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Get strumming: The 22 essential beginner, blues and folk guitar chords every guitarist should learn first
Inspiration for every skill level
30 essential acoustic guitar chords, with charts
Massively expand your musical vocabulary and songwriting options with these beautiful acoustic guitar chords
"When he died, I cried and I actually jumped into the ocean": Carlos Santana and more on bass legend Jaco Pastorius
We salute a true bass guitar virtuoso
7 festive free plugins we found under the Christmas tree
We've rounded up a selection of festive freebies to save you some much-needed Christmas cash - and keep you busy while the rest of the family argues over who burned the turkey
SampleRadar: 139 free dream pop samples
Sound like Cocteau Twins and Beach House with these dreamy and melodic loops and one-shots
Recording Week 2024: Exhibitor A-Z
Look out for these companies and their latest releases at MusicRadar's Recording Week 2024!
How to make a UK garage beat
Brash and bouncy, classic UKG has an instantly recognisable sound that remains enduringly popular. We show you how it’s made…
SampleRadar: 207 free '90s jungle samples
Incredible! Breaks, basslines and one-shots for classic jungle tracks
"He became just my hero, really": Paul McCartney's bass idol, 'incomparable' Motown session giant James Jamerson
We celebrate one of the greatest of them all
SampleRadar: 347 free funk and soul guitar samples
More than 300 funk-laden licks for your productions
SampleRadar: 487 free handheld noisemaker samples
Bleeps, bloops, beats and loops from portable noise-making machines
SampleRadar: 371 free fuzzed-out psych samples
We're channelling old-school sci-fi FX, ‘60s garage psychedelia and fuzz-laden stoner rock in our latest free sample pack
SampleRadar Synth Week 2024 special: grab 3,569 free synth samples!
In celebration of Synth Week 2024, we're giving you thousands of free synth samples!
Synth Week 2024: Exhibitor A-Z
Look out for these companies and their latest releases at MusicRadar's Synth Week 2024!
SampleRadar: 935 free analogue polysynths samples
Capture the timeless and beloved sound of the Prophet, Juno, Jupiter, and more with these free samples
Try these 4 ways to power up your guitar power chords
Simple tricks for new inspiration from popular music's most common type of chord
Superbooth 2024 live: all the latest synth news from Berlin, as it happens
Knob tweakers, assemble! Big reveals from Korg, Moog, Polyend, Dreadbox and many more
These 6 guitar chords are great for classic rock – and more besides
Try these '70s rock-inspired chord shapes for size and then use them to play along to our backing track
The 5 foolproof ways to start a guitar solo
First impressions count – especially with solos!
Hard rock and heavy metal guitar essentials, plus 5 top metal solo tips
Aggressive rock and metal styles demand a certain level of technique and timing, we take a look at some of the essential building blocks of the genre's playing style
SampleRadar: 537 free lo-fi sampler samples
For our latest free sample pack, we ran a variety of loops and one-shots through the Casio SK-1, Akai S900 and Bugbrand BugCrusher
Try our taster menu of lessons with 7 different playing styles
Including delta blues, gypsy jazz, country, medieval, folk and bluegrass
