Guitar skills:This technique is used generally by more aggressive blues players such as Eric Clapton and Gary Moore. The idea is to bend two strings at the same time and create a dissonant clash by ...

On the surface, last week's acquisition of Guitar World and three GW-branded publications by Future Network USA didn't make a lot of sense. Future Network, after all, experienced both the highs (the ...

When we combine harmonious intervals to create chords, there are various conventions we follow (consciously or otherwise) to avoid unpleasant dissonances. Here, we’re going to do no such thing! We ...

Thirty years ago this week, The Smiths released their self-titled debut. It arrived at a time when every bass groove, dissonant guitar and echo-ey drum machine rhythm that would become identified with ...