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October 03, 2008
When the electric guitar was originally created back in the 1930s, the main intent was simply to create an instrument that could be heard over the increasingly large jazz orchestras. It is highly doubtful that the instrument's inventors could ever have imagined the uses to which their creation ..
October 03, 2008
When comparing a ten-string guitar to a standard classical six-string guitar, I'm afraid that first analogy that occurs to me is that of the recent mutant frogs. These amphibians, as the result of nitrogen and phosphorus runoff from farms and ranches, have grown extra legs. The appearance of the ..
October 03, 2008
There is a great deal of difference between a musical synthesizer used by professional musicians and an electronic keyboard used by a typical amateur. While the former is an electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds through the generation and combination of signals of varying ..
October 03, 2008
Purchasing an acoustic piano is a big investment, so you need to research it well before buying. There are several factors, like size and expense, to consider so that you choose the best instrument for your needs. You also have a couple of different instruments to choose from - verticals of ..
October 03, 2008
Making the body of a frame drum isn't too difficult. People need to make them for various reasons; a class project, a certain authenticity in their musical instruments, or just because they think it's cool. At any rate, it's not that hard. After all, humans have been making frame drums for ..
October 02, 2008
There is no denying that electric guitars have a certain sexy allure. After all, crowds of screaming teenage fans can't be wrong, can they? Don't answer that. At any rate, the appeal of the electric guitar is such that it sometimes threatens to completely eclipse its acoustic cousin. It's ..
October 02, 2008
Learning the guitar for most is a really rewarding and gratifying experience only it can also be tormenting. To learn to play music on guitar you will certainly want a couple of things in your arsenal to come through.Those that are interested in learning to play the guitar will be disappointed that .
October 02, 2008
Hip hop music has become quite the phenomenon in the music industry. We see rappers on television all the time. Hip hop artists such as: Ne-Yo, Kanye West, Fifty Cent, and Lil Wayne have become a part of our country's music culture.Why do we listen to hip hop music? We listen to this kind of music ..
October 02, 2008
Hopefully this Jamorama review can help you determine if it's the best way for you to start learning to play the guitar. There are many different options out there, and as a new guitarist you're probably wondering how to get through all of the noise (so to speak!).Who is it Best For?The first thing .
October 02, 2008
What's the Deal with Power Chords? If you have ever heard any rock music, punk, heavy metal or any other form of music that features over driven, distorted guitar sounds, then you have definitely heard power chords in action, they have been the backbone of rock music for the last 50 ..
October 02, 2008
Can you really learn and master the guitar in a very short time? Well, not really, but there are a few things you can do to hurry the process up a little bit and this is what I am going to share with you:The first thing you need to do in order to learn and master the guitar, is to realize that ..
October 02, 2008
Don't plug in the earbuds and tune out the world - play iPod on computer instead! Did you know you can play your iPod on your computer? It's true! Having your iPod mini around when you're out and about is always a good thing, because you have music to listen to whenever the mood strikes. But what ..
October 02, 2008
One thing all the world's top guitarists would agree on is the importance of jam sessions. Despite recent developments and improvements in practice CD's and play along computer software, nothing beats playing along with another human being!Jam sessions come in two sizes, king size good and king ..
October 02, 2008
Unfortunately you don't really ever get your guitar perfectly in tune, you just strive for ever-closer approximations.Unlike the keyboard, the guitar is not “well-tempered", in Bach's time, it was discovered that, the intonation problem could be averaged over the entire keyboard resulting in ..
October 01, 2008
Before you get started, be sure to do warm-up exercises for drum set playing. Generally speaking, drum set exercises would refer to rudiments or chops but the information that is being presented to you has to do with warming up the body before any drumming.Drumming at times can be a bit strenuous, ..
October 01, 2008
Pennywise is known as an American punk rock band, that was formed in nineteen eighty eight and is named after the monster from the Stephen King novel “IT". Ever since their nineteen ninety one self titled debut they have released an album every two years on Epitaph Records; which is a label ..
October 01, 2008
Getting free legal iPod music is easy. The trick lies in knowing where to look! Taking a little time to search out great deals and sites for free music is much better than taking the easy route and going with illegal downloads. Not only are they bad for the artist's pocketbooks, they also open you ..
