My first guitar lesson ended in discomfort, confusion and despair. But I was hooked. I was 10 but still sensed an intense connection to this beautiful and mysterious instrument. Since then, guitars ...

Trying to learn to play the guitar isn't always fun. The learning curve is notoriously steep—especially at the very beginning. Some days, even picking up your instrument can seem like a pretty ...

Remember the first song you learned to play? Do you remember exactly how and where you learned it? Do you still play it? I remember vividly sitting in the living room with my father, learning “You Are ...

When I was learning how to play guitar in the early noughties, my choices were to get lessons at school, attend an expensive specialist classical guitar school, or pay for private tuition. Nowadays ...

Part of the reason I’ve never quite taken to the acoustic guitar is that I live with the lingering fear that someone will ask me to play 'Kumbaya,' at which point they will take a Fender to the face.

“I was 12 years old, I believe, the summer before I started seventh grade. My grandmother gave it to me and it used to belong to my mom's brother, my Uncle Lyle. “He passed away at an early age and he ...

My 8-year-old niece went for her first guitar lesson recently, and her music teacher suggested an exercise in which she was to lay her hands palm down on a flat surface and wiggle each finger in turn.

Prior to joining Metallica in 1983, Hammett played in Bay Area legends Exodus and was one of the band's founding members, starting up the group back in '79. After two years, he started taking lessons ...

Nita Strauss is one of the greatest guitarists on the planet today. Not female guitarist. Guitarist. Period. And now you have the chance to learn from one of the masters. Strauss is the first woman in ...