Using scales to make music is more than just choosing the right one. But how does one go about practicing scales, and should you bother? Using my favourite analogy, if music is a language then scales ...

The guitarist praises Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi for having inspired his own love of drop tunings and evocative tones ...

Writing a song is just like baking a cake or painting a picture, there is a specific method and technique that will allow you to accomplish your goal. Of course, your own style and creativity will ...

If you’re learning to play the guitar, then you will constantly be looking up two things: Scales and chords. After you get a bit further into it, you’ll add arpeggios to that list. And you will keep ...

The Circle of Fifths is not complicated, even for beginner guitar players. In fact, the circle of fifths really doesn’t convey that much info. Like many images or tables, it is simply taking data and ...

Electric guitars are like fine wines. Everyone has slightly different tastes, and they feel more comfortable the longer you ...

Noel Gallagher doesn't need the credit as a great lead player, but he knew when he was hearing a guitar craftsman at work.