Have you decided to take up an acoustic musical instrument, but you are not sure which acoustic instrument is best for beginners? When deciding to purchase an acoustic musical instrument, there are a number of different factors that will put influence on your buying decision, including which are easy and difficult to learn, which will [...]

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• 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......
• Learning to Play the Clarinet The study of the clarinet can begin as soon as age eleven or twelve, which is the age when the second teeth have become well established. A great way to significantly enhance early progress with this instrument is to have prior experience with the basics of music including notation, basic......
• Drums Around the World - A Brief History of Percussion Instruments Man has been beating drums and playing percussion instruments for as far back as history records have existed. Many books will tell you that it was back around 6000 BC that percussion instruments really made their mark. Hollowed out logs have been found along with other artifacts throughout the years,......
• Should you Learn the Acoustic Guitar Online? Learning to play the guitar is a really good way to express your personal creativity and your love for music. The best way to learn guitar, however, is through lessons. There are quite a few different ways for a person to get lessons on playing guitar, especially online. The trick......
• What is an Ocarina? The Ocarina is a somewhat obscure woodwind instrument, pronounced awk-uh-reen-uh. It is a wind instrument derived from ancient flutes. While there are several different variations of the ocarina concept, the typical ocarina is an oval-shaped instrument with between four and twelve finger holes and a tubular mouth piece that projects......

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If you have just received or purchased a violin, and you are worried that you may damage or break your violin accidentally, then the following set of instructions will help you keep your violin looking and playing well. 1 – First and foremost, you need to make sure that you are cleaning your violin on [...]

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• Beginning the Clarinet Just like beginning with any acoustic musical instrument, beginning the clarinet is a learning process that is going to involve both a great amount of achievement, and also the occasional setback. However, if the beginning clarinet player, or clarinetist, follows a few basic tips relating to proper clarinet playing and......
• Caring for a Violin Instrument Care: Make sure that you tighten up your bow before you play. The way that you can achieve this is by turning your instrument's tension screw. You are going to want to avoid allowing the hairs of the bow to become too taut, as the separation between the hair......
• Brief History for Double Bass or Stand Up Bass The Double Bass or Stand Up Bass is the largest and the lowest pitched of all bowed string instruments that is used as a part of the modern symphony orchestra. The stand up bass is a standard member of the symphony orchestra's string section as well as smaller string ensembles......
• Fiddling Instruments: A Primer pt 5 ... Continued from pt. 4 The Pontic Lira The Pontic lira is a lira that is slim and bottle shaped and that has a finger board upon which three steel strings can be stopped. All three of the steel strings are tuned into fourths. This instrument features a nut like......
• A Cello Buying Guide Shopping for a cello can be a difficult and costly decision. This guide will give you some pointers on what to look for and how to avoid wasting money on the wrong instrument for your needs. If you are buying a cello for your child, you may want to consider......

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