Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

I was outside taking a set break during a gig with my band Saturday night, when several members of the group saw the same ...

Often overlooked in guitar circles when compared to bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir was a brilliant rhythm player who blended jazz, folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences into a style that any gu ...

Weir dedicated himself to finding something new in every song, every night. In doing so, he brought joy and magic to crowds ...

A relaxing list of 10 essential songs perfect for beginner guitar players. These easy and fun tracks help build chord changes, rhythm, and confidence while making practice enjoyable and rewarding from ...

Terms such as ‘altered’ and ‘extended’ chords are relatively simple to explain. Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example, C-E-G), so if we add a ...

​Introducing the Blues King Studio, a fresh face in Epiphone’s acoustic lineup, taking major cues from the L-00 lineage. This compact acoustic features a layered mahogany back and sides, a solid ...

The Beatles and Donovan put their spiritual, musical, and personal connections to the test in 1968 more so than any other year.

Like many other musicians, Drew Minton records musical ideas into his iPhone. And some of those ideas become songs for his ...

Planned obsolescence? She doesn’t even go here.

Weir reimagined the role of the rhythm guitar. He died at age 78.

Dr. Carolyn Phillips has developed a therapeutic program for patients that integrates music — specifically, the ukulele — to help with movement and memory.