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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 Read the Bass Clef and Treble Clef on the Piano

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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The clef is the first symbol that appears on the musical staff, the set of five lines on which musical notes and symbols are written. The clef tells you which notes are indicated by each line and space. To play the piano, you must be able to ... more »

How to Read the C Major Scale for Piano

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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The C major scale is the most common musical scale. It's easy to play on the piano since you play only the white keys. The scale begins with the C note and ends with the same note one octave (eight notes) higher. Follow these steps to learn to ... more »

How to Read Tones and Semitones in Sheet Music

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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The lines and spaces on a music staff are the same distance apart, but the notes they represent are not. With the help of a piano keyboard, you can easily understand whole tones and semitones and how to read them on sheet music... more »

How to Really Enjoy Seattle's Folklife Festival

By JasneJ

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Each year over 200,000 people attend this incredible festival of music, culture, and dancing lasting 4 days. It is the Music Event of the Year in the great Northwest. Included are some tips to make it a memorable experience... more »

How to Record a Piano

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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An acoustic piano is a beautiful instrument, both in look and sound. It can be difficult, though, to turn that beautiful acoustic sound into a beautiful recording. Pianos tend to be notoriously hard to record, but with some experimentation and ... more »

How to record a piano

By Marty Alan McGill

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The piano is the most versatile instrument known to man, therefore it's only fitting that it be difficult to record. You have over 200 strings on a piano, and that creates a lot vibration and unwanted noise... 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 Guitar in a Studio Control Room

By Stewart Cararas

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One of the more convenient aspects of a recording studio is the ability to separate the guitarist from the loud amplifier. Not only is it loud and cumbersome, but can blur communication between the artist and engineer. Of course, the old way is ... more »

How to Register a Theme Camp for Burning Man

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Interactive theme camps are at the core of the Burning Man experience, and anyone coming to Burning Man may create a theme camp. Preparation and registration well in advance is an important prerequisite for being mapped, pre-placed in a reserved ... more »

How to Remix a Dance Song

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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As today's music industry continues to change, the remix is on its way up. The idea of "remixing" songs is one part of a comprehensive movement of making music more "technology-oriented." From heavy metal guitar to digitally backed hip-top to ... more »

How to Rent a Recording Studio

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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You've tried your bathroom, and the acoustics are good, but every five minutes or so your five year old knocks on the door and says, "Mommy, can I sing too?" If you're a teen, it's your parents yelling that the bathroom is not your own private ... more »

How to restore an Ipod touch

By Tony240sx

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If your Ipod touch has locked up and you cant get it back then you may want to force it into restore mode. This is a very easy task but beware it should only be used when all else fails because it erases all the media off of the device... 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 Restring a Violin Bow

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Some refer to it as restringing the violin bow and others call it rehairing. The proper terminology would be rehairing since the bow string is made of horsehair. The follicles of the hair grip the rosin and score the surface of the strings. ... more »

How to Rock Like the Band Journey

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The long-time rock and roll band Journey still attracts tons of fans. After rocking fans for over 30 years, the album "REVELATION" is evidense of this. For followers of this musical collaboration, here are some of the aspects of the band that ... more »

How to Rosin a String Instrument Bow

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Rosin is a substance made from pine tree rosin and is absolutely necessary for playing any stringed instrument. The application of the rosin is especially important because it directly affects the quality of sound produced from an instrument. Not ... 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 Seal the Deal with a Promoter

By FrancisTen

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This article is an offshoot of steps 3 and 4 from the article titled "how to book your first show (locally). there's an art form and protocol in contacting a club/promoter. just get in the mindset that this is going to be a battle and at ... more »

How to Secure a Major Label Agreement

By HustlaHeath

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Talent alone will not guarantee a record deal, and seeking one can be a discouraging and fruitless crusade. There are only a few hundred deals available each year and many of them are snatched by artists moving from one label to another. There ... more »

How to See a Band From the Front Row at Coachella 2007

By Kampy

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There's a world of difference between seeing a concert up close, and seeing it from a mile away. When you're up close, you can see all the little details... the musicians' facial expressions, their tattoos, the stickers on their guitars, the ... more »

How to See a Concert at The Hollywood Bowl

By hikernb

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The Hollywood Bowl is an institution in Los Angeles—it’s been the site of concerts and Easter sunrise services since 1922. Everyone from Vladimir Horowitz to the Beatles has played the Bowl. I just went again last summer and saw Garrison Keillor ... more »

How to See Bon Jovi in Concert

By Ang1216Red

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For the past 23 years, this rock band from New Jersey has been pleasing listeners with hits such as “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Bad Medicine,” and “It’s My Life.” With 13 successful concert tours under their belt, fans from all over the world flock ... more »

How to see Pearl Jam 5 Times in 1 Week

By riggyrules

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What happens when your favorite band only tours once every 3 years and plays a totally different show every night? You have to see them mutiple times each tour! Last summer I saw Pearl Jam 5 times in 1 week, and I will tell you how to ... more »

How to See Reggage-Pop Star Sean Kingston for Free

By David Sarokin

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Sean Kingston is topping the Urban and Pop charts, with a clean, cool, musical mix of hip hop, rap, reggae, and popular sounds... more »