Eighth Notes are the subject of today’s GarageBand Music Theory Lesson. If you’re new to GB Music Theory, be sure to check out the previous weeks’ lessons on Whole Notes, Half Notes and ...

Rigid, pumping eighth-note chords can be found in most genres, but are particularly effective in progressive house.

In his inaugural Guitar World lesson column, authored in 1996, the legendary bassist also revealed why he used pick to lay ...

You don’t need to be able to read sheet music to be a musical genius. The following list contains our picks for great musicians who wouldn’t know a key signature, an eighth note, or a staff if ...

Unlike standard musical notation, bass tabs use a simple visual representation to indicate where a bassist should play each note on the fretboard.

For musical iconoclasts My Brightest Diamond and Eighth Blackbird, love at first sight The Detroit vocalist and Grammy-winning Chicago sextet have turned musical kinship into a Feb. 13th Chicago ...

For many guitarists, any time signature other than 4/4 can prove a nightmare to play and 'feel'. Here, we're looking at the irregular time signatures of 5/8 and 5/4. Although both can be subdivided ...

Today, we’re taking a hythmic turn, checking out rests - although sadly not the kind where you put your feet up. Instead, we’re concerned with the periods of silence that occur in music when an ...

The Chicago new-music ensemble Eighth Blackbird is on a roll. Just after winning its fourth Grammy in February, the group received a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions; the ...

The Chicago-based new music sextet eighth blackbird took over this year’s Ojai Music Festival in Libbey Bowl for four days and packed it full with more and more varied music (and music theater ...