For anyone seeing an authentic bluegrass band for the first time, the unique instrumentation, driving tempos, soulful harmonies, and fierce, piercing tenor singing can be a lot to take.
Videos
Beginner Techniques for Percussive / Flamenco Guitar
If you’ve got an acoustic guitar—particularly a classical guitar with nylon strings—here are some beginner techniques for unleashing your guitar’s latent drum kit.
How to Play a Jazz Piano Solo with 3 Easy Blues Scales
How to improvise a jazz blues solo in the key of C, using 3 easy blues scales.
Our Most Popular Videos of 2013
This year we made a point of stepping up our YouTube video channel. With gear reviews on everything from organs to acoustic-electric guitars, plus a slew of online lessons, travel features, and magazine issue trailers, you can now visit us from any device and push PLAY on content that was once only available in our […]
Climate Change Expressed Through Music
University of Minnesota undergraduate Daniel Crawford combined his studies in environmental science with his passion for music to create “Song of Our Warming Planet.” The piece reflects the earth’s surface temperature changes from 1880 to 2012, with the coldest year (1909) having the lowest note. Crawford was interning for Professor Scott St. George who first suggested he set climate change to music.
Choose the Best Acoustic-Electric Guitar
With so many awesome acoustic guitars to choose from, where do you begin? Unless you’re a purist who never, ever plans to plug in, you should consider an acoustic-electric guitar.
Band Tips: How to Find Gigs
Where can we play? should be one of the first questions you answer as a band.
Sneak Peek at Our October Issue
Our October issue is full of goodies. We’ve got a cover story on pianist/songwriter Jim Brickman, modeling amps for guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, harmonicas, even bagpipes.
How to Choose the Best Modeling Amp
In this video, Todd Hobin to discuss his pics for the best modeling amps. A modeling amp is an easy-to-carry, affordable, and often great-sounding alternative to the beastly amplifiers you’d normally take to a show. Watch our video to learn more.
Rock and Roll History Quiz
If you have any fun trivia questions for us to add, please leave them in the comments! [WpProQuiz 1]