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"Humans will be doing all the serious music transcription for the foreseeable future": Songscription review

This AI-powered transcription tool promises to convert any audio file into sheet music, tab or MIDI. But can it really match the skills of a professional?

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“Her technique is particularly difficult to replicate because she played ‘upside down’ on a guitar strung for arighty”: Sue Foley salutes Elizabeth Cotten and her favorite female guitar pioneers in this fingerpicking blues masterclass

Foley's latest lesson unpacks the Piedmont fingerpicking style perfected by the likes of Elizabeth Cotten – and there's some Memphis Minnie, too

Guitar World

“You really can’t completely replicate what she does, which is a beautiful thing. She took it to her grave”: Sue Foley has spent 25 years researching the unsung female pioneers of guitar – these are the most important players she discovered

The Grammy-nominated blues guitarist has been researching unrecognized women of the guitar world since 2001. Her latest album, One Guitar Woman, is a tribute to some of the greatest

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Yasmin Williams, folk’s fantastical fingerpicker: ‘Guitar Hero shaped my experimental approach’

After shredding on a video game axe during her teens, the American musician graduated to the real thing. She explains how her music chooses hope during dark times

The Guardian - UK

Cotten picking, ‘picking and flicking’, open tunings, Travis picking and banjo techniques on guitar – learning Americana guitar styles opens up a whole new world for your acoustic playing

From Maybelle Carter’s famous ‘pick and flick’ approach to Pete Seeger’s banjo-style techniques – it’s all here in a lesson that will make you a more rounded player

Guitar World

‘When they cleared the wreckage, it was all that survived’: 10 of history’s most irreplaceable guitars

As Paul McCartney is reunited with his violin-shaped Hofner bass, we look at equally iconic guitars, from Prince’s phallic symbol to Jimmy Page’s double-necked beast

The Guardian - UK

Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Carly Simon lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2022 inductees

After decades of largely excluding women from induction, the voters of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame seem eager to help right the wrongs of the past for the second year in a row.

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