Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, the Eagles, and Richie Sambora swear by 12-string guitars for sonic sparkle – after this guide, ...

Fingerpicking demands strings that deliver clarity, warmth, and responsive touch, phosphor bronze strings excel in these areas with their balanced tone and superior sustain. The Elixir 11077 80/20 ...

It sounds cliché, but there's never really a bad time to start learning something new. Learning a musical instrument comes with a ton of benefits, including faster reaction times, improved motor ...

It's the perfect lesson for newer students that are starting to become confident with simple chord progressions and are looking to develop creativity with their strumming. If you are struggling with ...

Thursday Night Old Time Jam at the Jones House Cultural Center in Boone, NC on March 6, 2025. PHOTO BY: BRADLEY PEARCE The Jones House Cultural Center has announced a series of summer “slow” jams, ...

After playing some simple chords, Fred Sokolow demonstrates various patterns, licks, and grooves in five keys. While one camera stays on Fred, a second gives students a close-up, picture-in-picture ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jason Isbell’s lofty reputation for songwriting — bolstered by an admiring David Crosby, who compared him to ...

The convergence of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of music and entertainment. Robots are evolving from performing traditional service-oriented tasks to enabling ...

Abstract: A wrist-worn inertial motion-sensing device with a high sampling frequency was applied to evaluate fundamental electric guitar picking. A combinatorial analysis using wrist-twisting angular ...

1 CREATE-Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Soft Robotics Research Center, ...