Archive for 'Music'
An Important Reason To Learn To Play By Ear
April 9th, 2008. Published under Music. No Comments.
Listening to music is fun; playing music is more fun; playing music by ear is the most fun of all. If the player remembers the music he is playing by means of his ear, he is playing by ear. But most players who have learned to play by the traditional method of reading notes on […]
Guitar Chords: Open Chord Progressions In The Key Of E
April 9th, 2008. Published under Music. No Comments.
E-major is a very common key for guitar oriented songs. Many blues songs are written in this key and a lot of riffs can also be found. We will now explore some of the exciting open chords you will find in this key!
We will start this guitar lesson by playing the most common E-major chord:
E: […]
Guitar Chords: II-V-I Progressions In The Key Of C
April 9th, 2008. Published under Music. No Comments.
A great way to explore chords and at the same time learn to use them is to learn them together in usable guitar progressions like II-V-I. Let’s concentrate on the key of C!
What is a II-V-I progression?
Is is a chord progression with three chords built on the roots of the second, fifth and first note […]
Ukulele Chords: Learn To Play Easy Chord Changes
April 9th, 2008. Published under Music. No Comments.
It is very fun and mostly easy to play ukulele chords. Let’s take a look at some easy chord changes!
Before we delve to deeply into our ukulele chords let’s take a look at the tuning of your ukulele. The resulting names of the chords we play depends on how we tune the ukulele.
In this ukulele […]
How to Develop Your Drumming Weaknesses
April 9th, 2008. Published under Music. No Comments.
As for beginning drummers, the whole concept of drumming is coordination. It’s learning to do more than one thing at a time. As a child, do you remember trying to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time? That was pretty difficult at first, but then we eventually got the hang of […]
Guitar Playing: What About Motivation?
April 9th, 2008. Published under Music. No Comments.
What can you do to stay motivated as you practice on your guitar? How can you increase and maintain the joy of playing? Here are some tips on how to keep that joy that made you start playing the guitar in the first place!
What can you do before setting goals?
The reason why we don’t keep […]
Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Yankee Doodle
April 9th, 2008. Published under Music. No Comments.
An ukulele is very effective for strumming chords to songs. You can also use this instrument to play melodies. Let’s learn a melody with ukulele tab and without sheet music!
Here is the first verse and refrain of Yankee Doodle, as often sung today:
Yankee Doodle went to town
A-Riding on a pony
He stuck a feather in his […]