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Easy To Learn Guitar Tabs For Peter Gunn

It is easy to learn guitar tabs. Only one basic idea needs to be understood, the rest falls into place. To illustrate this idea I will be using tabs for a simple piece of music called Peter Gunn. Guitar tabs are seen by learning guitar players as an easy way to start playing guitar right away. That is true but it is wrong Read the rest of this entry »

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Play The Piano And Stay Young In Body And Spirit

Face it! We are all getting older day by day. We are ageing. There are all sorts of theories and ideas to combat ageing and they all espouse nearly the same thing - a person must remain active in mind and body. Ideas to keep the mind active include learning a language, doing crossword puzzles, or learning to play Read the rest of this entry »

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If I have to choose between buying an acoustic piano or a digital piano what is the best choice? let’s take a look at the different choices if you want to learn to play piano.

Personally I haven’t been forced to make the decision between buying a normal upright piano and a digital piano as I have both in my home. I can see advantages in both types of pianos when practicing Read the rest of this entry »

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A Child’s Self Esteem Is Positively Influenced Through Music Education

I always knew my son was cool but he wasn’t cool in school. In elementary school they called him Einstein; not in a respectful way but in a hurtful way. He didn’t want to be Einstein. He wanted to be the “cool” kid. So he started becoming the class clown to try to Read the rest of this entry »

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There are good songs. There are bad songs. Then, there are ear worms, songs that get stuck in your head and stay there: no amount of amnesia will remove them. These kinds of songs aren’t necessarily bad, but they aren’t something you want sharing your brain space for 24 hours a day. Yet, there they remain, fermented in the crevices of your mind like the frosting of Read the rest of this entry »

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Intervals are the fundamental building blocks of music allowing us to read and write music, and most importantly, to help us construct chords and harmonies. However words like major, minor, augmented, diminished, enharmonic and compound leave many people a bit confused, hopefully this article will throw some light on the subject.

The ‘distance’ between Read the rest of this entry »

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How To Learn The Acoustic Guitar

Being a guitar player is not as easy as it looks. You watch experts strumming the guitar as though it was nothing . They make it appear very easy to play smooth music, but behind the perfect songs they play are long hours of practice . They practice the guitar regularly and they undergo training just to be able to play the way Read the rest of this entry »

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Lost in Translation ‘ 2 Stars (Average)

“Lost in Translation” was written and directed by Sofia Coppola and won enough awards to fill a grocery cart.

The independent film earned Sofia Coppola an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and also had 2003 Oscar nominations for Best Picture (won by “The Lord of the Rings, the Return of the King”, bad timing for Sofia), Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s official. We’re in a recession. And there’s no telling when it will end. But you don’t have to worry. Well, at least not too much.

That’s because there are many therapeutic ways to relieve stress. One of the best of these is by diverting your attention to something you enjoy. This is an excellent strategy and one that will take your mind off our failing economy. Read the rest of this entry »

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“I’m losing the left-hand,” cried one piano student. “Every time I try to add in my right hand, the left stops” exclaims another.

These are common complaints for students who wish to learn hand independence. And for most, this is a big problem. They want to play the piano with both hands playing different parts. But the main reason most piano students have problems Read the rest of this entry »

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