For more than 20 years Hawai'i's Jake Shimabukuro has used his mastery of ukulele to apply the instrument in new and fresh ...

Grade 7 student Alegra Powers hopes to become a music teacher. She said the Intro to Ukulele course she's designed, which she pla ...

Joni Mitchell recalls the pain from her earliest attempts to share her songs as a young piano student. “I got my fingers rapped with a ruler,” she tells Guitar Player. “‘Why would you want to compose ...

Eddie Condon's sharp wit, swinging banjo, and propulsive guitar helped shape the hot sound of Chicago jazz in the 1920s and ’30s.

Read Take Five with Harpist / Vocalist Deborah Henson-Conant by AAJ Staff on All About Jazz. Discover in-depth jazz Take Five ...

The banjo and the traditional Chinese yangqin sound like they were made to be played together. The banjo colors each ...

To call a musician a virtuoso can be double-edged. The term implies godlike deftness and speed but also a certain impersonal ...

From B.B. King’s angled attack to Matt Schofield’s shoulder-picking method, the way you hold your guitar pick can completely transform your tone and feel. Subtle changes in grip, angle, and contact ...

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Trellises and cages are common plant supports used in vegetable gardens. Many varieties of peas and beans need something to climb. Vine crops such as squash, melons and cucumbers can produce ...

Everaert, M., Huybregts, M., Chomsky, N., Berwick, R., & Bolhuis, J. (2015). Structures, not strings: Linguistics as a part of the cognitive sciences. Trends in ...