Music Basics

Here is an article on how to get better at palying the guitar. The guitar is a fun instrument for all ages. Everyone is unique and has different learning curves. Just be patient and stick with it....

Many novice and intermediate band members don't use their lungs efficiently when playing their instruments. This article will help you to realize your lungs' full capacity, as well as outline an...

Tuning a guitar is one of the most important skills to develop if you want to become a serious musician. It can be learned in minutes, days, weeks, or months depending on your ability to...

The C clef, which is familiar to most musicians, can be placed in 2 different positions on the staff. In the past, it could be placed in many different positions on the staff, but all except 2...

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In this article you will learn basic techniques that will improve articulation. Great for begginners and any level of musician alike these 3 easy to follow steps can help you become a better player.

You don't need to be born with perfect pitch to hear music notes. Learning to hear notes and recognize the names of those notes takes time and practice. It may be that you never develop perfect...

Whether you are looking for someone to give lessons to your child or for yourself, how do you go about finding a good music teacher?

Songs inspire creativity, emotion, connection and intellect- only how do go about writing a song that you could actually market? If you could only write that hit song, maybe you could license it...

Music is the language of all people. Music can get you through the good and bad times as well as inspire. Michael Jackson inspired us to look at the Man in the Mirror, LL Cool J's Momma Said Knock...

This is the simplest way that I know of to tune a four string bass guitar by ear. A tuner takes out all of the guesswork, but you don't always have one handy. And too, the better you get with your...

If you're learning how to play the guitar, but don't know how to read sheet music, tabs can be a great resource to you. They provide a way to learn how to play your favorite songs even if you have...

Playing the bass guitar with a pick is another style of playing the bass guitar. The pick is held in the picking hand and picked as an opposite to plucking the strings on a bass guitar. The pick...

Nearly everyone knows that music with no sharps or flats is in the key of C if it is major. But many people need to learn how to find the key in music in sharps. Every key signature represents...

I have a classical CD collection that I love to be constantly expanding. However, my calligrapher/piano teacher/college student status currently leaves a lot to be desired financially. As I'm...

Are you a novice who wants to learn to play piano? Or a music teacher who is a bit rusty? Maybe an experienced pianist who is considering playing professionally? How does the idea of an adult...

Sonata form is the most difficult to identify of the five primary forms of classical music. It requires a trained ear and a basic understanding of the sonata's structure. With a little practice,...

Power chords are some of the easyest chords to play on a guitar. And they are called power chords because of how much power each one has when you play it. This article will show you how to find...

Here are the Ten Commandments for the correct piano playing posture. We'll start from our feet and we'll go up all the way. I'll explain the importance of sitting correctly at the piano.

Guitar tablature is a system that uses numbers and synbols placed on lines to teach you how to play guitar, as well as to play songs. I will show what those numbers mean and explain some of the...

Guitarists like you and me enjoy strumming along with our major and minor chords. But if we'd like to build our chord pile, 7ths are the place to start. Let's do this...

The key principle to this pattern is being able to break up the press roll and play a pattern around the press roll using the 2 and 4, accenting off the hi-hat and snare. This is a groove I...

Almost everyone has had some experience with stage fright, from the little six-year-old at his first piano recital to the businessman giving a presentation to a large gathering of his superiors....

Finding a great piano teacher can appear daunting, but with a little knowledge and planning you can find one that is perfect for you or your child - one you or your child can connect with and...

"Three's Company", "Three's a crowd", "A natural number can be divided by three if the sum of its digits is divisible by three." Yup, three is even the number of...

You can count to 12 and say the ABCs at least through G, right? Well, then my friend, you've got what it takes to comprehend the universe of the 12 note western scale! Everything in all western...

You will learn that this practice concept will isolate weaknesses and make them stronger. This will enable you to improve the quality of your practice time so that you can: 1. Learn faster. 2....

This article will teach you how to recognize major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads in all inversions for ear training (aural training) class. As with performance, you will need to...

Music is enjoyed by everyone and some people still can't read music. There are just a few basic pieces of information to get you started. Let's start with the basic music staff that notes lie...

By reading the article and seeing the "how to" video tutorial, you will learn how to tune your electric guitar through a built in amplifier tuner. Note: You can tune an acoustic guitar...

If you've never used guitar barre chords before, you may be wondering “What are they, and why would I want to use them?" A barre chord is an extremely versatile type of guitar chord where...

This article is intended for those who want to tune their 5-string banjo accurately. I have developed a system that has proven to be successful on well set-up banjos.

This is the second in my series of articles on chord construction. Here, I've outlined the basics of the minor chords.

This is part of a series of articles I've written on chord construction. Each "family" of related chords shares common traits you can learn to make it easy to remember them. It's...

The major scale is created by applying a simple formula of whole steps and half steps to the chromatic scale (see my related article). The sound produced is a very pleasing and familiar one that...

The chromatic scale is the foundation of all music based on the the Western (European) system of music. Also referred to as the equal temperment system, as the notes are all equally spaced apart.

For those who want to learn to play piano quickly, this can best be accomplished by learning some basic chords (triads). Chords can be played with both hands while accompanying a singer. Chords...

If the major chord is the sound of happy music, then the minor chord is the sound of sadness, angst, or anger. Think of the power of the organ, played by someone in a a state of inner turmoil...

Is guitar going to be your first instrument that you are trying to learn quickly and in short amount of time? Or maybe you are a musician and want to learn another instrument. Well, here are...

This article outlines how to get inspired to do great musical things!

Sometimes you might hear a song on the radio, or while randomly searching YouTube and you wander "What is this song referring to? Does it have a meaning?" Chances are, yes it does have a...

Even a prodigy can't just pick up a guitar for the first time and start playing a song without some initial training. If you want to play a song on the guitar, it stands to reason that you must...

Learning the guitar can be very confusing at first, so I have written an article that I wish I had when I first was starting out. If you or someone you know is just starting out on the guitar read...

Being able to read and tap rhythms is one of the first things any beginning musician learns. Music is composed of short tones and long tones. We write these tones as notes in measures to form a...

The violin is an instrument that has inspired great works of visual art as well as composition. The choice of woods is one thing that makes the violin so beautiful. There are many different shade,...

Almost every piece of music ever written works by organizing chords into groups called chord progressions. As a chord is any group of three or more tones played simultaneously, a chord progression...

There are lots of people that sing karaoke these days. Unfortunately, many of them are rude! Check out this guide to being polite when you sing karaoke!

In music, a swing rhythm is produced by playing pairs of notes (or percussion beats) such that a "shuffle" type of effect is achieved. This is highly characteristic of jazz, blues, and...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His music defines "classical" music. His music is usually what people think about when classical music comes to mind, even if they don't know the composer by...

We are all sometime just exhausted, all for different reasons. If traveling in work there are so many times you have a good 30 minutes with no what-so-ever action to take a snooze at. Do we take...