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Rocksmith has been around since 2011, beginning as an alternative to the five button rhythm guitar craze, set apart by the fact that it lets players use their own real six strings as the controller, ...

I’m trying to learn to play guitar. (Emphasis on “trying.”) Instead of taking formal guitar lessons, I’m using online tools: A bunch of free YouTube guitar videos here, a few paid membership guitar ...

No kid ever dreams of growing up and becoming a shitty guitar player. But alas, here I am. I’ve been obsessed with music since elementary school, but apparently the rapid-firing neurons of excitement ...

Whether you're just learning, trying to get better, or looking to upgrade your equipment, the App Store offers a wide variety of apps geared towards guitarists, and after playing with a bunch of them, ...

Holiday gifting has just found a crowd-pleaser. The officially licensed bundle lands on December 15 with preorders live at Amazon for $99.99, which makes a learn-and-play setup feel easy to justify ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Guitar maker Fender has just debuted Fender Play, a new guitar lessons web platform and iOS app aimed ...

If you ask Ethan Kaplan, chief product officer of digital at Fender, about the death of the electric guitar, he gets a bit incredulous. And it's easy to understand why. As he's quick to point out, ...

The folk singer-songwriter demystifies her various tuning techniques, taking followers step-by-step through some of her most popular songs. By Adriana Balsamo Despite performing for more than a decade ...

I waited seven years for a sequel to one of my favorite games, and I got a satisfying yet flawed experience. What I didn’t expect was that it would inspire me to start playing the guitar. The Last of ...