Archive for May, 2009

Bass Guitar Tabs And Their Place In The Circle Of Life

May 29th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Music Reviews

Bass guitar tab is an extremely popular way of writing bass guitar music. If you are interested in becoming a bass guitarist you need to get familiar with bass guitar music by playing the bass lines of some of your favorite songs before you let your inner bass player off the chain. Utilizing this handy tool you can learn how to be the bass player in a band quickly without getting too much into boring theory. (more…)

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Bass Guitar Players Who Changed The World

May 25th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Music Reviews

Some people think that if you want to change the world you don’t become a bass player, but go into something more challenging and stimulating like the Post Office. But does this myth portray how bass players really are? Let’s step back from our habitual way of seeing bass guitar players as necessary but boring members of the group. Like accountants. Sure we acknowledge the fine contribution they make to their bands by supplying the bass lines and paying for the beer, but do they actually do anything really creative? This brief listing of some prominent men (and woman) of bass will allow you to see that this apparently self effacing member of a musical group could be the creative powerhouse. (more…)

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Basic Guitar Chords And How To Play Them

May 21st, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Music Reviews

One of the challenges for the novice guitarist is learning the basic chords. You will not only need to know where to put your fingers, but also how to change from one chord to another. The technique of smooth transition between chords is a learning process we are never really finished with. Every time we learn something new on the guitar, that’s another sequence of small movements our body learns, and these sets of movements must be executed smoothly through relaxed, calm practice. (more…)

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Acoustic Guitars – The Best Tuners

May 17th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Music Reviews

Tuning your acoustic guitar is the first step in your guitar playing career. Whether by skill, talent or technology, you must be able to get your guitar into tune. (more…)

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Acoustic Guitar Tab

May 15th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Music Reviews

If you enjoy the idea of learning the guitar and you visualize yourself sitting down and playing your favorite songs for your own enjoyment, acoustic guitar tabs give you the possibility of realizing your dream. You can pick up an acoustic guitar any time of the day or night and play without disturbing your family or neighbors. Some people even play the acoustic guitar while the family is watching TV in the same room! (more…)

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Acoustic Guitar Lessons

May 12th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Music Reviews

These mini guitar lessons have been put together for the beginner acoustic guitar student who feels a need to play music but is a bit short on direction. (more…)

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Electric Guitar Tabs Explained

May 7th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Music Reviews

Tablature as a means of writing music down has been with us for hundreds of years, but many people today look down on tabs as a third rate method of musical communication. In fact, tablature is not a dumbed down version of conventional musical notation, rather what we call sheet music grew from a need for more versatility in notation as music became more complex in medieval times. Electric Guitar Tabs have been a great help to the many people who have taken up the electric guitar and who wanted to get down to the business of playing as quickly as possible. (more…)

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