Music Articles
426: Exciting Improvising: How to Make Up Music Out Of Your Head As You Play
Improvisation (also known as improvising) is the act of making something up as you go along -- an act with which we all have a little experience.
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427: Can You Become a Boogie-Man or Boogie-Lady?
Boogie music, also known as boogie woogie, is a genre of piano-heavy music particular to America in the 1940s and 50s.
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428: To Make Your Kids More Successful, Teach Them Music!
Besides being a sure way to become the life of the party, learning to play an instrument can make your children smarter, better adjusted, and better equipped to adopt a position of leadership in a diverse world.
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429: Learn a Musical Instrument, Prepare for a Career
From education to video games, there are careers available for those who happen to have a background in music which the rest of us never see. Each of these fields requires time and study for proficiency, but they represent a career path that is nonexistent for non-musicians.
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430: How To Benefit From Music
The combination of young minds and the music evokes joy and hope. Unlike the people who have earned gray hair, the music of young people serves as a reminder to the fact that nothing is impossible.
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431: I Like It, But Is It Music?
Are you frustrated when you try to explain your taste in music? Fortunately, one of the benefits of learning a musical instrument is a better understanding of your own musical taste. Learn to play an instrument, and soon you will be able to discuss what works or doesn't work for you, in music.
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432: Can You Really Learn To Play a Musical Instrument From an Online Course?
Out of the 250 million people in the United States, about 25 million of them play an instrument of some kind, or at least used to when they were in school and would like to pick up where they left off. Another 30 million or so sing in a church choir, a barbershop quartet, or at the very least, in the shower.
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433: Five Great Practice Ideas I Learned From My Piano Students
Sometimes the teacher learns more from the student than the student does from the teacher. Hopefully, not too often, but today I would like to share with you some great practicing ideas that have come from my piano students over the years.
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434: How Many Guitar Chords Do I Need To Know?
Most simple songs contain just 3 chords called "primary chords". So even a stark beginner can learn 3 simple note groups well enough to strum along and accompany himself as he sings. But after that, the sky is the limit; there are thousands of possible chords, so it is up to the individual guitarist as to how many he or she wants to master.
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435: Mp3's - - The Future of Music?
Mp3 music is audio file that has been digitally encoded and compressed to make the amount of data smaller without compromising the overall sound quality. Because of it's portability, it promises to be the future of music.
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436: Learn To Play The Piano Better By Learning To Arrange Chords & Chord Progressions
Piano arranging is the process by which you take a written piece of music and rework it with chords, adding new bass accompaniment, fills, or even slightly altering the song's structure. And while it's a process that takes years to truly master, anyone with a basic education in piano and a working knowledge of a few key techniques can create an inventive, satisfying arrangement.
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437: Private Guitar Lesson: Learn To Play Mary Had A Little Lamb
In this guitar lesson I will instruct you on how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on your guitar. I will use ordinary english words so you don't need to know sheet music notation!
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438: Improvising On The Piano: Jazz Musicians Do It -- Why Not Other Styles?
Jazz pianists improvise all the time. So why not classical pianists, gospel pianists, and piano players of many other styles?
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439: Playing The Piano Using Chord Symbols Instead of Being Tied To The Written Sheet Music
Piano improvising and arranging is an art but definitely not a science. It is all based on chords and chord progressions. There aren't any steadfast rules for creating an arrangement, nothing to dictate the limitless potential of your imagination.
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440: Why Is Most Music So Bad Today?
An exploration of music from the last five decades.
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441: Power Words: How to Make Your Song Lyrics Stronger
Power words are words that instantly convey a picture. They are a must for songwriters and poets or all writers for that matter. Learn more about them...
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442: Is Your Child Struggling in School? Get Him (Or Her) Music Lessons
Playing music has been discovered to have a direct and almost immediate effect on the brain of the student. Music lessons have been shown in a German study to have a significant impact on the way the brain functions after as little as five weeks.
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443: Playing Guitar is A Passion for a Life Time
The first time I picked up a guitar and started learning guitar playing techniques my whole life changed. I think I slept with it the night I brought my first new guitar home.
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444: Taking Guitar Lessons Online
There are many reasons why a person might like to learn to play the guitar online. There are many sites like our Guitar Playing Techniques site on the internet that helps people learn about this great instrument.
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445: What All Do I Have to Know to be a Really Good Piano Player?
Many students ask me a question that goes something like this:
"What all do I have to know to be a really good piano player?" The answer is multi-facited and depends largely on the motivation and talent of the individual.
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446: Oh My Aching Head! Can Music Really Make You Feel Better?
We all know, if only instinctively, that music has a profound effect on us. If we didn't believe that music affects us then singing lullabies to calm children and help them sleep wouldn't be universal. In reality melody, harmony, and rhythm probably impacts the human brain in ways that are far more profound than we realize.
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447: Finding the Right Headphone for You
With many brands and types available, finding the right headphone can be very difficult. Here's what to look for when searching for great sound!
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448: Music Downloads: Free & Low Cost Ways For Musicians To Get Their Music Known All Over The World
For the musician, music downloads are an absolute breakthrough technology, allowing, for the first time in history, for a musician to develop a following without ever leaving his or her house! Marketing possibilities are unlimited for the musicians who avail themselves of this wonderful new technology.
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449: Piano Playing is Easier than You Think When You Understand Musical Form
Understanding musical form in music is one of the proven shortcuts to better piano playing (or better guitar playing, or any instrument). Form is like the blueprint to a house -- it holds the key that unlocks the musical map of a song or a musical compostition.
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450: So You Want to be President? Learn to Play a Musical Instrument!
From Bill Clinton and his sax to Richard Nixon and his piano, many Presidents and leaders have played a musical instrument. Does Condi Rice have an edge in future presidential elections because she is also a concert pianist?
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