Guitar Tuning To Perfection
There's an old and tired joke that guitars are tuned at the factory - unfortunately, wood bends and warps, strings lose tension and the forces of nature make sure your guitar needs tuning every time you pick it up. Read that last bit again, because the sooner you get into the habit of assessing your guitar's tuning, the more rewarding your playing will be.It doesn't matter how dazzling you are on guitar, one strike of an unharmonious string will destroy any charisma you had.The problem is, too m...
Beginner Piano Lessons: Creating Music From The Heart
Beginning piano students can become focused on reading the notes and finding the right keys on the piano and miss the point of playing ? to make the music sound, well, musical. This takes a creative human touch and sensitivity that children are capable of, when they know where to look for it. Here?s a plan for connecting to the music in a creative, artistic, and human way. I call it the HEART approach to making music at the piano.The HEART Approach to Making MusicH - HearHear each note in yo...
Canadian Urban Legend Wes ‘MAESTRO’ Williams Still Bringing The Music To Us After All These Years
MAESTRO has evolved past his ?Let Your Backbone Slide? days, but people still associate him with his first hit 15 years ago. Does that bother him? No way! For MAESTRO it is through his accomplishments as an artist that he has evolved and looks fondly back on his early years with pride.To date no one has exceeded the levels of accomplishments that MAESTRO has achieved. To date, 7 music awards, 7 albums, 11 JUNO nominations, Gold and Platinum albums, Gold singles and a mixture of other awards in f...
Three Elements Of A Compelling Song Arrangement
Arrangements are the fuel that will send your songs sky high. A compelling arrangement will make the recording process easier, the mix sound better and the finished product full and satisfying. It will save you time and money, and keep you from endless trial-and-error studio sessions that never quite yield the results you want. How do you create that compelling arrangement?While a full course on arranging is beyond the scope of these few paragraphs, there are three ideas that will immediately sh...
How To Learn Guitar: Brian’s Story Of Success
Are you thinking about learning how to play the guitar? Let me tell you what happened to Brian. He?s a really hot lead guitar player in a local rock band. They are really making an impact in the night scene around town, and there is serious talk of a big city tour and an album soon. The guys are going so well I?d say the chances are high some great things will happen for them over the next year. But it wasn?t always so positive for Brian. He did a degree. It was an Arts degree. Now an Arts degre...
French Violins
With superb tonal properties, French violins are an excellent alternative to Italian violins which are highly expensive. Made by violin makers in France, French violins are not only beautiful to look at but also excellent to play. The strings of a French violin can produce bright and rich sounds that are best suited to the needs of a great violin performer. A French violin is labeled by the name of its maker along with the year of manufacture.Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Fran?ois Chanot, Georges Cha...
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