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Tackling your favorite rock and metal songs when learning guitar can be intimidating. But with Fret Zealot, it doesn't have to be. We've covered how Fret Zealot is an all-encompassing guitar ...

For big, clear chords that pack a punch, strike a rock pose with this lesson... “So what’s the deal with power chords – how are they different from other chords?” A chord is two or more notes played ...

Back in the early ’90s, when the Black Crowes appeared on the music scene, my friends and I (and many critics of the day) promptly wrote them off as sounding just a bit too much like the Rolling ...

Three-notes-per-string scale shapes are a great way of accessing the maximum available notes anywhere on the guitar neck. These positions make full use of all four fingers and cover more frets than ...

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm John Dankosky, sitting in for Ira Flatow. OK all you wannabe rock stars, take heart, it's not too late to learn the guitar according to my first guest, Gary Marcus. Fitting ...

Expensive; some mechanics need to mature; a bit 'cute' The pitch for Guitar Hero games has always centred on Good Times With Friends; the adverts and marketing materials tend to feature implausible ...