Don't be intimidated by the terminology. First-inversion chords is the fancy name for slash chords and they can add some ...

Every guitarist has faced that moment: you pick up a new instrument with high hopes, only to discover it doesn’t play the way ...

Many guitarists have favored drop D to add thickness to their riffs. The list would include Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Kurt Cobain, Kim Thayil, Jerry Cantrell, Dimebag Darrell, Tom Morello, Adam ...

Strandberg makes key tweaks to its Boden blueprint, aiming to create an instrument to suit any genre - mission accomplished?

Non-standard open or altered tunings crop up frequently in blues, folk and country music. One reason for this is that they can greatly facilitate slide playing. But another is that unusual chord ...

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Atsu (played by Erika Ishii) is a very different character than Jin. In fact, Ghost of Yōtei is bringing almost an entirely new tone to players with a narrative that blends vintage samurai cinema from ...

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Ellie Kildunne went from not having a rugby club to playing for England in four years. A World Cup win would confirm the ...

That flexibility proves it is more myth than artifact, more proposition than conclusion. What lingers, finally, is not triumph but precariousness. The thunder is in the distance, never directly ...