Acoustic Bass Guitars

How Do Acoustic Bass Guitars Work? By Chris Holloway Acoustic bass guitars are the deeper brothers of Western guitars. Acoustic bass guitars don't sound like acoustic basses when unamplified, they sound like guitars strung with heavy strings. Acoustic bass guitars are made to be played along side an acoustic guitar and can be plugged in to enhance...

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Playing In An Orchestra

Playing In An Orchestra - The Pros And Cons By Patrick Lee Orchestras face increasing financial problems reduction in recording work. Musicians in many orchestras are paid "per service" and the trombone is not always part of the "core" group of players in the orchestra. Orchestra playing teaches teamwork. Playing in an orchestra with high quality,...

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Woodwind Musical Instruments

Woodwind Musical Instruments - A Synopsis By Nigel Arding  A woodwind musical instrument is a musical device that has a resonator. Common shapes of air columns include - conical, cylinder etc. Woodwind musical instruments can be divided into 2 categories • Brass Instruments - made primarily of metal• Woodwind Instruments - made primarily from...

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Used Guitars

Cheap Used Guitars - Are They Worth it to Buy? By Amber Ray Are you not sure where to get cheap guitars from?Thanks to the cheap guitar market that now everyone can buy a guitar even if they have a tight budget. You will find a large variety of cheap used guitar in the market. The best part about the used guitars is that the older a guitar gets, the...

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Trumpet Players

Trumpet Players Make Better Kissers By Debbie Ray The trumpet is known for its strong brassy sound. Although there are three different valves on a trumpet, much of its sound is attributed to lip tension. Playing the trumpet correctly does require strong, well-disciplined lips. Press your lips to the trumpet mouth piece and "smile" slightly. The air...

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Brass Instrument

Want to Play a Brass Instrument? By Debbie Ray  The first part of my advice is be ready to practice, practice, practice on your new instrument of choice - and then practice some more. Some basic information on Brass instruments is as follows. This vibration is the first key part in playing a brass instrument. Also, the length of the instrument...

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Speaker Systems

Portable Speaker Systems For Rocking Sound Effects By Tom Lopez The speaker systems are getting versatile particularly because they are used as mobile-music-devices for those who value compact and multiple devices over sound effects. Portable speaker systems are good for small spaces such as small rooms and small offices. Many companies are manufacturing...

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Electric Guitar Shopping

Electric Guitar Shopping? Check Out the Line of Electric Dean Guitars For Quality and Value By John Kaisen  Owners and players of Electric Dean guitars are perhaps some of the most enthusiastic fans around. The website supports a forum for the fans, a store for Dean guitar related paraphernalia. Dean Guitars produces a variety of different models...

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DJ Speaker Selection

DJ Speaker Selection By Andy Speropulos Sound is entirely subjective. Before you purchase a new set of speakers, lets look at four major components of selecting a loudspeaker; clarity, power consumption and output, and aesthetics. Clarity is not subjective!!! There is clarity in the speaker or there is not. Efficiency is the second most important factor...

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Clarinet Sheet Music

Clarinet Sheet Music By Kristy Annely Clarinet sheet music is different than other r sheet music, since the clarinet has a limited tone production. The clarinet needs that flat to accommodate its performance and play. Most people prefer the B Flat clarinet. Clarinets cannot be used to play all notes on a regular music sheet. They need to have special...

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Home Theatre Speakers

Bringing In The Noise - Home Theatre Speakers By Samantha Davis  There are many different types of speaker systems that you can use in a home theatre. While well recognized brand names can put out great speakers and speaker systems, pay attention to the less well known brands, as well, because some of those speakers may be just as good, and several...

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Online Guitar Store

Online Guitar Store By James W Morley Over the last century, no instrument has come to prominence like the guitar. As the guitar moved to the front of the band, so did the need to design and build guitars to fit different styles and genres. The industry has never disappointed. Whether it is electric or acoustic, solid body...

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Musical String Instruments

History of String Instruments By Cynthia Giles Of all string musical instruments, the "classical" string instrument that we call the violin would arguably be the most familiar to the most people on any list of string instruments. Renowned in the history of string instruments and instruments of the orchestra, the violin's renown first grew among the...

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Brass Musical Instruments

What Piano Players Should Know About Brass Musical Instruments By Duane Shinn Modern brass instruments include trumpet, trombone, baritone, sousaphone (tuba), and French horn. These instruments create a wide variety of tones by the player forcing air into the instrument causing it to resonate in different ways (at different...

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Music Instruments For Sale

Places to Find Musical Instruments For Sale - What You Should Know About It By Paul Kramer Musical instruments are as old as the music itself therefore there is a lot of traditional styles of instruments. The craftsmen that make these traditional instruments very often have products for sale. A lot of the instruments are sold directly to the customers...

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Electric and Digital Musical Instruments

Electric and Digital Musical Instruments Using Piano Keyboards By Mike Shaw  A keyboard is the part with which some musical instruments are played. The keyboards are the key to these instruments. Musical instruments like piano and synthesizer are two of the musical instruments that are played with a keyboard. The keyboards earlier used mechanical...

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Yamaha Music Keyboard

Yamaha Music Keyboard - What is Good For Intermediate Players? By Suresh Bist  If you are an intermediate level player, here is what you need to keep in mind before you buy a keyboard. After playing the keyboards for a couple of years, you should ideally look at a keyboard that will help you grow as a musician. If you can afford the budget, a...

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Vintage Guitars

Baby Boomers Best Investment - Vintage Guitars By Jerry Sacca Remember what it was like waiting and wishing you could save enough money to buy your first good guitar?The only way to get the guitar, amp, or drums you wanted was by purely working part time and earning the money for it. Because after all you worked hard to earn the money to pay for it...

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Musical Instruments Banjo

Cold Feet Playing the Banjo By Philip Culver  Banjo lessons are a lot tougher than I thought. I’d been taking these online banjo lessons for months now – you know, downloading videos of this guy strumming his banjo and trying to follow along, stroking that banjo to my heart’s content – but when my first actual, person-to-person banjo lesson came,...

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Woodwind Musical Instruments

Woodwind Musical Instruments - A Synopsis By Nigel Arding  A woodwind musical instrument is a musical device that has a resonator. Common shapes of air columns include - conical, cylinder etc. Woodwind musical instruments can be divided into 2 categories • Brass Instruments - made primarily of metal• Woodwind Instruments - made primarily from...

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All About Drums

Executive summary about musical instruments drum by Mark A James Drums are membranophones - instruments which create sound whilst beaten with a particular type of object. (vibrations). Drums have continually been used for more than just music. Drum sets, as in a cluster of various toned drums and cymbals, were initially seen in marching bands and...

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Gibson Musical Instruments

Executive summary about gibson musical instrument by James W Morley There are few names in the world of musical instruments as iconic as Les Paul. Gibson musical instruments have been designed and manufactured for over 100 years. The Gibson name means innovation and quality that any great musician can recognize. The Gibson Company was originally founded...

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Children's Musical Instruments and Baby Musical Toys

Executive summary about musical instrument by Lindsay Coope Musical instruments shall be discussed here. Percussion instruments are defined as those instruments that are shaken, scraped or struck with a beater or mallet. There are two kinds of percussion instruments: tuned and un-tuned. Tuned percussion instruments are correctly pitched enabling the...

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