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Tuning Your Guitar The Right Way: By Mike Selvon Proper maintenance is important to any technical piece of equipment, all the way from vehicles down to instruments that you play. The guitar is no exception. One of the things that you must do on a regular basis is to tune the strings on your guitar. Wi...
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The 5 Benefits of a Music Education: By Stephen Chua Music education classes can enrich the life of an adult or child in many ways. Children who learn a musical instrument or sing usually perform better on test scores at school. Here are a few reasons why music education is beneficial to both adults and ...
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Sell your own music: Possibly the most powerful tool in your collection when it comes to selling your bands music is the band website. It should be a visual delight reflecting the band and it's style but it should also be clean, easy to read and very simple to navigate. The reason being i...
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All I Want For Christmas - Is a Freddie King Guitar!: by ProfitweaverI must have been about 16 or 17. I was a guitar nut by then. I couldn't play much, but I was a fan; a big fan of guitars. Any music on TV was carefully screened to see if any serious guitar players were involved. I was into rock music, but I had enough unde...
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Show Off Your Musical Talent by Entering a Songwriting Contest: by Chris RobertsonHave you ever aspired to be a great writer or songwriter? Whether a writer of novels, songs or short stories, do you dream of writing materials to be read by others who admire your talent? Maybe you'd like to write poems to express your feelings on paper...
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What To Do Immediately After Getting Radio Airplay: So, let's say that you have successfully managed to get a few radio stations playing your music. What's your next step? So, let's say that you have successfully managed to get a few radio stations playing your music. What's your next step? Are you simply waiting on th...
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The Ethics of Peer-To-Peer Networks: by Peter NisbetThere is nothing illegal about peer-to-peer networks, and nothing illegal with using them to distribute files. What is illegal is to use these networks and associated software to download material which is protected by copyright. It is not always obviou...
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Build Your Own Musical Instrument: Save Big: by Remy JirekHave you ever wanted to build your own musical instrument? If so, you are not alone. You have many options when building an instrument. You can build a traditional instrument using parts you've purchased or scrapped from existing instruments. You can take...
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Sprinkle Some Pepper On Your Musical Meal Through The Use Of Augmented Triads: By Duane Shinn Augmented chords are to a piece of music like pepper is to a meal; you would never sit down to a meal of pepper alone, but you might sprinkle a little on your food to liven up the taste a bit. Use augmented chords judiciously and you will find they add rea...
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Add Some Spice To Your Musical Meal By Using Diminished Triads: By Duane Shinn Major and minor chords are the meat & potatoes of a musical meal. To add saltiness to the meal, add a few diminished chords. There are four basic kinds of triads (3-note chords) in music: Major triads: composed of the root, major 3rd, and perfect 5th...
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Minor Chords -- How To Form Them & Use Them: By Duane Shinn Minor chords create a sound which is somber or serious; some people even think of minor chords as "sad", as opposed to major chords which sound "normal", or "happy". Some of the great classics are written in minor keys, including Fur Elise by Beethoven, Pr...
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Can YOU Play All The Major Chords in 3 Seconds or Less?: By Duane Shinn Did you have any idea how easy it is to learn ALL the major chords (there are 12 of them) and be able to play them in seconds -- not hours or days or weeks or months or years? Some people go through their entire lives not being sure about what such and...
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