Twelve strings on a guitar make a fuller sound than six, as you might guess. All six strings are doubled with each of the lower four tuned to octaves of themselves which makes a distinctive sound. In ...

As the guitarist explains, the windmill is fraught with danger, including fingernail tears and hand lacerations ...

In the wake of the band's headlining set at Glastonbury—during which singer Matty Healy (jokingly?) proclaimed himself the ...

As players it’s worth having some of these chords at our disposal to further broaden our own musical horizons. A solid ...

Eddie Van Halen has written his own share of classic guitar pieces, but he's only inherited it from this living legend of the ...

Although credited as a Beatles song, Yesterday features a solo performance by Paul McCartney, both as the singer of a solo ...

One of the world's G.O.A.T. sessions players gets a candidate for G.O.A.T. signature guitar – a stunning semi-hollow with ...

Billy Strings, 32, is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist whose bluegrass music skills have taken him from filling theatres to arenas within the space of a few years. Born William ...

Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993.

Barbra Streisand loves a good duet partner and she's wrangled 11 for "Partners: Volume 2," including Sting and Bob Dylan. These are the best songs.

The blues rock giant sits down with Guitar World to go through his back catalog of riffs, picking out a few favorites along ...

His singing during the first half of the concert was wince-inducing, but Costello recovered and delivered a strong, ...