I had some lessons when I was very young, but after that, it was self-study that powered my guitar playing. I learned my ...

Here are the five best songs from Opeth’s no-growl era! The news of Opeth ’s upcoming (conceptual) 14th studio “observation,” ...

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Inon Barnatan hits the ground running with Ravel in his recital, concluding with his own transcription of Rachmaninov's ...

Whether you're checking into the Hotel California or sheltering from the cold November Rain, the harmonic minor scale is ...

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It's written in two sections: the Toccata (meaning "to touch") - is a sort of free-form introduction, involving lots of fast scales and arpeggios (broken chords); the second part - the Fugue - is ...

It has echoes of Paul Kelly splattered with a bit of post-punk noise. There’s shouting and pleading. Sombre trumpets, wailing ...

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holds down a vamp while the drummer Jongkuk Kim continuously toys with subtle cross-rhythms; Parks’s piano solo sprinkles clusters, trills and arpeggios around the chords, while Tuohey’s solo ...