Archive for 'Music + Instruments' Category
Preserving Musical Memories
24 May 2008I love to reminisce about the old days when sheet music played an important part in the pop music culture of the time. As soon as a new song was introduced, either by a burlesque singer or by being sent out on radio waves, millions of people would rush out to the music or […]
How to Make Your Boring Piano Improvisations Come to Life!
23 May 2008Do you think you need to constantly learn new techniques to get good at piano improvisation? Do you believe that getting one more technique under your belt will make you a better player?
Nope. Not going to happen.
If your piano improvisations sound boring it can only be for one reason. It’s because you’re bored!
It’s not the […]
Play Piano As Fast As Possible!
20 May 2008One of the rules of practicing we all hear over and over is “Be sure to practice slowly.” (I’m guilty of this too!) Often the result of this is a feeling of inhibition, which leads to tedium. Picture yourself filled with excitement and yearning in setting out to learn a new piece. […]
Guitar Tablature: Learn To Play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star With Guitar Tab
13 May 2008Even if you haven’t played guitar tablature before you can
impress or maybe shock your friends by playing Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star. Let’s start playing guitar tab!
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a popular English nursery rhyme
with the French melody Ah! Vous dirais-je, Maman. You can play
this song on the first three strings on the guitar.
The text is […]
View from the Stage: Small World
2 April 2008Small World
Lookin’ at the stats for my web-site; four percent of my traffic this month comes from Thailand.
It kinda makes me think that the blues is universal and even in Thailand they get the blues. So I surfed and guess what? They’ve got the blues! They’ve got Creole Samui playing Thai blues at a New […]