Metal is a genre that prides itself on its technicality – but sometimes a meaty guitar riff is all you need to serve a great song. Getting faces scrunched and heads banging is one of the best things a ...

Bowcott is utilizing a classic Eddie Van Halen guitar for this demonstration, telling the viewing audience, "The thing I love about Drop D is that one finger equals one chord." The guitarist serves up ...

Learning guitar riffs is a great way to kickstart your guitar-playing journey. Riffs can teach us a lot about technique, chord changes, speed building, songwriting and more. Especially the classic ...

It’s no secret that the guitar is the backbone of pretty much every song. Whether it’s a railing, electric solo that makes listeners want to break out their best air guitar, a stripped-down acoustic ...

This is a simple lick, but it is worth taking a look at your technique to make sure you're playing it as well as you can. First of all, you'll need solid timing on the opening four notes (A-A-A-G) and ...

Virtuoso guitar playing has come to define rock ‘n’ roll. Greg Kot looks back at its colourful history. Rock guitar solos? Often they’re overblown, overrated and a waste of precious notes. To those ...

Most of the time, a dream only needs a spark. In the case of musicians, it just takes one song to set you on a path to superstardom. The three songs from the 1970s below have inspired countless guitar ...