The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding ...

A new year means new opportunities to pick up a hobby, or sharpen up a skill that you may have forgotten about. Could it be picking up the guitar?

Though you can pluck the guitar strings with your fingers, using a pick (aka plectrum) is the more common approach for a clearer tone – especially on electric guitar as opposed to acoustic.