Rock songs can be identified by loud guitars and drums that pulse rhythmically. Additionally, their lyrics often address controversial subjects that deviate from traditional musical forms. Rock and roll music encompasses an assortment of styles that share one feature in common: 4/4 time with heavy beats on 2 and 4. This rhythm gives these genres […]
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Songwriting can be an intricate art form. It requires being able to convey one’s emotions openly while remaining emotionally expressive; but when done well it can be extremely satisfying and fulfilling. An effective way of creating a sad song is using minor chord progressions, as these types of melodic structures typically elicit more mysterious or
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Bass guitarists’ pedalboards come in all sorts of forms and sizes. From single-effect pedals that focus on doing one thing well to multi-FX units containing the latest effects. Envelope filter stompboxes act like wah pedals, raising and lowering frequencies depending on how hard you hit the pedal. Octave shift and pitch-shift pedals also do this
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Dance is an expressive form of physical movement designed to emote emotions or moods, or demonstrate daily activities such as hunting, war or sexuality. Many lively songs feature rhythmic grooves that inspire people to move their bodies in response. Over the years, numerous popular dance tracks have become classics and continue to inspire people worldwide
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Rappers typically deliver their lyrics over an upbeat beat provided by a producer, often in the studio but sometimes live performance too. Creative rappers often utilize metaphors in their bars that cause listeners to think deeply about them. Set an alarm for 20 minutes and clean with this playlist as music plays in the background.
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As dance music genres like acid house and Detroit techno gained in popularity, French musicians brought a distinctive flavor. Reworking disco, funk and soul samples into a style uniquely their own was something young French musicians excelled at doing. Pete Heller’s Big Love, for instance, was an almost-ideal example of filter disco that wouldn’t have
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Guitar chords may seem intimidating at first, but once you understand their shapes they become much simpler. The diagrams on the right display which strings and frets are being utilized and which fingers should be in which positions; those marked as X indicate which strings shouldn’t be played while open strings (O) should remain unplayed.
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In the 1990s, new subgenres like groove metal, nu metal and alternative metal emerged to broaden metal music’s appeal. 1980s Glam Metal quickly gave way to the fast riffs and socially conscious lyrics of bands such as Slayer, Megadeth and METALLICA who pioneered modern heavy metal. Thrash Metal Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy
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Learning the blues scale on bass is essential to anyone seeking to incorporate its sounds into their music. It consists of six notes and can work well over dominant chords. The major blues scale is similar to the minor pentatonic scale with one additional note – the flatted fifth. Use this scale when playing blues
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Guitar chords are the cornerstone of music and a great place to begin learning the instrument, yet to achieve a more complete skill set it’s also wise to learn riffs and melodies as well. Triad chords consist of three notes – the root, third and fifth notes. You may have encountered them many times throughout
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