All contributors in Musical Instruments
In: Guitar
By: Timothy Woods
So you want to be a rock star? Learning how to play guitar is a fantastic but often difficult experience. Here are some essential pointers to help you on your way. more...
In: Guitar
By: Michael Rowland
Biography of Les Paul, developer of the solid-body electric guitar and pioneer of modern recording studio techniques. more...
Learn Why and How to Tune a Guitar
In: Guitar
By: Alex Keshen
It's important to learn how to properly tune a string instrument if you're planning on learning how to play it. more...
In: Guitar
By: Alex Keshen
Once you have the basic understanding of how to read a guitar tab, here are the basics to learning how to read and play bends, slides and hammer-ons/pull-offs. more...
Learn To Play Guitar by Tablature
In: Guitar
By: Alex Keshen
While they may be a lot easier to read than traditional sheet music for beginners, guitar tab users also need to be taught how to read them properly. more...
In: Musical Instruments (general)
By: Graham Lee
It's easy to find a wide range of gifts to suit the guitar player at your local music store. more...
In: Musical Instruments (general)
By: Sheila Gaquin
The music shop down the road probably doesn't offer musical saw lessons, but the aspiring musician needn't worry; most saw virtuosos are self-taught. more...
Introduction to The Musical Saw
In: Musical Instruments (general)
By: Sheila Gaquin
Give a saw as a present this holiday season , or become virtuoso yourself. This folk instrument, also called a singing saw, is easy to play and never fails to entertain. more...
In: Musical Instruments (general)
By: Graham Lee
There is a wide range of gifts that suit younger children to be found in your local music store. more...
The Most Famous Acoustic Guitar
In: Guitar
By: Graham Lee
One acoustic guitar has been copied more than any other but never equalled. It is easily the most recognizeable and famous acoustic guitar ever - the Martin D-28... more...
In: Guitar
By: Graham Lee
The fifties was a fertile period for electric guitar design. Both Fender and Gibson came up with solid body guitars that have remained essentially the same to this day... more...
In: Musical Instruments (general)
By: Miranda Zinnel
Learning to play the Great Highland bagpipes starts with finding a teacher. more...
A Most Famous Twelve String Guitar
In: Guitar
By: Graham Lee
The chiming sound of the Rickenbacker 12 string guitar has a special place in the hearts of music lovers. George Harrison of The Beatles can be thanked for this... more...
In: Guitar
By: Graham Lee
There are just a few guitars that even non guitarists would recognize, guitars that were used by someone so famous and influential that they are seared on the memory. more...