If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There is little doubt that “I taught myself how to play ...

Guitar skills: let's get one thing straight – you don't need to know a lot of scales to be a good guitarist. In fact, if you've been playing for under a year you could quite safely get away with only ...

Guitar lessons: Compared to simple strumming, the beautiful and intricate sounds of fingerstyle acoustic guitar are a step up, technically speaking. Still, you shouldn’t be intimidated by this way of ...

As happy as some people are to mimic their favorite six-string slingers on air guitar (or its digital equivalent, Guitar Hero), some of us actually want to do the real thing—be on stage, playing a ...