Tim Henson has said learning Black Sabbath’s Paranoid by ear played a huge role in his development as an electric guitar player – and every beginner guitarist should take the time to study it. The ...

Longtime Roots guitarist “Captain” Kirk Douglas had a simple goal when cutting New Unknown (Whole Leap Records), the latest album under his Hundred Watt Heart moniker. “There was no agenda driving me ...

The country star taught himself how to play the guitar after failing out of college Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

Trying to learn to play the guitar isn't always fun. The learning curve is notoriously steep—especially at the very beginning. Some days, even picking up your instrument can seem like a pretty ...

“I love Strats, I’m such a Strat girl, and Fender actually recently did the 70th-anniversary Strat. And so this is one of the models that they made,” Lindsay Ell says, as she picks up her iridescent ...

"Instead of practicing, don't practice. Practice networking. Practice putting together a band. Practice putting together gigs for yourself." As one of the most proficient and revered players in the ...

You have musicians, sure, people who play music. As we break it down a little, going through the type of instruments musicians play we get to, finally, guitar players. For most of us it could stop ...

These three rock songs, all released in 1972, featured such strong guitar moments that they shifted the genre's tides.

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