Music Articles
931: The Loud Crash of the Cymbals
This truly is a unique and very different instrument. It is not one that can play different tunes and does not offer a wide range like other musical instruments do. One will often wonder where the idea for this particular instrument came from. It is simple, unique and one that continues to be used in music today. They have also been used for a vari
932: The Love Songs That Make You Feel Sick
A good love song involves meaningful lyrics, quality craftsmanship and the ability to provoke an emotional reaction. For every decent love song, there are countless others that rely on weak lyrics and cliches in an attempt to become a big-seller as the number one wedding song of that year.
Just by reading the lyrics of a bad love song, you can b
933: The Low Tones of the Bass Clarinet
The bass clarinet is a single-reed woodwind instrument that is a member of the clarinet family. It has a low pitch and has a decent range. Unlike the bass saxophone, which has a few curves, the bass clarinet is a little smaller and is straight with the exception of a small curve under the mouthpiece and the curve at the end of the instrument. While
934: The Lyrical Accompaniment Of The Lute
In general, a lute is a stringed instrument that loosely resembles a guitar, but has a round body, a deep and round back, a fretted or unfretted neck and is a member of the family of European lutes. The instrument is played by plucking the strings, which vibrate and create the sound.
The strings are placed over a bridge which allows them to vib
935: The Magic Of The Rolling Stones
Unlike many other bands that had started out in the early sixties, the Rolling Stones is still going strong. In fact, because the band has been around for so long, many of the original band members are no longer with the Rolling Stones. When originally formed in the year of 1962, the band members consisted of Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jone
936: The Manufacturing Styles Of A Guitar
To a beginner, most guitars tend to look more or less the same, other than the obvious difference between the electric guitars and acoustic ones. You might be forgiven for thinking that, other than this main difference, other features are more used for decoration or show than for any real effect. In fact, although the decoration may well look diffe
937: The Many Faces Of Musical Score
The concept of sheet music appears, at first glance, to be a simple on: music printed on large unbound sheets of paper. "Music," in this instance, refers to musical notation, a written system of symbols representing music. As far as it goes, this is a perfectly accurate definition of sheet music. However, there are actually several different subcat
938: The Many Faces Of The 12-Bar Blues
Piano players and other musicians who desire to learn the foundations of purely American music should start with the blues. This music form began over a century ago. Today's jazz, hip-hop, rock-and-roll and rhythm and blues owes a debt to it.
Certainly, the word "blues" evokes a sense of the mood of being blue. The music has those qualities, but
939: The Many Health Benefits Of Singing
Whether or not you consider yourself a good singer, and let's face it, most of us do, we all really love a good sing-a-long. It is an accepted and fun part of life and a great way of communicating.
The best bit is that your voice doesn't have to be fantastic to begin with and everyone is capable of being taught to produce a joyful noise. Sing
940: The Many Sounds Of The Drum
There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of different kinds of drums existing in the world today. Rather like a Dr. Seuss book, there are tall ones, short ones, fat ones, skinny ones, loud ones, soft ones, light ones, heavy ones...you name it, the world of drums has it. But perhaps you find certain kind of drum music more moving than others. Perhaps you
941: The Materials And Methods Of Making A Guitar
The different materials used in the construction of a guitar make a huge difference as far as the eventual quality of sound, and the tone of the guitar, although the way in which the guitar is manufactured and assembled also contributes a great deal to the eventual quality of sound, length of sustain and tone. In addition to both the materials used
942: The Medieval Sounds of the Recorder
The recorder is a type of flute that belongs to the woodwind musical instrument family, and is more specifically a fipple flute. The recorder is a long tube with a wide mouth piece that the musician blows directly into. It has seven holes for fingers, one hole on the back of the instrument for a thumb and the tube tapers a little near the end of th
943: The Melancholy Music of the Violin
The violin is a member of the string instrument group. It has four strings that must be tuned precisely in order to produce the desired sound. The violin is a fairly temperamental instrument that easily falls out of tune and must be tuned perfectly or the sound will be off. It is possibly the combination of having to learn how to tune this instrume
944: The Melodic Sounds of the Trumpet
The trumpet is an instrument that is a member of the brass family, though it has also been referred to as a wind or an aerophone instrument, and has the highest register among all the brass instruments. The trumpet is made out of brass tubing that is narrowest at the mouthpiece and widest at the end.
This particular instrument, like other brass
945: The Music of the Strummed Guitar
It may surprise some people, but the guitar is one instrument in particular that has very old roots. In fact, early guitars can be tracked as far back as 5,000 years. There are many different kinds of guitars and is a common instrument for younger people to learn how to play, especially at an early age. Most people are familiar with guitars that ha
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