Good guitar playing doesn’t always mean virtuostic technique or culturally relevant riffs. It’s about telling a story with ...

Bluegrass is more than just a style of music for Sonora’s Owen Ragland — it’s a family tradition. The 29-year-old Tuolumne County native was raised by parents who are both bluegrass musicians and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

The artist’s path is an increasingly tangled one in the year 2025, but for guitarists, it’s not so complicated. While money and adulation are fine intentions, a true six stringer needs but one thing ...

Another guitar previously owned by Eddie Van Halen — and later, Mick Mars — is expected to fetch big bucks when it goes up for auction this year. The Kramer guitar in question is modeled after Van ...

A group of rhythm game genre veterans has re-established the RedOctane Games brand, via a new studio set to launch a fresh Guitar Hero-style title. If the name RedOctane sounds familiar, that's ...

If you are struggling with how to strum a guitar - this is the lesson for you. Each of the strumming patterns in this lesson is progressive in that they build off each other. You may be familiar with ...

Just like Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy wears a military outfit in solidarity with the war-torn country’s soldiers, musicians perform in battle fatigues on the front as fellow Ukrainians ...

There’s something special about acoustic guitars. The resonance of the wood right up against your ribs is a unique experience. In this lesson, we’ll go over six easy strumming patterns so you’ll be ...

Prince’s otherworldly guitar solo at the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony remains a timeless example of his extraordinary musical ability. Now, a documentary has shed some light on the ...