There’s something special about acoustic guitars. The resonance of the wood right up against your ribs is a unique experience. In this lesson, we’ll go over six easy strumming patterns so you’ll be ...

Syncopation is a musical term directly associated with rhythm. In short, syncopation is where rhythms tend to fall on and utilise the off-beat, rather than landing on the stronger on-beats. This ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When you start your guitar journey, it’s very easy to imagine that you’d need to learn hundreds ...

Guitar lesson: Seasoned players and guitar newbies alike need to stay in shape when it comes to core skills like strumming and timing – so that’s what we’re looking at here. And if you thought the ...

Early Music, Vol. 42, No. 1 (FEBRUARY 2014), pp. 55-72 (18 pages) This article provides evidence of a performance practice specific to the strophic canzonetta repertory, one that may supplement ...

Big, happy sounds came out of an orchestra of small instruments Sunday afternoon at the United Church of Gainesville. Marc Revenson, a ukulele performer known as Lil’ Rev, led a workshop followed by a ...

With the death of Malcolm Young, rock lost one of its finest rhythm guitarists, one of that blessed fretboard champions who make strumming along in time with the drummer sound like the art of the ...

This month, I’d like to talk about the paramount importance of the right, or pick, hand – how it’s the keeper of time and the thing that gives us the groove while we play. I’ll demonstrate some ...

Magic Instruments co-founder and CEO Brian Fan knows the pain of learning new instruments. A Juilliard-trained pianist before starting his own company, he spent years trying to learn the guitar, only ...