If you've been staring at your guitar wondering how to translate the moody textures of Phoebe Bridgers or the laid-back strumming of Faye Webster into something you can actually play, you're not alone ...

Whether you want to play lead or rhythm, you need to get your picking technique together. We show you how... “Picking the strings, then. Up or down - that’s got to be it, surely?” Essentially, yes.

Let me just get this out of the way and say that Jam Sessions isn't really a game. Jam Sessions is a tool or software application for the Nintendo DS that allows you to learn to strum a guitar. There ...