A versatile guitarist can turn his or her hand to accompanying in a variety of styles, so here we'll look at walking basslines - a method of providing jazz-style accompaniment (or 'comping', to use ...

Whatever style of acoustic guitar you most want to play, it’s worth dipping a toe into as many genres as you can. Most genres have a handful of defining signature sounds. By getting those signatures ...

Jeff Beck is the ultimate electric lead guitar hero, and Jimmy Page is rock’s ultimate acoustic-electric songsmith. “Beck’s Bolero,” from the Jeff Beck Group’s 1968 release Truth, pits them side by ...

Melodics has announced the launch of its all-new Acoustic Drums program, which brings the popular interactive drum lesson software to the widest audience ever. Until now, Melodics has focussed on ...

To borrow a song title from Radiohead’s worst album, anybody can play guitar. The world is full of virtuosic talents and genre-pushing pioneers, but they all had to start from the same place: knowing ...