October 01, 2008
Now that you have that shiny new iPod, it's time to download songs onto it! So, how do you download songs onto an iPod? It's easy if you are familiar with iTunes, so that's where you should begin.When you open up the iTunes software, you will see a multitude of options. By clicking on iTunes Store, .
October 01, 2008
Learning how to transfer music to your iPod is easy! Learning how to transfer music from your iPod to your computer is a bit harder, but it can be done.One of the coolest things about the iPod is that you have your music at your fingertips, all the time. So why would you want to transfer the music ..
October 01, 2008
Musical synthesizers, or keyboards, as they are more commonly called, are one of the musical instruments most often owned by individuals or families in the United States. Comparatively compact, affordable, and easy to play, keyboards have, to some extent, followed in the footsteps of the Napoleonic .
October 01, 2008
Sheet music, sometimes called “score," is the hand-written or printed form of musical notation, or the system that represents aurally perceived music via the use of written symbols. The history of musical notation, and therefore of sheet music, is a long one. There are those who hold that the .
October 01, 2008
In comparison with the rest of its family, the Russian guitar has a relatively short history. While the Europe has been enjoying the melodious sounds of the guitar in one form or another since the 14th century, the guitar did not find its way to Mother Russia until the end of the 18th century, ..
October 01, 2008
The first time I went to see Lenny Kravitz in concert, I had difficulty taking my eyes off the drummer, Cindy Blackman. Or more specifically, off her amazing set of biceps. That woman took the term “ripped" to a whole new level. Don't get me wrong, Lenny rocked the house and he's one of my ..
October 01, 2008
Never “phoning it in"Man have I got a Story to tell you guys . . .About a year ago I was playing a gig in a hotel bar. It was slow all night and I was about an hour away from quitting. The staff was moping around. Everyone thought we were going to go home and no one was going to make any ..
October 01, 2008
More and more often these days, an instrument originally designed for one purpose or musical genre will be adopted for and adapted to a completely different area. This has been the fate of the resonator guitar, which was originally designed to be louder than a conventional acoustic guitar in order ..
October 01, 2008
If I had been alive during the Bronze Age (2000 - 700 BCE), I seriously doubt that it would have occurred to me to use the skin of an alligator to make a drum. In fact, I believe I would have avoided going anywhere near alligators altogether. Fortunately for the Chinese culture, the ancient Chinese .
October 01, 2008
When I hear the term “drumstick," I visualize precisely that-a stick that is used to strike a drum (unless, of course, I'm hungry, in which case I go another direction altogether). Simple, right? Wrong. A drumstick, or more accurately, a percussion mallet, is any object used to strike a drum ..
October 01, 2008
Two of the most common ways of studying to play the guitar are books and learn to play guitar videos. In years gone by books have invariably been the most common method but now that videos are more accessible they are pretty much neck and neck - but which is best?One on one coaching may be the best .
October 01, 2008
In the digital and electronic age of the 21st century, we are surrounded by devices that can sometimes hide their true purposes beneath a veneer of hard plastic and shiny chrome. The Kitchenaid mixer, for example. When I was growing up, it was a plain white machine with a bowl. Today, it is ..
October 01, 2008
Success has nothing to do with being lucky. If someone succeeds it is for a very good reason. Success does not happen overnight. You have to believe in yourself. When you make mistakes you should learn from them! Stay focused on what your goals are as a DJ. Make a clear plan of it. Make a mind-map ..
October 01, 2008
Drums have been a part of Korean culture for approximately two thousand years. Paintings from the period of the Three Kingdoms of Korea (57 BCE - 668 CE) still exist that depict drums being used to accompany dancers. Although only two types of barrel drum, or “buk" in Korean, are depicted in ..
October 01, 2008
If you are going to play the piano, it is important that you put everything into it. You don't want to just play the notes on a page or the chord progressions that you see, but you want the music to touch someone. Playing the piano is definitely technical in nature and it requires some training and .
October 01, 2008
I remember when my family bought our electric keyboard. I must have been about ten years old, and I remember thinking that our family was going to be the coolest one on the block. All the different sounds it could make! All the different beats it could produce! I was sure that I'd be producing ..
