Which Tuning Standard Sounds Better: 432Hz or 440Hz?
PHOTO: Cindy Moorhead In modern music, 440Hz has been established as the tuning standard. The pitch is that of A above middle C, and it provides a measure by which…
Read more » What’s More Important: An Expensive Guitar or an Expensive Amp?
Which would you choose…and why?
Read more » How to Memorize Scales and Unlock the Fretboard
Here’s is an unorthodox method to memorizing scales using the common three-note-per-string shapes we often employ during runs. Let’s say that you wanted to learn the E minor scale (E…
Read more » Geezer Butler: Black Sabbath Considered Recording a Blues Album After ’13’
PHOTO: Kevin Mazur | Getty Images We’ve all heard the rumors that Black Sabbath were recently toying with the idea of recording a new studio album, a potential followup to…
Read more » Don Felder Tries to Break Ernie Ball’s New Paradigm Strings
Don Felder tries out Ernie Ball’s Paradigm strings.
Read more » Intervals and Plini Announce the Plintervals Experience, a Four-Day Music Camp
Music Masters Camps has announced the Plintervals Experience, a summer retreat featuring Intervals —Aaron Marshall, Troy Wright, Nathan Bulla and Simon Grove— Plini and other guests. Plintervals invi..
Read more » The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos in Rock | VIDEO
PHOTO: Richard E. Aaron | Getty Images Certain guitar solos are infused with magic. They may or may or may not be technically challenging, flashy, or otherwise virtuoso, but they…
Read more » Eight Guitar Cables You Need to Try
It’s easy to get into the mindset of not thinking too much about your guitar cable until it goes dead at some inconvenient moment. In reality, though, the cable is…
Read more » Lee Oskar Teaches Harmonica Playing for Guitarists
Lee Oskar is the founding member and former lead harmonica player for the pioneer funk/jazz group, WAR. His Lee Oskar Harmonica QuickGuide system features Lee Oskar signature harmonicas in different…
Read more » The 20 Greatest Classic Moody Blues Songs
PHOTO: Corey Schwartz | Getty Images Although they don’t get nearly enough credit, the Moody Blues were—and are—an incredible band. They have a string of albums—from 1967’s Days of Future…
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