Music Notes: How Pitch & Duration Are Determined
Notes are the musical notation representing a fixed pitch. While the word strictly refers to the physical notation of a pitch, it's more commonly used to refer to both the pitch and the notation.
Christian Music The Right Message For Your Kids
Christian radio is a great way to introduce your children and teens to music with a message that will help to build them up in their faith. The quality of Christian music and the talent on Christian radio rivals or exceeds many non Christian stations.
Christian Radio-Music With Word to Live By
Take a spin up and down your radio dial. What do you hear? What do your children hear? As Christians we are to meditate on the things that are "pure, lovely, admirable and praiseworthy" (Phil 4:8). Lets face it, most of what is found on the airwaves doesn
Choosing A Musical Instrument
In grammar school I bought my first guitar from a nun. Between the discomfort of growing callouses (I never did) and the challenge of my small hands learning to hold down chords, I didn't soon became a guitarist, either. I lacked the determination to get
Rock the Report
The above mentioned lyrics from punk rock legends Rancid illustrate perfectly what can happen to an up-and-coming band if they sign with the wrong record label. Years of practices, shows, promotion and hard work can be quickly wiped out by companies who
Rock and Roll Feature-Layla and the Dominos
This is the second in a series of Rock & Roll features I'm writing for this site. I'm a rock and roller and I love blues so this column is a way for me to feature a different album that I like from those genres every month. In the future I hope to be able
What Should You Expect From Your Guitar Teacher
There are three options you can take- one, learn to play yourself. Not very successful for a lot of people, but it can be done. My uncle taught himself and he is very good. Most people just lack the ambition to practice every day if they don't have to le
Independent Music Marketing: You Don't Need To Sell Out
Many indie musicians are known for their anti-corporate stance. It's not surprising then that the concept of "marketing" leaves a sour taste in many independent artists' mouths. The fact is though, there are ways to build your fan base and increase people
The 6 String Guitar Vs The 12 String Guitar
Although the majority of guitar players stick with the basic 6 string acoustic guitar, there are some brave souls out there who opt for the lesser known 12 string guitar. This article explains the pros and cons of the 12 string guitar.
Guitar Lesson: Do You Know These Easy Chords?
With a guitar you have many easy nice sounding chords at your disposal. Let's play a few open guitar chords in the key of A. Guitar tab notation is a way of showing how to play melodies and chords on the guitar. It usually consists of six lines representi
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