GoChords News - Players, Lessons, and More (2024)

Learn the Other “Purple Haze” Chord

Ask most guitarists how to play the chord made famous by “Purple Haze,” and they’ll likely strum the E7#9 grip known informally the world over as “the Hendrix chord.” However, other players – such as Chicago, Illinois, guitarist Paul Petraitis, who saw Jimi Hendrix perform four times in 1968…

Watch Peter Frampton and Eric Clapton Play “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in Dallas

During his performance at the 2019 Crossroads Festival in Dallas, Peter Frampton brought an old friend – and the festival’s organizer – Eric Clapton, out onstage. You can watch the duo’s searing cover of The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” above.

Design of Prince’s Iconic Cloud Guitar at Center of Legal Battle

Back in July, it was announced that Prince’s official website would begin selling Schecter-built replicas of his iconic Cloud guitar. Now, the design of the Cloud – one of the most famous of Prince’s many unique guitars – has become the center of a legal battle between the late superstar’s estate and the guitar’s original builder.

Under Investigation: The Soulful Guitarists of James Brown

Back when funk was called “Soul Music” James Brown and his various groups ruled the roost. These meticulous musical outfits, which included the Famous Flames, the James Brown Band, the James Brown Orchestra, the Depps, and, of course, the J.B.’s, were required to uphold a reputation for turn-on-a-dime precision and the ability to alter grooves and arrangements via on-the-fly signals.

Joanna Wallfisch Talks Baritone Ukuleles

Joanna Wallfisch plays the baritone ukulele as her primary instrument on her new recording, which is featured on the following tracks: “Road Trip,” “In Flight Service,” “Far Away From Any Place Called Home,” and “Ballet Of Birds.” On her previous album she featured both baritone and soprano ukulele. When she performs solo or with her band she plays all of her music on the ukulele.

The Metronome In Your Head

In the Fall 2019 issue of Ukulele, Grammy award-winning musician Cathy Fink presents a wonderful lesson extolling the virtues of incorporating a metronome into one’s daily practice regimen. She’s right! The metronome is the one true musical friend that will never lie to you about whether or not you are playing in time. But amazingly we all have a built-in metronome in our head. Here’s how I learned to use mine.

Master the Basics of Rhythm Guitar

“Hey, man, do you play lead or rhythm?” It’s an annoying question that has plagued guitarists for more than a half century. And while not exactly derogatory, it’s certainly misleading. Why? Well, all music relies on dividing time into rhythms to glue together its other two main elements: melody and harmony.

Why John Lennon Took the Solo on The Beatles’ “Get Back”

You don’t have to be a dyed in the wool Beatles fanatic to know that the sessions that produced Let It Be, the final album the group released (but not the last that they recorded!) were far from harmonious.

Bonnie Raitt: Five Acts of Legend

B. B. King called her the “best damn slide player working today.” Indeed, with a glass slide on the second finger of her left hand, Bonnie Raitt coaxes a voice from her Fender Stratocaster as tough, sensuous and expressive as her own. Her nearly 50-year career almost didn’t happen.

Jimi Hendrix: The Barre-Chord Roots of His Melodic Rhythm Guitar Style

During his short stay on earth, Jimi Hendrix challenged all previous perceptions of how the electric guitar could be played. From 1968 to 1971, he developed a revolutionary sonic vocabulary by manipulating his guitar, amp and effects to produce extreme distortion, sustain and feedback.

Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan Meet and Play in 1984

Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan toured together in 1989, but five years before that, they met and played together for the first time at a convention for their shared label, CBS Records, in Honolulu.

This Kanile’a Ukulele Will Help Plant a Forest

It started with a simple idea: Plant a koa tree for every ukulele that Kanile’a built. But thriving forests don’t exist with only one species of tree, and so the dream turned into a challenge: create a biodiverse, healthy forest with varying native species in a full-on reforestation effort.