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Sounds of the Orient
2007-11-30 17:51:00 Hey there! In this lesson we’re going to be looking at emulating the tones and sounds of other instruments on the guitar, focusing on 3 instruments from the Far East, the Pipa, the Koto and the Shackuhachi (Japanese Flute). Being brought up on a diet of old Kung Fu movies and Manga, the distinctive music of ... More About: Sounds , Guitar , Technique , World Music , Beginner
The Perfect Guitar
2007-09-17 05:30:00 Every guitarist wants to have the best tone. In fact we all work so hard on perfecting our technique and our style that sometimes the most important part of the equasion is forgotten. Your guitar of course. I did not see any other posts about this so I thought that I would cover it. I am ... More About: Guitar , Perfect
Kumoi Joshi Study
2007-08-25 08:42:00 Kumoi Joshi is an exotic sounding Japanese pentatonic scale comprising of the intervals R b2 4 5 and b6. This scale can be used to spice up your solos with a fresh sound and as it is similar to Phrygian can be used to great effect in modern metal. More About: Study , Guitar , Rock , Technique , World Music
Chord Melody 101. Part One of Two.
2007-08-18 19:54:00 Some basic skills in arranging jazz standards for solo playing are a great addition to a jazz guitarist’s abilities for several reasons: 1. With a large enough rep or enough skill to arrange tunes on the fly you can stop splitting up the money from all those “music to be ignored by gigs” that we ... More About: Part , Melody , Chord
Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers
2007-08-14 05:54:00 Robert Johnson was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi on May 8, 1911 and died in Greenwood, Mississippi on August 16, 1938. During those 27 years he recorded 29 songs that influenced modern blues and paved the way for the future of blues-based rock. More About: Blues , Guitar , King , Singers
The ?Rough? Guide To Singing (Part 2-Vocal Range)
2007-08-01 07:21:00 Well by the time you start reading this 2nd part you guys should be ‘purring’ freely in the vocal region to carry on with more basic vocal technique. More About: Voice , Practice , Beginner , Guide , Part
Break out the box - Learn all the notes on the fretboard
2007-07-30 17:22:00 How many of you guitarists out there can play in any key, any scale in any position on the neck? I would lay a bet that there are more that can’t than can. This lesson will put you on the right path to breaking out of those comfortable boxes and shapes that you have probably ... More About: Resources , Guitar , Break , Practice , Notes
Matt Bellamy Style Profile
2007-07-23 23:31:00 In celebration of UK rock band Muse selling out the new Wembley Stadium in June, I?m going to be looking at the playing style of singer/guitarist Matt Bellamy, paying to particular attention to the band?s ?Showbiz? and ?Origin of Symmetry? era. After forming in Teignmouth Devon in 1994 Muse have managed to become one of the ... More About: Guitar , Rock , Technique , Style , Beginner
Microtones,Microtonal music-Healing powers & Influence on Human Consciousne
2007-07-21 23:25:00 Research paper on ?The Healing aspects of Micro-tones of musical, astrological and psychical vibrations? connected through the universal principle of Spiral of fifths. More About: Music , Human , Influence , Tones
Cliché busting moves 1
2007-07-21 16:33:00 Hello there, It?s Nick Andrew (the Mad Scotsman) here with the first in a series of lessons in cliché busting musical ideas for the bold axe men and axe women out there, looking for something more than the latest licks. More About: Guitar , Practice , Theory , Improvisation , Moves
Get your licks and riffs up to speed!
2007-07-15 19:04:00 Whenever I’m learning a new lick, riff or scale, I always find it best to start off slowly then gradually get faster until I can play it faster than actually I need to, then it’s always a relief to play it at the correct speed 8). To help you do this, I’ve put together a ... More About: Articles , Resources , Guitar , Technique , Practice
Modes and Artificial Scales
2007-07-15 00:48:00 Modes are the arrangement of consecutive pitch-names arranged in such a way that there will be whole steps except for two half-steps with the two lower pitches a perfect fifth or fourth apart (and therefore the two upper pitches also a perfect fifth or fourth apart in the same direction). More About: Scales , Scale , Odes
Want to Make Your Solos Sound ?Out?? Whole Tones Can Help!
