Learning to play guitar can be a fun and rewarding experience, but it can also be daunting for beginners. To help make the process easier, there are a few key things to keep in mind: 1. Instrument Choose a decent …
When you first start playing guitar, chords can be complicated. We must remember where each finger goes, try not to mute anything, push down hard enough to make sounds, and coordinate with our right hand to play the correct strings. …
Chords on Bass? Yes, you read that correctly: chords on bass. Chords, or the combination of notes to form harmony, are usually played on instruments like guitar and piano due to their higher pitch. Playing chords on the bass guitar …
So your child wants to learn a musical instrument. It can be quite normal to feel overwhelmed by the initial expense when getting their first instrument. Between the instrument itself, method books, and seemingly endless accessories, the costs may be …
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The First Step: Whole Steps and Half Steps A step is the smallest distance between two different notes. There are two types of steps, a whole step and a half step. They are played differently on other instruments, but on …
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What is a Four Bar Phrase? A four bar phrase is the smallest measurable unit in musical composition/writing. First, what is a bar? The term bar and measure are interchangeable. See chart below: What is seen above is 3 bars …
Playing in an open G tuning has been a common practice among guitar players in rock n roll, blues, country, and folk music. Keith Richards made it popular with several Rolling Stones hits, including “Honky Tonk Woman”, “Brown Sugar”, and …
While learning how to build chords or what a crescendo means can help you develop your craft, there are other things that separate a good musician from a professional musician. Technique and musical knowledge aside, becoming a great musician requires …
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A healthy voice is a happy voice! As a singer, the need to take proper care of your voice might seem like a given. So what should you do to keep your voice happy and healthy? Interestingly enough, keeping your …
So – you’ve got a performance coming up! You may be feeling any number of emotions from nervousness to excitement, and you might be feeling them all at once. Trust me – it’s normal. Preparing well before a show can …
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