"You can't buy a persona. You can either make it up or you can be it," states Keith Richards in the upcoming documentary, Keith Richards: Under the Influence, which gets its world premiere at the ...

String bends, tapping, vibrato and whammy bars are all techniques that add to the distinctiveness of a lead guitarist's sound, whether it's Clapton, Hendrix, or BB King. Now guitarist and physicist Dr ...

Utilising open strings can add new dimensions to basic chord progressions. This simple and effective technique has been used to great effect by players as diverse as Alex Lifeson, Jeff Buckley, The ...

For The New York Times for Kids, the photographer Christopher Payne visited the Martin Guitars factory to see how humans and machines make music. Credit... Supported by Photographs by Christopher ...

In American music, slide guitar (also known as bottleneck guitar) is a technique employed primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth cylinder that can fit over a player's finger, ...