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Lukather might have made his name in box-office rock and pop, but the blues underpins it all, and this quick-fire tutorial ...
Before the 1950s, guitars supported the band. By the end of the decade, they led it. This breakdown covers the rise of ...
I talked to Buddy Guy ahead of his upcoming June 24th show at Champaign’s Virginia Theatre. Yes, the Buddy Guy. I’m still ...
Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces ...
Whatever your musical instrument need, Blues Angel Music can help you out. Since 1997, retired Navy pilot Jim DeStafney and his wife, Nan, a retired Navy forensics officer, have been strumming ...
They are the landscape. They bleed through cracked plaster. They thrum beneath every blues chord played on worn-out guitars. They do not attack. They accuse. And no stake, no priest, no amount of ...
“I wrote the song and the chord pattern, and we both worked on the melody,” Jahriffe explained. “The song actually started off as something completely different, but we scratched that ...
Aimee Nolte Music The Hendrix Chord Reimagined for Jazz and Blues Posted: April 17, 2025 | Last updated: April 17, 2025 Inspired by Jimi Hendrix’s bold use of the dominant 7#9 on “Purple Haze ...
There is no chorus, no set number of times to repeat a musical pattern ... the chord progressions during our lesson, I remembered something Holmes had told me. “For some reason, blues lyrics ...
The 17th annual Motor City Blues Festival features a variety of acts, each delivering their creative sounds to the stage. While the singers’ styles may differ, they share a common thread ...
The riff combines some simple blues style patterns with single note walk downs and arpeggiated chords. Overall, the riff is pretty easy to play through, but the final section can be tricky as you move ...
Scientists have found patterns of music that make our heart beat faster or cause us to feel like our stomach is doing somersaults. When the sequences of chords – three or more musical notes ...