Prince was a multi-talented, genre-bending music master, whose vocal and musical prowess knew no bounds over a long, varied ...

The unique blending of styles that became the Minneapolis Sound has foundations in the geography, demography and culture of ...

Including one of the most iconic opening guitar chords of all time ... all creating an iconic sound which instantly evokes Prince’s most loved anthem. The 7#9 chord is a staple of funk ...

From the beginning, Prince had an inkling that Purple Rain’s landmark single would be better without bass guitar ...

Its silhouette has become an icon of popular culture; its larger-than-life sound transformed modern music. Once shunned as a novelty and feared as subversive, the electric guitar is now equally at ...

“All evidence suggests that this was the first cloud guitar ever built for Prince,” says John Troutman, curator of American music at the National Museum of American History. Hannah Whitaker It ...

Prince frequently signalled to his sound engineers to change the levels on his guitar and vocals while playing. The loose set, largely comprising new material, included ‘Guitar’ – during ...