When I was learning how to play guitar in the early noughties, my choices were to get lessons at school, attend an expensive specialist classical guitar school, or pay for private tuition. Nowadays ...

“I was 12 years old, I believe, the summer before I started seventh grade. My grandmother gave it to me and it used to belong to my mom's brother, my Uncle Lyle. “He passed away at an early age and he ...

My first guitar lesson ended in discomfort, confusion and despair. But I was hooked. I was 10 but still sensed an intense connection to this beautiful and mysterious instrument. Since then, guitars ...

Remember the first song you learned to play? Do you remember exactly how and where you learned it? Do you still play it? I remember vividly sitting in the living room with my father, learning “You Are ...