In the 70-odd years since rock's big bang, it can be easy to forget the essential rhythm players that helped spark a band's ...

Hone your timing, dexterity and picking, and learn a few new chords too with our quick rhythm guitar workout. Seeing as about 95 percent of most guitar songs is spent playing rhythm, improving this ...

Hello, and welcome to my new column for Guitar World! Over the next few months, I will demonstrate many of the approaches I use to craft guitar parts. I’d like to start by addressing rhythm guitar ...

Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” has many classic and memorable musical moments that have made it a timeless presence music ...

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Once upon a time, two guitar-playing brothers grew up in Dallas. Neither could sing very well, but the older one, Jimmie, specialized in vamps and riffs, while the younger one, Stevie, emphasized ...

“My very first guitar was a Taylor 514 acoustic when I was 15. I was very into acoustic playing and I liked acoustic bands. I was also into R ’n’ B and at the time it was about very simple licks. I ...

From Hendrix’s feedback to Tom Verlaine’s angular lines, these 15 iconic guitarists crafted unique tones, phrasing, and ...

The Beatles might have looked incredibly different had Paul McCartney not choked the first time he went to play lead guitar in public.

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