Musical Instruments

How to Purchase Supplies for Your Home Music Studio

By Kilogramm

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Wondering what you need for your home studio? In order to make the best music, you must have the best equipment and materials. Make sure you are fully prepared for your music sessions!.. more »

How to Read Broken Chords on Sheet Music

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The chord forms the backbone of most Western music. Pop songs and jazz standards alike rely on the chord for harmonic and melodic structure. Triads, or chords with 3 notes, are easy to play--simply press 3 separate keys on the piano at once. You ... more »

How to Read Sheet Music

By pianistic

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If you don't know how to read sheet music, looking at it can be like looking at a book written in a foreign language. Here is a breakdown of what all those symbols mean on a piece of sheet music... more »

How to Read Tablature on Guitar (Tabs)

By Anthony Delgado

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Tablature, or Tabs, is a primitive way of learning to play guitar, however useful. It dates back to before the guitar or contemporary music notation was invented. It was a way to remember how to play a song for which you already knew the tune. So ... more »

How to Recognize Fender Guitars

By RLRhodes

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Fender guitars are among the most widely owned guitars in the world. Many of the most renowned guitarists play Fender guitars... more »

How to Record an Acoustic Guitar

By Kilogramm

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Anytime you're going to take on the task to try and record live instruments to computer, CD, DAT or cassette, it can be a difficult task. Take an Acoustic Guitar for example, a great guitar could sound awful if recorded the wrong way. However; a ... more »

How to Record Drums

By Kilogramm

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As with recording any live instrument, it can be a struggle to get the right sound if not done the right way. That's why when recording drums you should always go thru the proper steps to ensure that you get the crisp clear sound you're looking ... more »

How to Repair a Guitar Amp Speaker

By Gitaagami

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So your band just got a last minute gig at the neighbor's BBQ. SWEET!!!! You load your guitar and amp into the car and head over. On arrival, you set up and plug in and... where did your tone go and where is that horrendous thin buzzing sound ... more »

How to restring a Gibson SG Electric Guitar

By ADizzy

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Simple steps on how to restring your Gibson SG... more »

How to re-string your guitar

By Brave33

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When the time comes that one of your strings unexpectedly snaps or your strings just get old and warn out, these instructions will come in handy. There is no reason for you to bring your guitar in to a shop to pay someone to change your strings ... more »

How to Sample Replace a Poor Drum Sound

By Stewart Cararas

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So the song is recorded. Everything sounds great. But wait—the snare drum sounds really inappropriate. What happened? It's not uncommon for a seemingly perfect performance to be slightly flawed by a poorly mic'ed drum kit. Perhaps, the sounds ... more »

How to Select Piano Music

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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The piano music you select really depends on your level of experience and skill as a piano player. Consult the "Learn Fingering on the Piano" and "Practice Piano," under Related eHows, to get you started. Here are some tips on what to look for if ... more »

How to select the best strings for your classical guitar

By KLudwick83

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The best strings in the world won't make a poor classical guitar sound great but poor strings will ruin the sound of a great classical guitar. You may or may not have a great guitar but you will certainly be better off with the best strings you ... more »

How to set up an electric guitar

By Yevgeni

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Is there something off about your guitar? Maybe the strings are too high, maybe a lot of notes are out of tune, or maybe it just doesn't sound that great. Don't want to pay the big bucks to take it to a professional set-up technician? Well fret ... more »

How to Set Up the Top of a High Hat Stand

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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A drummer and his drums are, to some, considered the heart and soul of a band. Of course there are other musicians in a band but the drums are known for keeping the beat. The worst part, or perhaps most annoying part, of the drums and being a ... more »

How to sight read on an instrument

By kjswitz2

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Sight reading isn't as easy as it looks. When you start playing when you never went over the song, you probably won't keep the beat. That's why you have to read over the music... more »

How to Sight Sing For Beginners

By OperaDiva

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In music, solfège is an educational solmization technique for teaching sight-singing. Each note of the score is sung in a solfège syllable. The seven syllables are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. For chromatic scale ascending it is ... more »

How to Soundproof Your Home Music Studio (Advance)

By Kilogramm

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Do you want a room with lots of reverb? Or are you looking for a completely "dead" room to record your vocals dry? Either way, you're going to have to take the right steps to make sure you get the sound you want. Soundproofing a room ... more »

How to Soundproof Your Home Music Studio (Beginner)

By Kilogramm

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So you want to soundproof your home studio huh? There are a couple of major factors when it comes to soundproofing a room; one of those things is insulation. Insulation is very important because this determines how your vocals will sound before ... more »

How to String a 12 String Guitar

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If you really want to impress someone that knows a little about guitar, show them how fun it can be to play a 12 string. The beauty of a 12 string is that you get a choir-like sound because each cardinal string is doubled, giving twice the sound ... more »

How to Take Care of a Flute

By jay1blue

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The flute is a delicate instrument which needs proper care to work properly. Anything from holding the flute to replacing it's pads and springs takes special know how. The flute needs proper care to continue to work... more »

How to Take Care of a Tambura

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The tambura, a stringed instrument made of a hollow gourd, can be found in many forms and fashions, depending on its country of origin. A member of the lute family, it is truly an elegant piece. To take care of a tambura, musicians need to know a ... more »

How to Take Care of a Trumpet

By leighcamp1

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How to maintain a trumpet:The secret is keep the valves oiled!!.. more »

How to take care of your nylon strings and keep them for a long time!

By KLudwick83

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The strings on a classical guitar often go dead after 5 or 6 months. The strings are usually not worn out. The windings are dirty. Remove the "dead" strings only... more »

How to Tap Like Eddie Van Halen

By Zenguy

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If you're a beginning guitarist, you've probably seen Eddie Van Halen and other famous players do a neat trick where they seem to be playing with both hands on the fretboard. It's called "two-handed tapping," and you can do it, too!.. more »

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