A look into the greatest riffs in folk music, covering everyone from Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert Johnson.

When it comes to guitar chords, it all begins with basic ones that are called either major (use just the letter of the chord, ...

He attended a school trip to a guitar festival; he came back a champion. Now, Marywood music student Kyle Jenkins, a student of Diogo Salmeron Carvalho, Ph.D., the assistant professor of music ...

Twelve-year-old bass virtuoso Ellen Alaverdyan (better known as @ellenplaysbass on Instagram and YouTube) looks nervous as ...

The not-so-humble 12-string guitar. Like its six-string brother but beefed up on steroids, its impact on a song is unmistakable. While it packs double the ergonomic punch, the result isn’t necessarily ...

Santana played electric guitar and flamenco-style nylon-string guitar on the Latin music-influenced track. He also contributed a whistling part to the song. “[T]o my surprise, Michael really ...

My classical guitar, with its dark rosewood body and nylon strings, sings with a soft, mellifluous tone. My 12-string guitar, oversized and brash, demands attention with its bright, showy sound.