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 ...

Here's what's interesting about Rock Band 4's guitar solo mode as a game design conundrum. On the one hand, this game is designed to make everyone feel like they are a competent musician, a rock star, ...

Coldplay may not be known for shredding, but Steve Morse has been challenged to change that perception by punching in a guitar solo on their 2005 hit, Fix You.

It’s an extremely tough list to make, and we’re sure there’s gonna be plenty of debate, but we’ve put together our picks for the 15 greatest guitar solos from rock and metal musicians throughout the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Max Scheler - K & K/Redferns John Lennon was well aware of his limitations as a guitarist ...

It's E3 2015, and it's time to see Rock Band 4. I'm excited, if only to get my hands on some plastic instruments again. It's been too long. There was a time, not terribly long ago, where Guitar Hero ...

Gilmour believes his audiences would prefer a “real and happening” solo instead of a carbon copy night-in, night-out ...

Jeff Beck, who died suddenly at the age of 78, was among the first and last of rock music’s epic guitar heroes. He played according to his own rules, with styles as unpredictable as the diverse genres ...

I started out primarily as a bluegrass mandolin player, an endeavor for which Olympian levels of flatpicking are often required to perform the melodies and solos you will hear from great mandolin ...

About the Album: "Ki ho'a lu," or slack Key guitar, refers to the altered tunings of the acoustic guitar that are unique to the musical heritage of Hawaii. The beautiful slack Key sound is synonomous ...

Jeff Peterson grew up on the slopes of Haleakalā volcano on Maui. His music is featured on two Grammy-award winning albums and was featured in a major motion picture. He composed a concerto, a piece ...

AI chatbot sidekick ChatGPT has done it again. Thirteen-year-old guitarist Ava Toton asked the tool to “write a guitar solo” — and the results, as demonstrated in a short clip, didn’t disappoint. The ...