There are hundreds of YouTube channels designed to assist budding guitar players. Nepali E Chords was one such channel established in April 2013 by an immigrant Nepali from America. Gurasai Fulyo by 1974 AD is a popular folk-rock song that makes an ideal first lesson song on guitar for beginner students. The chord progressions are […]
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Heavy metal music – home to such acts as Cannibal Corpse and Danzig – is often misunderstood; however, there are some songs about love written in heavy metal that resonate deeply. Here is one by late Peter Steele which is both sensuous and emotive. We’ve all had those lovers that we kept around because they
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Gain controls are used to add power to a guitar bass amp‘s signal. Lowering them results in cleaner and more powerful tone while increasing them can produce a grungier tone. Some bass guitarists prefer tube amps for their warm tones and natural drive; others choose solid-state amps due to their reliability and clean signals even
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Major chords typically consist of a root note accompanied by three additional notes stacked atop it, known as an interval, which determines what kind of chord it is. Intervals can be measured in half steps, which corresponds to the distance between adjacent white and black keys. Triads Most chords start out as triads, composed of
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A bass guitar is a stringed musical instrument used for producing low-frequency sounds. This type of instrument can often be found in blues and rock ‘n’ roll music genres. Paul Tutmarc invented the first solid-body electric bass guitar we recognize today with his Audiovox 736 Bass Fiddle model in 1936. Although similar to a guitar
Dance music concerts provide a truly engaging live entertainment experience, featuring celebrity DJs and light shows that create an electrifying environment conducive to dancing. They also present pioneering artists who advance long-standing genres. Recent research into motivations for EDM festival attendance found that personal pleasure (i.e., enjoying music and dance) outweighed socialization motivations as the
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Minor key chord progressions can range from soothing (George Gershwin’s “Summertime”), funky (“Brick House” by the Commodores), or rocking (Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing”). Knowing how to construct chord sequences in minor keys will allow you to become a more versatile songwriter. This chart represents triad chords and suspended chords on every scale degree of
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The Mexican folk instrument known as bajo quinto is an oversized acoustic guitar with five doubled courses of strings resembling an electric bass guitar. As an integral component of Tejano and border music, its bassy sounds play an integral role in these musical genres. The LBQ1EGT is a full-bodied non-cutaway bajo quinto featuring a Fishman
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Music videos provide artists with an effective medium for expressing their artistic side, with some becoming cultural icons like Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On.” Hype Williams was responsible for some of hip hop’s most eye-catching visuals in the ’90s. His use of flashy costumes, cartoonish fisheye lensing and sci-fi backdrops added an Afrofuturist dimension
Professional Guitarists When the verse melody and chord progression become repetitive, bridges provide an opportunity to add variety. The best bridges are unique but connected clearly with the chorus and final verse; Paul Simon’s “Still Crazy After All These Years” features one that soars into higher registers than its verse melody and chord progression. Verse
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