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March 11th, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, For Beginners, Guitars, Playing Tips
6 – Now you are going to want to learn as many different ways as you can for playing a chord. For example, there are ten different basic hand positions that you can use in order to play a basic C chord. Obviously you are going to want to be going for the perfect open [...]
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Guide to Left Handed Acoustic Guitars One distinctive as well as important group of guitars is the group of left handed guitars. The left handed acoustic guitar is held with the fret board positioned in the right hand, and the guitar player uses his or her left hand to do the picking. The strings of the...... -
Learning the Acoustic Guitar Quickly pt 3 10 - Take the time to learn different barre chords in addition to open chords. You should not skip learning barre chords simply because they are more difficult for you to master. As with the process of developing fingertip calluses, the more that you play and practice, the easier all...... -
Styles of the Ukulele In the simplest sense, the ukulele is a very small guitar like musical instrument that originally came from Madeira, an island in Portugal. This instrument was originally known as Braguinha in Portuguese, until travelers left Portugal in 1879 bound for Hawaii, showing craftsmen the unique instrument. Hawaiian craftsmen were quickly...... -
Learning to Play the Acoustic Guitar When it comes to learning how to play the acoustic guitar and its associated cords, there are a myriad of different places that you can turn to in order to get the help you need. Although there may be a myriad of different sites out there that will help you...... -
Hammered Dulcimer The hammered dulcimer is a stringed instrument that is based upon a sound box that is shaped as a trapezoid. The musician sits or stands in front of the instrument, which lies upon a stand at an inclined angle. The principle way to play the instrument is to hammer the......
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March 2nd, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, Guitars, Playing Tips, Strings
February 13th, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, Guitars, Instrument Care
February 12th, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, saxophone
The saxophone is an interesting musical instrument that has become well appreciated through the years in a wide variety of different musical genres, including but not limited to jazz music, rock music and pop music as well. For saxophone players, there are a number of add on pieces like mouth pieces that are absolutely essential [...]
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What are Acoustic Guitars Made Out Of? There are a number of different materials that are used for the purpose of constructing guitars. Let us take a look at a few of them. Mahogany When this wood is used as a guitar top, it has a low velocity of sound as compared to other woods, good density,...... -
Triangle 101 There are a range of different metal percussion instruments that can be found in the modern western orchestra, even though many of them have origins that are not only ancient in nature, but also global as well. The Triangle - The triangle is a two piece instrument that is comprised...... -
A Look at the Recorder The recorder is a musical instrument that falls into the woodwind family of musical instruments, and falls into the family of instruments known as internal duct flutes or fipple flutes. These are whistle-like instruments including the ocarina and the tin whistle for example. The recorder is a type of end...... -
The Harmonica in American History The Harmonica was not originally developed in America, but rather saw the beginning of life in Germany. However, the Harmonica has a rich history in North America, and contributed heavily to the history of music in America as well. Hohner began to manufacture harmonicas in 1857, and shortly after this...... -
How to Get Kids Interested in Acoustic Music Getting children interested in music is not normally a difficult task, especially considering how many different types of music there are out there. If you are looking to get your children interested in acoustic music, however, the process may be a little more difficult. Children begin listening to music as......
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January 20th, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, For Beginners, music
When it comes to music, you can look at harmony as the use of chords or pitches simultaneously. The study behind harmony involves the study of chords and the way that they are constructed as well as harmonic progressions and the connection principles that are used in order to govern them. Harmony is regarded as [...]
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Learning the Acoustic Guitar When learning how to properly play the acoustic guitar, versatility is a major goal that you should work towards as best as you can. It is very important to learn all of the different ways you can play the various chords. By learning the different chords that you can play...... -
Stand Up Bass Buying Guide Buying a stand up bass can be difficult because there is no standard set of specifications designed for stand up bass instruments. For this reason, you can find stand up bass instruments in a variety of different sizes and shapes. When you find stand up basses offering higher prices, this...... -
Chords 101 pt 3 Scale Degree Chords are also capable of being distinguished as well as notated based on the scale degree for their root note or their bass note. For example, since the C major scale's first scale degree is the C note, a triad that is built on top of this note...... -
Hammered and Lap Dulcimer Instruments The Hammered Dulcimer What the dulcimer is, is a stringed instrument that has perceived to be an ancestor to the modern piano. It possesses a number of courses of between two and five strings for each note, and they are stretched across a shallow trapezoid shaped box that is made...... -
Chords 101 pt 2 Continued from pt 1. In contrast, however, Andrew Surmani has written that three or more notes, when sounded together, create a chord. George T. Jones has stated that two tones when sounded together, form an interval, and three notes when sounded together create the chord. It has also been said......
