From The Doobie Brothers to The Smiths, James Brown to Metallica, 7th barre chords are fundamental for playing with more color and sophistication ...

Sir Elton John isn’t touching down any time soon — the Rocketman is on a mission to make more music and pass on the creative ...

the guitar. A novelty for the teenage hip hop head, he borrowed the instrument from a mate and – rather than, say, learning chords – simply listened to music whose emotional palette matched the ...

Henry Stuckey, godfather of the Bentonia style, pictured in the 1930s. “His guitar happened to be the ... Timothy Ivy Working over the chord progressions during our lesson, I remembered ...

Lantz Lazwell toured with George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars, and Starchild Jr. is the son of P-Funk’s guitarist/vocalist ...

Guitar work and progression is like mine ... These guys remind me of myself when I first started, I only knew three chords too”) and Talking Heads. Of their “Psycho Killer,” he said ...

After Paul played guitar for a bit backstage ... He’d been left holding the tab before—many, many tabs and many times. Hawkins knew he’d bought into too many high-priced hopes of advancement offered ...

Yes, as Sabs songwriter (and godfather of heavy metal) Tony Iommi has often admitted, “Communication Breakdown”’s simple, guitar-heavy arrangement contributed much to his later composition.

Gems that didn't make Rolling Stone's recent Lil Wayne cover story — including where the rapper loves to record, how he ...