Like many would-be six-string slingers, Don Bacon of Denver, Colorado, found getting started tougher than it looked. The discomfort experienced when pushing soft finger ends onto hard metal strings ...

The Finger Friendly Guitar Company Keyboard makes picking up guitar easier and less strenuous. Developed by self-proclaimed “failed guitarist” Don Bacon, this apparatus helps people become more ...

There's something pretty satisfying about nailing those floating, colorful notes in Guitar Hero, a feeling that a company named Incident took advantage of with a more lifelike guitar in 2012 to pretty ...

The next Rock Band may actually live up to its promise and teach you how to play music—or at the very least, learn how to play selected songs from the Rock Band 3 soundtrack. Thanks to Rock Band 3’s ...

I’m trying to learn to play guitar. (Emphasis on “trying.”) Instead of taking formal guitar lessons, I’m using online tools: A bunch of free YouTube guitar videos here, a few paid membership guitar ...