instrument retailers, Guitar Center and Sweetwater, say guiding customers through ...

It was 1995, and the band from Georgia was touring the world on the strength of three smash-hit albums in a row when Bill Berry collapsed—and everything almost fell apart.

The Brisbane ‘goofballers’ take us through their brand new album.