What it is: Nashville tuning swaps lower strings for high‑octave equivalents, producing a bright, layered sound while keeping familiar fingering. Who uses it: Taylor Swift, Keith Richards, David ...

Fingerstyle guitar lets you become the whole band on one instrument, blending melody, bass, and harmony into a single performance. With the right approach, you can turn simple tunes into rich, full ...

A young Gary Talley (right) in Memphis. Growing up Memphis in the ’50s and ’60s, I couldn’t have avoided music, even if I’d wanted to. By the late ’60s, it seemed like every kid in Memphis was in a ...