Guitar skills: With dissonant chords and aggressive rhythm playing, the harder side of blues-rock overlaps into funk. The ‘7#9’ shape (shown here in F#) below is known as the Hendrix chord thanks to ...

Guitar lesson: Seasoned players and guitar newbies alike need to stay in shape when it comes to core skills like strumming and timing – so that’s what we’re looking at here. And if you thought the ...

Hone your timing, dexterity and picking, and learn a few new chords too with our quick rhythm guitar workout. Seeing as about 95 percent of most guitar songs is spent playing rhythm, improving this ...

When learning a popular song on a guitar, wouldn't it be great if guitarists like James Hetfield, Jerry Garcia or Ritchie Blackmore could teach you how to play their music? The first product from Los ...

Jimi Hendrix is usually the first name under the spotlight when it comes to discussions of game-changing lead guitar techniques, but it was the guitar icon’s chordal work that formed the foundation of ...

Video games have long plundered music making as a rich vein of entertainment. Games as diverse as Guitar Hero, Elite Beat Agents, Jam with the Band and Rhythm Thief use a range of technology to trick ...