If you're just starting out on guitar, or perhaps you've just taken your very first guitar out of its box and you're raring to get playing, this is the place to start. Here in the first of a series of ...

E major is one of the easiest and most important chords for any beginner guitarist to learn. It's used in loads of songs from classic rock to contemporary pop and it has an even easier nearby ...

Pushing a string up or pulling it down raises the pitch of the note you're playing. This is called string bending. The technique can be used to create singing, vocal-like phrases that other ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Guitar maker Fender has just debuted Fender Play, a new guitar lessons web platform and iOS app aimed ...

Let's be real for a second. Our attention spans aren't what they used to be. With the constant bombardment of content from all sides competing for our glances, our ears, and our fingers, it's no ...

The A major pentatonic, A minor pentatonic and Mixolydian are great places to start and we'll show you how When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

If you're starting out with guitar, you're probably wondering, "How long until I can play a song?" or "When will I sound like those YouTube tutorials?" Learning the guitar doesn’t happen overnight, ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Trying to learn an instrument from scratch can be ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Learning how to play an instrument doesn't have an age limit. A music class at the Oak Ridge Senior Center is for folks 50 and up. Wendall Cook said, "I started learning how to play ...