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January 14th, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, Buyer's Guide, clarinet
The keyword on a clarinet is either played using silver or nickel. On a rare occasion, gold may be used for the key work on the clarinet. Nickel plating is durable, and it does not tarnish near as easily as silver. Nickel plating is also preferred in many occasions because it has a luster that [...]
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Brass Health and Beauty Are you aware of the fact that the health and beauty of your brass instruments requires that you put extra time and effort into their care? The well being of your brass instruments depends on your willingness to take care of them. Grab your brass instrument and get ready for...... -
Clarinet Guide Part 1 Purchasing a brand new clarinet, regardless of whether it is your first or an attempt to step up to a newer instrument, is a very large decision that involves many different facets that need to be considered. The clarinet family includes a number of different models, including a contra alto...... -
How to Care For Acoustic Instruments Caring for your acoustic instruments is not difficult, but it does take a little bit of know how if you want to do it right. There are many consequences of improperly caring for your instrument, most of which can be easily and effectively avoided simply by keeping some basic things...... -
4 More Top Acoustic Guitars for Beginners Purchasing a brand new acoustic guitar for a beginning player can easily become intimidating, especially if this is your first ever acoustic guitar and you are not sure where you are meant to begin. There are a number of unique factors that you are going to want to consider when......
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January 6th, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, Instrument History, harpsichord
The history of the Harpsichord can be traced back to the 15th century, but the instrument actually got its start from the psaltery, which was a stringed instrument that the player held upright to pluck its strings (unlike the dulcimer which rested on the player’s lap so the strings could be hit with a hammer). [...]
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Learning to Play the Piano Some people believe that learning the piano must be terribly difficult. It's a beautiful sounding instrument that can either be used to play a very simple tune made up of only three notes or a complex piece of music with thousands of notes. You can peck out a tune with...... -
Introduction to Stringed Instruments, pt 2 In the last post in this series we started talking about stringed instruments and the different varieties. We listed plucked stringed instruments, and will now talk about instruments that are played by bowing, striking and other methods. Bowing is a method that is used with some string instruments, including the...... -
Introduction to Stringed Instruments, pt 1 Stringed instruments are musical instruments that produce sound when strings on the instrument are excited or vibrated. Stringed instruments are also regarded as chordophones when following the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. Some of the most well known and most common stringed instruments in this family as the cello,...... -
How to Find Rare Acoustic Musical Instruments It's not difficult to learn how to find rare acoustic musical instruments. But it can be difficult narrowing down your choices from all the interesting types of instruments you'll find. Whether you're looking for rare types of instruments like a zither or a lute, or rare vintage items like an...... - Hammered and Lap Dulcimer Instruments The Hammered Dulcimer What the dulcimer is, is a stringed instrument that has perceived to be an ancestor to the modern piano. It possesses a number of courses of between two and five strings for each note, and they are stretched across a shallow trapezoid shaped box that is made......
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December 3rd, 2009 — Acoustic Musical Instruments, Bassoon, For Beginners, Instrument History
The bassoon is by far one of the lowest sounding members of the woodwind family of acoustic musical instruments, and it is also perceived by many to be one of the most versatile. The double reed nature of the bassoon gives it a quality that is rich and slightly buzzing in the lower notes, and [...]
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Renewing the Folk Music Movement with Acoustic Musical Instruments Seth Lakeman, a folk music star that is nominated for a Mercury Prize has been talking about the acoustic of folk music and acoustic musical instruments. For example, Lily Allen's new single is featuring a banjo solo, which would not have happened in years past but now apparently seems to...... -
Acoustic Musical Instrument Glossary pt 3 Interval - An interval is described as a difference in pitch from one tone to another, and intervals are most commonly measured as the difference between the lower tone and the higher tone. Intonation - Intonation, in its most literal form, means either pitch or using pitch. One who speaks...... - Triangle 101 There are a range of different metal percussion instruments that can be found in the modern western orchestra, even though many of them have origins that are not only ancient in nature, but also global as well. The Triangle - The triangle is a two piece instrument that is comprised......
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Introduction to Woodwind Instruments, pt 1 Woodwind instruments are musical instruments that produce sound when a player blows air against the opening in or edge of the instrument. This action causes the air to vibrate within a resonator within the instrument. Most commonly when it comes to these instruments, the player is blowing against a thin...... -
The History of the Harpsichord The history of the Harpsichord can be traced back to the 15th century, but the instrument actually got its start from the psaltery, which was a stringed instrument that the player held upright to pluck its strings (unlike the dulcimer which rested on the player's lap so the strings could......
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