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 ...

Let's say you want to learn to play guitar — but you don't have the time or money for lessons. Why not try YouTube? A number of people teach guitar on the video-sharing Web site, offering lessons for ...

Let's be real for a second. Our attention spans aren't what they used to be. With the constant bombardment of content from all sides competing for our glances, our ears, and our fingers, it's no ...

Here's some of the terminology that will be used throughout this guide. If you prefer pictures, you'll find a couple at the bottom of this section. Axe Slang for guitar. Body The widest area (the ...

I tried taking lessons. I tried reading guitar tabs online. The only thing that worked was Rocksmith. Music has long struck me as a kind of magic. In terms of my life essentials, it ranks only just ...

DIY Tuitar uses an ESP32 to teach guitar with tuning, a virtual fretboard, and modes. Game modes include random note ...

Learning guitar has never been easier. In the past, you would have needed to hire a guitar teacher and buy music books to start learning how to play, but now, the explosion in guitar apps and free ...

There’s never been a better time to teach yourself to play the guitar than now. The number of free (or practically free) guitar resources online is staggering, from gamified learning systems to ...

Are you stressed? Worried? Burnt out? Then I have a simple suggestion: pick up an instrument. Why? Well, because I believe learning guitar is the best thing you can do to soothe your gnashing brain.

To borrow a song title from Radiohead’s worst album, anybody can play guitar. The world is full of virtuosic talents and genre-pushing pioneers, but they all had to start from the same place: knowing ...