Want to play Master of Puppets the right way? Here's how to get faster at downpicking so you can chug like James Hetfield
Any time spent in the world of metal and rock guitar playing will have downpicking show up sooner rather than later. It's ...
With the return of Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater are fully reborn – and John Petrucci's still not done exploring new guitar frontiers
Wielding naught but his signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty, Petrucci has been studying different types of scales and ...
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“Now that’s a wacky idea - let’s try it”: How a critical moment on a 1965 single signposted the Beatles’ growing musical ambitions
To underline the deeper themes of his new section, the music pivots into the relative minor of the verse’s bright D major foundation - a B minor. This then descends its bass note downwards via A, G ...
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How Ted Nugent ‘Broke All of the Rules’ With ‘Stranglehold’
Way back in 1955, the rights to Little Richard's song "Tutti Frutti" were purchased by the owner of Specialty Records, Art Rupe, for reportedly just $50. It left Richard himself with a half a cent ...
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Up To 11: The Songs That Inspired Heavy Metal
Ask any guitarist the same question and you’ll hear a different answer – because the core of any heavy metal song is the guitar tone ... they were no mere three-chord trick.