When you start your guitar journey, it’s very easy to imagine that you’d need to learn hundreds of different things before you can master a song or two. The good news is, that isn’t entirely true.

Access free YouTube tutorials for basic skills like chords and strumming techniques. Utilize guitar tabs and tab apps online to learn songs quickly without traditional sheet music. Consider paid apps ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Lituma, West Virginia University (THE CONVERSATION) Waking up to the dawn chorus ...

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If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Guitar maker Fender has just debuted Fender Play, a new guitar lessons web platform and iOS app aimed ...

To learn a song, young white-crowned sparrows don’t need to hear the entire tune straight through. Hearing it in two-phrase bits will do. If the order of phrases in a pair is reversed—BA and DC ...

However, one of the most rewarding ways to identify birds is to listen to them and learn to recognize their songs. As an ornithologist and educator, I often introduce students to the intricacies of ...