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How to Break in a New Instrument

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The best way to break in a new instrument is simply to play it. There are also a few things you can do for different instruments to make sure that they are used and cared for properly. This awareness of how you use your instrument will ensure ... more »

How to Breakdown the Double Slap Boogie Woogie on Standup Bass

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The upright bass is a well-known and interesting instrument. There are many great sounds and songs that can be played on the upright bass. It is set up differently than a standard bass, in that it is more like a cello in how you play it. It is an ... more »

How to Breathe Deeply While Playing the Irish Flute

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The key to playing any musical instrument that requires breath is to have an open airway that can consume as much air as possible. This allows for a fuller sound as well as being able to play longer between breaths. Here are some tips ... more »

How to Breathe When Playing the Didgeridoo

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You love the deep, tribal sound of a didgeridoo so much that you're thinking about learning how to play one. But the first time you pick one up, you may find it's hard to breathe and play a didgeridoo. Learning how to breathe when playing the ... more »

How to Breathe When Playing the Flute

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The flute is a beautiful wind instrument, yet it is one of the most difficult to play as well. Musicians must learn proper breathing techniques in order to produce a tone that is both warm and melodic. Use the following suggestions on how to ... more »

How to Breathe While Playing the Trumpet

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Playing the trumpet is a rewarding experience, but one that requires practice and knowledge of proper playing techniques. Two of the most important skills to master when playing the trumpet are fingering and breath control. Proper breathing makes ... more »

How to Build a Djembe Drum

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Have you ever secretly wished you could stay home from work and just bang on the drum all day? Now you can, by building your own djembe drum. A djembe drum is easy to play and a common sight at the drum circles popping up around the country. Here ... more »

How to Build a Drumbone

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The drumbone is one variety of PVC pipe instruments made popular by the performance group Blue Man Group. If you're a fan of the Blue Man Group music or just like to play around with musical instruments, a drumbone is an easy way for you to build ... more »

How to Build a Pedal Board

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Pedal boards are an important piece of equipment for guitar players. Building a pedal board gives the guitar player the opportunity to customize every detail, although a few components are essential to every pedal board. From fuzz effects to ... more »

How to Build A7 Chords on the Guitar

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When it comes to chord building, some chords are easier than others. You may have heard of A major and A minor, where you take the first, third and fifth scale notes to form the chord, but the A7 may be new to you. In the A7, we add a flattened ... more »

How to Build an A Major Chord on the Guitar

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Chord building on guitar helps you know why a chord is structured the way it is, rather than just playing from sheet music or tabs. Here's how to create that basic building block of many A key compositions, the A major chord... more »

How to Build an A Minor Chord on the Guitar

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In chord building, guitar players add notes to form a resonant chord. The A minor is one of the easier chords to build because it relies on open E, which is part of the chord. In major or minor chords, you use three elements of the chromatic ... more »

How to Build an Oil-Can Guitar

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The first oil-can guitars were made in Africa and were called ramkiekies. Today these are still the first instruments many folk musicians learn to play. They are well known for their simplicity. Although you can pay more than $500 to purchase a ... more »

How to Build an Oil-Can Ukulele

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A ukulele is a fun instrument to play. It is portable and often draws comments from your audience. With a long tradition of homemade instruments in the folk music world, many musicians have enjoyed making their own ukuleles. Using readily ... more »

How to Build Augmented Chords on Guitar

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If you really want to know about what goes into guitar chords, it's essential to do a little "chord building," where you write out the chromatic scale and pick the notes you need to add to your chord. Building augmented chords helps you see how ... more »

How to Build C Major Chords On the Guitar

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The C major is a common chord partly because of the appeal of "middle C" in piano theory. It's also a strange chord on the guitar because it does not use all of the strings. As a major chord, it uses three notes: the first or "base" note C, the ... more »

How to Build C Minor Chords On the Guitar

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The C minor is a strange chord on the guitar because it does not use all of the strings. Beginners who have looked at chord building before know that the major chord consist of three notes in the chromatic scale of the key of C: the "base" or ... more »

How to Build C7 Chords on the Guitar

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The C7 is a lot like the C major chord, in that it uses three notes. The first or "base" note C, the third note, E, and the fifth, G. The difference is that the fifth is replaced by a flattened seventh to create the C7. Here's how to build the ... more »

How to Build Chords on the Guitar

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Building guitar chords can be extremely helpful to a beginner. Chord building is finding the notes that go into a chord, so that you can see exactly what the "recipe" is for a certain chord and how to arrange your fingers on the fretboard. To do ... more »

How to Build D Major Chords on the Guitar

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With chord building, guitar players learn what goes into a chord. It helps on how to play the chord, and also advances your music theory. The D major chord is easier to some guitar beginners because it is a more clustered chord (all of the held ... more »

How to Build D Minor Chords on the Guitar

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When you're learning guitar, it helps to do a little chord building. This practice of selecting notes for a chord helps you figure out how chords are put together. The D minor chord is easier to some guitar beginners because it is a more ... more »

How to Build D7 Chords on the Guitar

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Chord building is a great practice for guitar beginners to see what notes go into a chord. Some chords are easier than others. A seventh chord has a little different sound and construction than its major and minor counterparts. Here's how to ... more »

How to Build E Major Chords on the Guitar

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In chord building, guitar players study each string to find how chord patterns fit together. Chord building also helps guitar beginnings place chords on the fretboard. The E major chord is an easy one because the "base" note, E, is featured on ... more »

How to Build E Minor Chords on the Guitar

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Chord building is something guitar players use to form resonant chords. The E minor is one of the easier chords to build. It includes multiple E notes, which is the "base note", and it only requires two fingers on the strings. In major or minor ... more »

How to Build E7 Chords on the Guitar

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The E7 chord is a little more advanced than some others. Beginners on guitar may know that in E major and E minor, you take the first, third and fifth scale notes to form the chord, but the E7 may be new to you. The difference in E7 is that we ... more »

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