Let’s be clear: there’s no such thing as an ‘acoustic guitar chord’. If a guitar has a standard fretboard, then, acoustic or electric, all chord shapes are fair game. However, some chords do sound ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Baxter PR Jacob Collier is fast becoming a guitar hero for the modern age. That’s not ...

Integrating 'three-notes-per-string' blues scale shapes and 3-1-3 pentatonic shapes can open up new fretboard possibilities When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Three-notes-per-string scale shapes are a great way of accessing the maximum available notes anywhere on the guitar neck. These positions make full use of all four fingers and cover more frets than ...

String theory began over 50 years ago as a way to understand the strong nuclear force. Since then, it’s grown to become a theory of everything, capable of explaining the nature of every particle, ...

In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...