Guitar: Harmonica and Guitar Combo: An Open Learning Guide
The harmonica is an instrument that has found favour with many guitarist. The idea evolved from the blues and country and western musicians of the early part of the 20th century. The role th
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Guitar: Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Trills: An Open Learning Guide
Hammer-ons and pull-offs are two closely related techniques. They are used to play legato, that is, in a smooth manner, and are also used to help the guitarist to play faster. They are most
Guitar: Guitar Tabs Song Library: An Open Learning Guide
Almost as soon as you start playing guitar, you will learn a handful of songs or riffs. But often after a while, you can't think anything new or interesting to play. Learning songs can be to
Guitar: Guitar Maintenance and Storage: An Open Learning Guide
Properly maintaining a valuable guitar keeps it valuable. Guitars can take a lot of abuse, especially if you play live shows and tour, and even if it pretty much "sounds the same," lack of m
Elektron Monomachine: History and Key Facts
The Elektron Monomachine is a synthesizer and music sequencer by Elektron.
Electronic sackbut: History and Key Facts
The electronic sackbut is an electronic musical instrument designed and first built by Hugh Le Caine in 1945.
Electronic drum module: History and Key Facts
An electronic drum module is an electronic or digital music device in an electronic drum kit that serves as the central processing unit and sound module.
Electronic bagpipes: History and Key Facts
The electronic bagpipes is an electronic musical instrument emulating the tone and/or playing style of the bagpipes.
Electronic drum: History and Key Facts
Electronic drums are an electronic musical instrument that replicates the sound and appearance of a drum kit or other percussion instruments.
E-mu Proteus X: History and Key Facts
E-MU Proteus X is a Virtual Sound Module produced by E-MU Systems that is a software-based audio sample-based synthesis product that includes the complete library soundest of the popular and lega
Electro-Theremin: History and Key Facts
The Electro-Theremin is an electronic musical instrument developed by trombonist Paul Tanner and amateur inventor Bob Whitsell in the late 1950s to produce a sound to mimic that of the theremin.I
DrumIt Five: History and Key Facts
The DrumIt Five is an electronic drum line produced by 2box, a Swedish company started by former employees of ddrum.
Drum kit: History and Key Facts
A drum kit, acoustic drum kit or drum set (also known as a trap set or simply drums in popular music and jazz contexts) is a musical instrument consisting of a collection of percussion instrument
Guitar: Guitar Accessories: An Open Learning Guide
Picks are probably the most frequently bought guitar accessory. There are several reasons, but mostly it is because there are so many types of picks, and picks are so easily lost. When you g
Guitar: General rules for fingering: An Open Learning Guide
The fingerings that are taught here for the individual chords did not come about by chance. They are based on the classical guitar schools and are intended to prepare you now if you want to
Guitar: G without pinky: An Open Learning Guide
This article is only intended for guitar players who have already learned a little guitar and have perhaps learned a chord (especially G major) with a different fingering. Unfortunately, peo
Guitar: G Em C D: An Open Learning Guide
By the way, memorize that E minor (written "Em" for short) is the minor parallel of G major. In many songs you don't necessarily have to change to the minor parallel, you can simply continue
Guitar: Forming the D chord: An Open Learning Guide
There is more than one way to form the chords, set the fingerings and determine the tones. Here I will introduce you to a method that is particularly suitable for simple chords in song accom
Guitar: Folk Guitar: An Open Learning Guide
Folk music is considered to be music that originates from the people. It is not the preserve of professional composers because its themes and melodies are derived from the experiences and li
Guitar: Flamenco: An Open Learning Guide
Flamenco is one of the folk music genres of Spain. In Spain the word flamenco is not just associated with the guitar but also the people, songs and dances of Spain. The history of flamenco f
Guitar: Expand your repertoire: An Open Learning Guide
You may not believe it at this stage, but with just the four chords G - Em - C - D you now have hundreds of songs open to you, so you can slowly start to build up a repertoire of songs for e
Guitar: Effects Pedals: An Open Learning Guide
Effects pedals are electronic or digital devices that modify the tone, pitch, or sound of an electric guitar. Effects can be housed in effects pedals, guitar amplifiers, guitar amplifier sim
Guitar: E-bow: An Open Learning Guide
The E-bow is a device that causes your string to vibrate without it being plucked, almost like a violin bow makes a violin string vibrate. It requires a dramatically different technique to p
Guitar: Different Types of Guitars: An Open Learning Guide
Playing different guitars in a music shop is a great way of familiarising yourself with each model's unique qualities but don't forget to take off any objects that could scratch the guitar.
Guitar: Country and Western: An Open Learning Guide
Country music is an American genre of music that can trace its roots back to earlier European folk songs that the arriving immigrants brought with them. It developed in the Appalachians and
Digital piano: History and Key Facts
A digital piano is a class of electronic keyboard or synthesizer (rompler) designed to serve primarily as an alternative to the traditional acoustic piano, both in how it feels to play and in the
Controllerism: History and Key Facts
Controllerism is the art and practice of using musical software controllers, e.g.
Croix Sonore: History and Key Facts
The Croix Sonore is an early electronic musical instrument with continuous pitch, similar to the theremin.
Cloud harp: History and Key Facts
The cloud harp, also known as the Keplerian harp, is an open form sound installation which converts the forms of clouds into audio and musical sequences in real time.
Composer-Tron: History and Key Facts
The Composer-Tron was developed by Osmond Kendal for the Canadian Marconi Company in 1953.
Clavecin électrique: History and Key Facts
The clavecin électrique (or clavessin électrique) was a musical instrument invented in 1759 by Jean-Baptiste Thillaie Delaborde, a French Jesuit priest.
Guitar: Classical Guitar: An Open Learning Guide
The classical guitar was preceded by the lute, vihuela and five-string baroque guitar. This legacy is reflected in the repertoire of the Classical guitar which ranges from the Estampie, a th
Guitar: Chord Types: An Open Learning Guide
A chord is two or more different notes played simultaneously. Most chords have three notes though. Chords derive their names from the root note; so a C chord has C for its root note and a G7
Guitar: Chord Reference: An Open Learning Guide
Open chords tend to sound "richer" than corresponding barre chords due to the fact that open strings resonate freely without any hindrance. Open chords typically sustain longer than their ba
Guitar: Chord Progressions: An Open Learning Guide
A knowledge of chord progressions will help you communicate and play with other musicians. Knowing the most commonly used chord progressions allows for greater enjoyment and unity when playi
Guitar: Chord changes G-C-D: An Open Learning Guide
All you need is a new chord and you're already in a new key. This time it's the key of G major. We're leaving the A major chord behind. A major is not part of the key of G major and only occ
Guitar: Chord changes from D to A: An Open Learning Guide
Here I'll show you in slow motion how to change from D to A. Try to follow the sequence exactly. What seems slow to you now will become incredibly fast over time. Just by singing the example
Guitar: Chord changes C-Am: An Open Learning Guide
The change between C major and A minor (Am for short) is even easier than the change between G and Em. In the key of G major, the chord C major is the subdominant. Am is the relative minor o
Guitar: Campfire-Diploma Completion: Song Examples: An Open Learning Guide
With these songs you leave the beginner status. The songs are not particularly difficult. But they contain all the essential learning content of the campfire diploma. (6 chords G D C Em Am A
Guitar: Campfire-Diploma Completion: An Open Learning Guide
As with school, you don't have to get everything 100% right and without mistakes, and you don't have to memorize everything either. It's enough if you can accompany the songs to some extent