Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sure, everybody loves a guitar show-off, melting picks and blistering fingers as they ...

Great guitar solos aren’t just about speed or flash—they’re about connection. By targeting chord tones, shaping phrases, and ...

Rocksmith is a popular video game that works like Guitar Hero, but with a real guitar. You have to play well and hit the right notes, or the game penalizes your score. [Lightwing] took the stakes up a ...

The A major pentatonic, A minor pentatonic and Mixolydian are great places to start and we'll show you how ...

A rare chance for musical fans in Hawaii to catch the amazing jazz artist, Stanley Jordan, as he plays at the Blue Note Hawaii in Waikiki through Sunday! Stanley is the pioneer of the “touch technique ...

On the anniversary of his death, we unpack the brilliance of jazz-fusion trailblazer Allan Holdsworth, with some help from ...