Some moments in music don't just play - they hit you somewhere deep and don't let go. A truly great guitar solo is like that.

There's a particular kind of silence that follows a great guitar solo. Not the silence of an ending, but the silence of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here, we pose the question - and bust a few myths in the process. Robert Johnson’s Delta blues masterpiece, originally titled ...

It’s no secret that David Gilmour is a next-level guitarist. His soaring solos and melodies are a big part of what made Pink Floyd so memorable. And while the studio recording of “Comfortably Numb” ...

One goal of the alternative rock guitarist is to avoid rock clichés. And one of rock’s biggest clichés is the guitar solo. Still, the scene produced many guitar heroes who found new ways to shred. And ...

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If there's one topic classic rock fans love to debate, it would probably be which guitarist is the "best" ever, and which licks and riffs are the most impressive. So it's no surprise that when Guitar ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

Whether he's playing something aggressive or something melodic, there is no escaping Ritchie Blackmore is one of the absolute ...

Rock and roll has prided itself on having the greatest lyricists of their time, but some of the greatest artists have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...