Guitar Lesson: The E F G Of Learning To Play Guitar Sheet Music
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Posted March 11th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Is it really possible to conquer the guitar fretboard? Do you find the notes you want to find? Is tabulature cheating? Let me invite you to the guitar fretboard!I suggest that you right now start to take command over your guitar. Usually when you are playing your first guitar sheet music melodies you will have to learn the notes in the first position on the guitar. To have a good grasp of these notes on the guitar I suggest that you learn them slowly and with concentration.I usually begin by tea...
Mambo In New Zealand
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Posted March 10th, 2010 at 5:02 am
Origin:Mambo originated in Havana, Cuba in the 40s. The Mambo was originally played as a Rumba with an emphasis on 2 or 4. Once introduced, it fast led to other variations. Although Mambo did not last long and is only danced by advanced dancers today, it led to other styles that became popular such as Salsa and Cha-cha.Music:Mambo is an up-tempo dance rythm, usually around 200 bpm. Mambo, like Salsa is played in 4/4 with all 4 beats being evenly accented. Like a lot of Latin American rythms, per...
How To Quickly Play Piano Using The Incredible Open Position Chord!
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Posted March 9th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Imagine being able to sit down at the piano and create your own unique music without years of study. Now imagine being able to do it within 1 hour! It's possible when you learn how to play the open position piano chord!The OPC is a special way of forming chords at the piano. You use both hands right away to create a modern sounding chord that's perfect for today's contemporary styles. It's called open position because of the way the notes of the chord are spread out.The left hand plays the root,...
Reflections
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Posted March 9th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Some could argue that the downfall of John Lennon came when he met Yoko Ono. After the releases of ?Two Virgins? and ?Life With Lions,? the somewhat controversial and humour enticing albums, (both within a year of each other), the future career of Lennon seemed lacking in all the speciality of The Beatles. Even Lennon was seen to be doubtful in his departure from the band. He married Yoko on the 20th of March 1969 which was then followed by the infamous 8 day peace protest in bed as their hon...
Crunk Music
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Posted March 7th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Crunk music is a specific type of hip hop music, based out of the southern states. Crunk (sometimes spelled Krunk) is high-energy, club-oriented hip-hop.In the hip hop society, crunk rappers have been criticized for having no lyrical content and all southern rappers uses the same beats and styles in there music. While other hip-hop styles contain a more conversational vocal approach. Dirty South is notably different from its northern and western counterparts.Southern rappers can adapt towards ei...
Smash Hits Rest In Peace
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Posted March 7th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Smash Hits RIPIn 1978 former NME writer Nick Logan birthed Smash Hits on his kitchen table. The first issues cover star was Plastic Bertrand, and Logan so unsure of the magazine he edited it under the pseudonym Chris Hall. He shouldn?t have worried as the Magazine went on to both mirror and shape the pop music of the 1980?s. Its colour posters became wallpaper for teenagers bedrooms. The real revolution was securing the rights to print the lyrics to ?Smash Hit?of the day. These lyrical crib shee...
Loose By Nelly Furtado CD Review
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Posted March 6th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Nelly Furtado has released her latest CD entitled Loose and it doesn't exactly sound like some of her past releases, but it's a very good collection.What we're hearing here is the fact that she is of course growing as an artist. Just as it should happen with a serious artist, her music is clearly evolving.I developed a liking for her voice and have followed her career since the release of her first CD, Whoa Nelly, which had the mega hit Like A Bird on it.I'm always curios to see if an artist can...
Musicians: What Chords Do You Absolutely Positively Have To Know?
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Posted March 5th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
As you probably know, there are thousands and thousands of different chords in music - everything from basic major chords to minor 7ths to 13ths to suspensions to poly-chords. Someday, you might want to learn all those chords if you don't already know them.But meanwhile, there are 3 chords -- just 3 -- that you absolutely, positively have to know. If you don't know these three, there's hardly a song in the whole world that you could play. But by knowing just 3 chords, you can play hundreds, if n...
Alan Jackson Precious Memories CD Review
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Posted March 5th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
My sister told me about this CD and I'm glad she did. It's a great CD on which all of the songs are done very well both technically and musically.Alan Jackson does a great job singing the old time favorites like Blessed Assurance, How Great Thou Art, The Old Rugged Cross, and Jackson's voice is an absolutely perfect fit to these timeless hymns. You can almost picture him standing in the church pew with his family singing the songs.This is a feel good album done in the deep rich voice of Alan Jac...
Three Elements Of A Compelling Song Arrangement
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Posted March 4th, 2010 at 9:01 am
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...