October 01, 2008
The primary characteristics of a steel-string acoustic guitar are self-evident from the name. At first glance or from a distance, it appears completely similar to the traditional classical, or Spanish, guitar. However, closer inspection reveals that the strings, rather than being nylon, are steel, ..
October 01, 2008
The title “Spanish guitar" is a reference to the instrument's origin rather than the music played on it. It is also called the “nylon string guitar," “classical guitar," or “gut string guitar." It is certainly one of the most recognizable instruments in the world today, and ..
October 01, 2008
I confess, Halloween is my favorite holiday. But most horror music disappoints when it comes to setting a truly creepy mood. Pop hits, cheesy maniacal laughter and backbeats just don't cut it. So I've scoured the web to find the best music to give you goosebumps.HORROR SOUNDSCAPES -- You'll need to .
October 01, 2008
It's not very often that an entertainment genre has music, dance, and an instrument all specifically designed for it, but this is precisely the case when it comes to the art of flamenco. Flamenco is a Spanish musical genre, arguable the most famous, which is probably due to the dramatic dance style .
September 30, 2008
To learn an instrument such as the violin or clarinet takes years. The job opportunities for musicians are scarce and competition is fierce. Then why are more people than ever before paying a lot of good cash to get their children the best music tuition they can afford?The secret lies in the impact .
September 30, 2008
Learning how to play the guitar is not as difficult as it might seem. There are thousands of guitarists in the world today, who have learned to play the guitar either by trial and error, or by hiring a guitar teacher. The truth still remains that guitars are by far the most addictive musical ..
September 30, 2008
In attempting playing music by ear, to play any piece, the first step is to find out where the tonic, the basic keynote, is. Sing the piece or think it through until you find the note that has that solid, static feeling which identifies it as tonic. Some find this very easy to do; others find it ..
September 30, 2008
THE EARS and fingers feel orderliness in the arrangement of tunes long before we ourselves are conscious of any logical arrangement of the tones or the need to learn how to play scales. Since the ear player more or less feels his way along, rather than rationalizing it, he is able to progress far ..
September 30, 2008
The playing of piano scales is an important part of the training of any player of the piano.The fingering will cause trouble in playing piano scales. The human hand was not built to play the piano, or it would have had seven fingers. Since there are seven notes in the scale, all scales are fingered .
September 30, 2008
If you desperately need easy iPod instructions, you're not alone. The iPods don't come with printed instruction manuals, so how do you know what to do with them? My first iPod shuffle came with a small folder that explained I should download iTunes and plug in the iPod...but where? To what? And ..
September 30, 2008
To begin to learn playing by ear, you need to find a simple tune you know well. All the pieces in this list can be played entirely on the white keys, if you begin with the note indicated after the name. These are all in the key of C. You would be able to sing them better if they were in some other ..
September 30, 2008
Learning to play guitar chords is often one of the first things every new guitar player focuses on. These chords fit into categories together called “keys". In order to learn guitar chords to the proper extent and be able to place them in songs and progressions correctly, the player also ..
September 30, 2008
Ask a random person off the street to describe a harp, and they are likely to describe a huge, bulky instrument. However, all harps are not equal. They range in size in type. But where, exactly, did this seemingly simple instrument come from?The harp is an ancient instrument, having been around ..
September 30, 2008
A harp is a wonderful instrument. If you are looking to purchase a new or used harp there are several characteristics of the harp to look at. These things include the size, construction, and the tone.It isn't a good idea to buy a harp online unless you know the exact size of the harp you want to ..
September 30, 2008
Classic rock - the definition defies most, and yet, everyone knows a classic rock song when they hear one. What makes it classic exactly? Well, for starters, it should be an older song. Nineties rock tunes do not qualify. Generally, 70's, maybe a few 80's and 60's can qualify for the esteemed title .
September 30, 2008
There's no single better way to improve your musicianship, your songwriting, and your singing then by improving your ears with PurePitchMethod ear training. As the old saying goes “You can only play as well as you can hear." Music is a “listening art" and if you don't know what notes ..
September 30, 2008
The world of child actresses, singers, dancers and performers is a troubled one. The price of success at such an early age would appear to take its toll later on in life, but perhaps not much later than you might imagine.Consider the case of Lindsay Lohan, who started her career in commercials at ..
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