From The Doobie Brothers to The Smiths, James Brown to Metallica, 7th barre chords are fundamental for playing with more ...

If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord ... played before a major or minor chord that uses the ...

Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions ...

Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired ...

Ask Ricky Byrd what type of sound he went for on his new album, and the answer comes fast: “Straight-up rock ’n’ roll.”And ...

Or busking with a guitar on the steps ... likely to strike a chord with a generation being web-sped towards adulthood. His 2009 debut single “One Time”, for example, was an adorable puppy love song ...

Rundgren, who boycotted his Rock Hall induction, cites former Del Mar resident Bacharach as a key early influence on his songwriting.

The Cult were formed in 1983 in Bradford, England by vocalist Ian Astbury, guitarist Billy Duffy, Jamie Stewart on bass, and drummer Ray Taylor-Smith. There have been numerous bassists and ...

Sweary John, angry John, Dylan-channeling, three-chords and an acoustic John ... at the 7th fret (resulting in the key of A major). While perhaps the ultimate ‘Did I mention that I’m learning the ...

The chords change from major to minor; the synth shifts from soothing ... yelping falsetto and finally a guitar solo so sharp that it might be a surgeon’s knife. It’s as if the listener ...

Brooke Combe speaks to us from her home in Edinburgh during a rare break from tour rehearsals for her recently released debut album Dancing At ...

But the very essence of punk guitar – rhythm chords pounded out with urgency and ... The first female guitarist to lead a chart-topping rock band, Nancy Wilson, along with her sister Ann ...