Credit: Future Last month, I delved into the world of fingerpicking in the Piedmont/Mississippi John Hurt/Rev. Gary Davis/Blind Blake style, with a look at the basics of this technique. As I detailed, ...

Last month, I delved into the world of fingerpicking in the Piedmont/Mississippi John Hurt/Rev. Gary Davis/Blind Blake style, with a look at the basics of this technique. As I detailed, it’s built ...

Sure, the outfits are hilariously baffling. The mystique curiously alluring. The frantic antics and manic-yet-precise playing at times jaw-dropping. But for music nerds, the real marvel of the ...

Root Drop is a pitch-shifting effect that lowers only the lowest note currently being played (the root note) by one whole step. It lets you play using Drop D chord shapes while keeping your guitar in ...

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Since Johnny Griffin's precocious professional debut with Lionel Hampton in 1945, his best work has been guided by spontaneity. One of the fastest and least inhibited of tenor men, Griffin loves the ...