
Guitar Techniques: Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Slides
Kim Perlak, chair of the Guitar department at Berklee College of Music, shares some key techniques that will add interest to your melodic improvisation on guitar.
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Jimi Hendrix and 9 Other Musicians Who Changed the Way We Play
Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt, and Louis Armstrong redefined their instruments so drastically we need to look at their innovations in a historical conext.

Neil Larocque on Getting Through 2020 with His Guitar
Student Neil Larocque talks about being separated from his family in China during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how playing guitar helped him through.

Acoustic Guitar Techniques to Move Past Beginner Level
To get your acoustic guitar sounding like Joni Mitchell’s, Nick Drake’s, James Taylor’s, and Lindsey Buckingham’s, here are three acoustic guitar techniques that you can start practicing today.

Gavin Rossdale on 25 Years of Bush, Jamming with His Children, and More
Gavin Rossdale had tracked all of the songs on what would become Bush’s multiplatinum debut, but he was still painting dentist’s offices. In this wide-ranging interview, he talks sudden (and enduring) success, his favorite Gwen Stefani tunes, and more.

7 Fundamental Metal Guitar Techniques
Learn how to stop sounding mechanical and start sounding like some of your favorite Metal guitar artists in this series of video tutorials by Shaun Michaud.

Eddie Van Halen in His Own Words: Remembering a Rock Legend
Steve Morse reflects on the death of Eddie Van Halen with seven quotes that he collected throughout his three decades as rock critic at the Boston Globe.

How to Play Acoustic Blues Guitar
Learn the history and techniques to start playing acoustic blues guitar with these four tips from Berklee Online guitar instructor Dan Bowden.

M. Ward on ‘Migration Stories,’ She & Him, and Songwriting
Matt Ward shares how a Beatles songbook and a closeted $25 guitar helped define his path as a musician, a journey which has led to create the poignant new M. Ward album, ‘Migration Stories.’

Andy Stack Talks Wye Oak, Joyero, Everclear Covers, and More
You may know Andy Stack as one half of the duo Wye Oak, along with Jenn Wasner. But he’s also one whole of Joyero, whose debut came out on Merge in 2019. He talks about his solo project and the future for Wye Oak.