Before all this though, Paul was a student and a tutor at LA's G.I.T. (Guitar Institute of Technology, later Musicians ...

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Vai is mulling composing his first piece for microtonal instruments. He is now on an SDSU-bound tour with the band he ...

I hadn’t touched a mandolin since adolescence, and, even then, I’d only fooled around. My wife was beside me. “Do it,” she ...

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German-born bassist and composer Martin Wind has built an extensive résumé with more than 20 albums as a leader or co-leader ...

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The Rule of 18 (17.817): Each fret position is calculated by dividing the remaining scale length by 17.817. Fret 12 always falls at exactly half the total scale length — a simple way to verify your ...