Guitar lessons: The most common chord progression is known as a ‘12-bar blues’, which, predictably is 12 bars long (eight-, 16- and 24-bar versions are common, too). What the name doesn’t tell you is ...

Artists Greg Lester on how he crafted the classic nylon-string guitar solo in the Spice Girls’ 2 Become 1 Artists “I remember saying to Clapton, ‘You try playing that one riff for eight minutes!’”: ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images In this lesson, I’d like to discuss playing over what’s known as a I - VI - ...

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 ...

A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, ...

The most important aspect to study in melody writing is probably your intervals. In Western music, we use 12 notes in semitone intervals, in other cultures they have quarter tones and microtonal ...

From outside Blind Willie’s, a small club in Atlanta, a scorching guitar solo can be heard over a blues chord progression one evening in July. Step inside, and you might be surprised by where the ...

Tearing through the Howlin’ Wolf classic, “Killing Floor,” at the Chicago Blues Festival, Lurrie Bell’s desperate singing and stinging guitar playing made it sound as if his woman indeed was about to ...

We explore where the blues came from and its influence on many modern genres of music. We explore where the blues came from and how it went on to influence many modern genres of music. From Delta ...