2007-07-14 03:38:00 The whole tone scale is one of the most underused scales in improvising, in my opinion. It has revolutionized my approach to improvising on a tune. People always talk about playing ?out? and they will spend years and years working on all kinds of complicated ways of doing it, but the answer ... More About: Jazz , Guitar , Technique , Sound , Improvisation
Home Recording Techniques Part II
2007-07-13 17:51:00 Right, where were we? In the previous part, we laid down a very simple MIDI drum part and bass line for a 6 bar ‘jingle’. Next it’s time to get some real instruments on there. For this example I am going to use my guitar, I have plugged my guitar into the back of my PC ... More About: Music , Advice , Audio , Articles , Compression
More Music Stationary (Manuscript / SATB / Piano / Strumming Charts)
2007-07-12 04:52:00 Here’s some more ready to print Word document music templates I made. Enjoy More About: Music , Resources , Guitar , Technique
72 scales called Melakarrtaas?A rare gift to the music world
2007-07-10 18:56:00 In the Indian music system which originates from South India, there is a particular form of classification and nomenclature of scales arising out of the maximum number of scales known as “Parent Raagas or Melakarrtaas” These are arranged in a very specific Ascending and descending order. More About: Music , World , Classical , World Music , Gift
Blank Stationary for Guitar / Bass / Mandolin / Banjo
2007-07-10 17:07:00 Here is some handy stationary that you can print off. They are all in Word 2000 (Doc) format and should be ready to go. The examples here are filled in, but the downloads are completely blank. More About: Resources , Guitar , Bass , Music Education , Stat
whatismusicfor
2007-07-10 10:55:00 What is music for? Buckminster Fuller, the acclaimed Canadian scientist who invented the geodesic dome, described the ... More About: Articles , Opinion , Classical , World Music , Composition
How Music Works part I
2007-07-09 20:58:00 Music is mysterious stuff. It?s completely invisible. You can?t smell it, taste it or feel it in a normal sense, yet it can touch you. Fair enough you can hear it, but what makes music different from anything else you may hear? After all, it uses the same parts of your body you would use ... More About: Music , Composition , Theory , Works , Music Education
Home Recording Techniques part I (Setup/Sequencers/MIDI basics)
2007-07-09 17:04:00 As you may be aware, the whole process of music production has taken a giant leap forward in the last 10 years. This is all due to the increase in computer technology, and we?d be silly not to take advantage of it. The few times I have paid for recording sessions, I have never ever ... More About: Engineering , Recording , Home , Music Technology , Setup
Music Moguls on the rise to the top, it just don?t stop
2007-07-09 00:45:00 ATLANTA?In the world today, there are a growing number of people wanting to get in ?the business.? There are also a lot of people trying to transition out of the business because they?ve somehow realized that it really wasn?t what they expected. More About: Business , Music , Stop , Rise , Mogul
Raagas and the way Stalwarts handle these.. South/North Indian classical Mu
2007-07-08 23:47:00 In the Indian classical music scenario, artists of the North Indian classical system have often adopted most of the South Indian ragas to compose, elaborate and present these raagas in highly varied formats of raga music. In the process of this transition from South Indian to North Indian music, many ragas such as, Hamsaddwani, ... More About: Classical
Want to Revolutionize Your Right Hand Technique? Try Hybrid Picking!
2007-07-08 06:24:00 I’ve found that most guitarists underestimate the effect their right hand technique can have on their playing. When the average guitarist sits down for a couple of hours to practice, I imagine that he/she doesn’t spend 2 minutes thinking about what their right hand is doing. ... More About: Hybrid , Technique , Practice , Hand , Nique
Chord formulas
2007-07-08 04:02:00 It is certain that every chord combination has tones that distinguish it from others and give it its personality. I am going to review a very simple way to add a little bit extra boost to the chords you might already know. More About: Improvisation , Chord
The ?Rough? Guide To Singing!
2007-07-07 11:33:00 ‘You sound like a strangled cat!’ ‘But Sir!’ replied Johnnie ‘That’s the way I normally sing…….’ ‘Not in my school choir-not ever!’ replied the school master. More About: Voice , Practice , Beginner , Guide , The Rough Guide
Bass drum technique, a simple approach!
2007-07-06 04:39:00 How is your bassdrum technique? Many drummers are looking for a better way to control their foot technique as it seems the bass drum presents the most challenge on the conventional drumkit . Most of us are looking for some type of secret technique to conquer it’s mass and awkwardness. There are however many ... More About: Advice , Technique , Beginner , Drums , Bass
A Step-By-Step Approach To Rock & Jazz Guitar Improvisation
2007-07-03 00:40:00 Have you ever wanted to go to a music store and get a book that had the best information on how to play guitar, explained in ways that were easy to understand and made sense, and not know which book to buy? Ever go out and get that book, only to discover that it had ... More About: Jazz , Guitar , Rock , Technique , Practice
Exercise of Doom Part Deux
2007-06-29 22:19:00 Just when you thought it was safe to return to the fretboard nasty Uncle Richie adds another finger and brain twisting section to the hell that is the Exercise of Doom. This part involves the use of intervals. Ideally you need to be able to finger any intervallic jump in any scale pattern in any ... More About: Practice , Theory , Solo , Intermediate
Improvisation in Indian music? ?ManoDharma?
2007-06-29 17:49:00 In the two main forms of Indian classical music, improvisation plays a very significant role. In the South Indian variety of classical music, Manodharma comes into the main foray much later into the concert, within a span of 3-4 hours. In the North Indian music, there are two main styles, which can be termed classical. a)Dhrupad ... More About: Music , Classical , Composition , Improvisation
Exercise of Doom pt1
More articles from this author:2007-06-29 12:54:00 Exercise of Doom Part 1The exercise of Doom as I christened this 15 years ago. Is a way of practicing major scale fingerings. More About: Advice , Guitar , Exercise , Practice , Theory 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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