Learning scales is essential to honing your bass playing abilities. Scales allow you to produce more melodic bass lines and make improvising much simpler. Fingerboard grids illustrate how to position your fingers on a bass fretboard for different scales and shapes, with solid black dots representing notes to be played while open circles indicate root […]
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A major chord consists of three notes connected by interval relationships to its root note, creating an attractive musical statement. When viewing a chord chart, numbers inside dots indicate which fingers of your fretting hand should place on each string and fret: index finger (1), middle finger (2) and pinky (3). Triads Triads are chords
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Guitar chords are an integral component of music theory. Composed using standard musical intervals and displayed on a guitar tab with fret numbers or open strings marked, chords can also be indicated using hammer-on notation (where notes are connected by an arc). Once intermediate guitarists have mastered major and minor triads, they progress onto seventh
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Learning minor scales is a fantastic way to add more notes and variety to your playing. Since they don’t contain sharps or flats, minor scales make an ideal way for beginners looking to expand their range. Scales can be found all across the fretboard, but they tend to group together into specific patterns or shapes
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat was Don Bluth’s debut animated short film for Sullivan Bluth Studios and debuted 27 minutes long in 1979. Banjo, an extremely curious yet defiant kitten from his family’s farm, takes off for Salt Lake City after conducting an experiment on cats who always land on their feet. He hitsches a ride
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Modern indie music has evolved to encompass an expansive variety of genres while maintaining its distinct identity based on an ethos of independence and authenticity. Nick Drake paved the way for modern indie musicians such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith and Mac Demarco to create folky poems using warm instruments to emote emotion and
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Hard wood must be used in the production of banjo rims to increase strength, sound and prevent it from being broken easily. This ensures a more durable performance and less chance for breakage. Rare made Nuts & Bolts eight years after releasing Grabbed by the Ghoulies to expand upon and add something fresh to Banjo-Kazooie
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Heavy metal music has long been associated with blood and gore. Cannibal Corpse are one such band who take it a step further; their new album Chaos Horrific features some killer riffs. Its cover image depicts someone being hit in the face with a hammer – definitely not suitable for those who easily become upset!
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Chord progressions form the backbone of any song. Once you master them, melodies that suit any genre or style can easily follow suit. Beginners often start off playing this chord as it requires no mutes. Once you advance, try experimenting by adding color by including notes not normally associated with it (e.g. D). How you
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As a guitarist, it’s crucial that you learn which chords are commonly employed and understand what their names are on sheet music. One important concept to keep in mind when studying chords is that they consist of intervals. One such interval is the major or minor triad. Triads Triads are essential chords in any guitarist’s
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