The funkmeister puts Direct Flyte under the microscope to deliver a masterclass in arrangement. It's funk, sure, but there's ...

Like many would-be six-string slingers, Don Bacon of Denver, Colorado, found getting started tougher than it looked. The discomfort experienced when pushing soft finger ends onto hard metal strings ...

There's something pretty satisfying about nailing those floating, colorful notes in Guitar Hero, a feeling that a company named Incident took advantage of with a more lifelike guitar in 2012 to pretty ...

A new stand-alone programmable MIDI controller has been created called the Tabstrummer, which is half guitar and half keyboard. It allows chords to be programmed into it and then played back at the ...

Guitar Hero was all the rage for a few years, before the entire world apparently got sick of it overnight. Some diehards still remember the charms of rhythm games, though. Among them you might count ...

Become a musician from the comfort of your home. By Rylee Johnston All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The next Rock Band may actually live up to its promise and teach you how to play music—or at the very least, learn how to play selected songs from the ...

Like so many parents, I have fantasies of my children mastering musical instruments, even though my own musical talents are limited at best and memories of my short-lived piano lessons still fill me ...

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm John Dankosky, sitting in for Ira Flatow. OK all you wannabe rock stars, take heart, it's not too late to learn the guitar according to my first guest, Gary Marcus. Fitting ...

Bruce Springsteen knows a thing or two about writing an anthem. When you think of his tracks you think of epic storytelling, huge anthemic hooks and choruses you want to sing for days. But what goes ...