September 30, 2008
There are gazillion adults who took piano lessons as a child but stopped playing for various reasons. Some aren’t the least bit interested, but many wish to return to piano playing at some point in their lives. I have never heard anyone express relief that they didn’t learn how to play piano, but I have [...]
Tags: adults, childhood lessons, Piano Lessons, piano teachers, sheet music
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September 30, 2008
When it comes to playing piano, or any instrument for that matter, there are proven guidelines you can follow to minimize mistakes and speed up the process. While this article mainly focuses on playing an instrument without sheet music (“by ear”), there are rules here that will be beneficial to all types of players. Tip [...]
Tags: chord progressions, major keys, major scales, playing piano, sheet music
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September 30, 2008
I must admit that I was at first hesitant to write a review of this song for one big reason. The reason being that this is already the second Eagles song that I’m reviewing and I didn’t want to give you all that I was already being biased towards the Eagles. I do admit that [...]
Tags: 100 greatest bands, eagles song, hotel california
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September 30, 2008
The world wide web has taken incredible strides in making our lives easier. Sometimes I wonder if it has made it a little too easy! Well now the Internet has gone one step further. How would you like to “hire” an instructor to teach you how to play the guitar online through videos? Too good [...]
Tags: how to read sheet music, professional guitarist, video lessons
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September 30, 2008
If there ever was a song that completely blew me away and left me in such wonder and awe, this song is probably the one. In fact, I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve been tempted to declare this song, the best song ever. It’s an unbelievably beautiful innovative production, so innovative that [...]
Tags: 10cc, billboard charts, I'm Not In Love, songs of the 70s, top 20 songs
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September 29, 2008
I’m sure that anyone with a real interest in rock music has a few bands that they absolutely love but when mentioning them to others they’re usually met with a response of, who? I’m no different and there are many bands that I listen to on a daily basis that my friends and peers seem [...]
Tags: melodic passages, pink floyd, smashing pumpkins, time signatures
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September 29, 2008
The 20th century music world has seen the entry of light and easy listening music with African-American jazz music. Originating in southern USA, jazz music is a combination of African and European music traditions. It puts together the use of blue notes, improvisation, syncopation and swing notes. Jazz music was first used in reference to [...]
Tags: afro cuban, carnegie hall, dixieland jazz band, jazz rock fusion, jelly roll blues, ragtime jazz, vaudeville shows
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September 29, 2008
One genre that appeals to most everyone is pop music owing to its light and catchy qualities. Pop music is so aptly called because it is a categorization that is largely based on the popularity of a song. There is no clear and distinct parameters to classify a song as pop music. For the most [...]
Tags: american folk music, band singers, good vibrations, great american songbook, heartbreak hotel, itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini, mack the knife, polka dot bikini, rock around the clock, tutti fruitti, vocal harmonies
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September 28, 2008
The news that Glasgow has recently been announced as one of the United Nations Cities of Music will come as no surprise to followers of indie music as the city has churned out countless great bands and has a few venues known all over the world. What other city can boast of an indie line-up [...]
Tags: biffy clyro, blue nile, glasgow school of art, glaswegian, indie scene, king tuts wah wah, snow patrol
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September 28, 2008
Computer speakers are an essential requirement of personal computers these days. A hard disk with maximum space, an updated RAM, graphics card, a sleek monitor and an optical mouse are features that top our list of requirements. What often goes unnoticed is the kind of speakers that will suit our personal computer. Various brands manufacturing [...]
Tags: bose speakers, computer speaker systems, digital video editing, impedence, stereo quality
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