Learn How to Sing With A Couple Of Great Singing Tips
Well I thought I would write a post to give you a few free singing lessons tips, Singing is one of the greatest gifts we as humans can learn to do. Whether your looking to sing in a band, or at your local Karaoke singing contest, it can bring lots of pleasure to yourself as well as those who enjoy listening to you sing. In order to sing properly, it is important to get a couple of priorities in order. In this article, we will talk about a couple of techniques that a notary...
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Question: I took Online Piano lessons for a couple years as a child so I can read sheet music OK. I have sheet music books for artists like Tori Amos, Jack's Mannequin, Ben Folds, and The Dresden Dolls and can learn to play most songs with a lot of practice. But a lot of songs I want to learn I can only find chords to from sites like ultimate-guitar. Some songs are pretty easy to figure out and play along to, but with others I really struggle. If the chord is an A, I...
Read More...I want to learn this one song on guitar
Question: My experience does not go beyond the intro of "Smoke on the Water". I now want to learn this song really really bad, because I feel so addicted to the melody. I've got two questions: How do I even tune my guitar? Do I need to buy one of those things you put on it? Is there a good app for my phone? Any good application for my computer? It's been hanging on my wall for years so I assume it's horribly out of tune. ....any tips? It's probably the dullest...
Read More...Guitar Question about string gauges
Question: Hi people! Just wanted to ask about the string gauges, I watched this: YouTube video (skip to 0:40) and it explained about what strings to get. I went to a shop to buy strings and the guy said "What guitar is it for?" So my question is are there strings for certain brands of guitar or can you use any string gauge on any guitar. (Any electric I might add) I would recommend 9's or 10's for a Strat style guitar (longer scale length) and 10's or 11's or maybe even...
Read More...Wanting to learn piano and guitar
Question: Hello. I'm in my early 20's and have always loved the piano and guitar, unfortunately throughout my childhood and adolescent years I was always chasing girls and never took music lessons. Now I am older I don't really care about girls and really like learning new things and have finally decided to take on a musical instrument, because piano's are very expensive I thought guitar would be a brilliant (also, a relative recently gave me one as well which makes...
Read More...Can you play Chopin Ballade in G Minor opus. 23?
Question: This is a strong favourite of Chopin's pieces and I wish to learn how to play it one day. How long did it take you to learn it?! I'm fascinated as to where you'd start with this beast. I know I'd have to train for years to get to the level to be able to play it. Just looking for some insight. :-) Answer: I self taught myself how to play this freshman year of college. It's not too difficult technically if you have strong octaves. If you are...
Read More...Finally finished rebuilding my Strat Relic guitar!
OK let me set this straight before I talk about the guitar. I know some people here aren't in favor of Relic or Road Worn guitars that aren't real, but this is not my first guitar, I happen to love the look, and wanted to do a project that I could be proud of. So I bought a Chinese made Johnson strat off a friend for $5 with the intentions of doing this very project. I love the look of relic guitars, but don't have the money to buy a real vintage one or even a...
Read More...What does it mean to know a scale in all 5 positions?
I just received this question in my inbox: I play a lot more rhythm stuff than I do lead, so I've spent a lot more time on chord construction and order than I have with any scales, but I feel like I'm slowly pulling back the curtain to understand the relationship between the two. For example, I know the standard blues scale in A - what would be an example of four other (or five, if I'm not understanding the term) positions to play that in? Ok, Knowing all the positions...
Read More...How to Make an Electric Guitar – Sept. 1959 diagram
These are the things people did before there was a Kim Kardashian, Apple Iphone or 24 hour entertainment on there TV. My dad build multiple guitars and tuned scoot-mobiles back in his days, just to make a bit of cash, I really think people were better DIY'ers. My Dad electrified a pump organ with instructions from an old magazine. 50 years later it still works, also he tried to teach me some woodworking but it never worked out. On a completely off-topic, but perhaps...
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