Any time spent in the world of metal and rock guitar playing will have downpicking show up sooner rather than later. It's ...

In the video, Matheus plays various, classic country lines that will work over an E7 chord. To bring the phrases to life Matheus uses various articulations such as finger slides, hammer-ons and pull ...

Making music is a form of therapy for Doechii. Rather than crafting songs that fit current pop-music expectations, she writes ...

You might think the perfect pop song is built on vibrant production choices and bouncy positivity, but an analysis of the ...

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 ...

Whereas artists like Glen Campbell had been toying with the concept of backwards music around the same time, ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ was the first major guitar solo that was recorded entirely backwards.

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 ...

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.