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Playing lead guitar seems like the next logical step to getting some skills in rhythm playing. You might need to focus more on the quality of your playing when you switch to single note solos and lead guitar licks. To start playing lead guitar you will need to be familiar with the notes on the guitar fretboard. This might seem like a big job but it only takes a few minutes a day of finding the notes and playing them in all positions. You will need to add sessions of alternate picking using scales to your daily guitar practice. Your picking technique is the basis of your lead guitar playing but there are other techniques like string bending and skipping as well as hammer-ons, pull-offs and string tapping. If you are a rock or blues guitarist you will need to know the minor pentatonic and the blues scale. The blues scale is only the minor pentatonic scale with an added flattened fifth. You can also add a flattened third or seventh. If you can make or download a twelve bar blues backing track to play in front of, just play the notes of the scale in any order, experimenting with your blue notes. You will gradually get the feel of playing solos as you start to break free from the scale structure and use licks to make your guitar speak. Another way of practicing playing lead guitar is to focus on the notes you find in the chords. Start by making sure you have the notes firmly in your head, and play them in any order with your backing track playing. You could devote some time each day to discovering playing lead guitar using arpeggios. This simply involves fingering chord shapes and playing them as single notes. You simply hold the chord shape and play the strings up from the sixth and down from the first, then in random order. If you have not already learnt to read guitar tabs, you should start now. It only takes half an hour to get the basic idea, and learning tab will allow you to tap into all the lead guitar solos that other guitarists have written in tab and shared on the internet. You can find tabs on tablature archive sites, and you could also check out forums to see if the members post tabs of their work. And don’t forget that guitar magazines are still alive and well, so take a look at any regular tab features they might be running. Do you want to learn to play the guitar? Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free is a constantly updated blog which contains all the resources you need for: learning to play solo guitar, how to learn guitar chords, how to learn to read and play easy acoustic guitar tabs, finding a free online guitar tuner, looking for free guitar lessons online, and how to learn guitar scales.

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It has been around for decades, growing back in the 1920’s with such artists as ‘Eck” Robertson and Jimmie Rodgers, but this has come far since them, in leaps and bounds and has become unrecognizable to some and unpalatable to others. It can be hard to imagine how the two eras of Country Music could be so different yet the same. With such diversity among artist and sub genres such as Pop and Rock, just what makes Country Music Country? Instrumental Is it the instruments? Traditionally it had fiddles and even high spirited instrumentals, and later slow simple chords, but if that makes, then it definitely rules out almost all the top Country artists on today’s top ten, and even many older artists. Lyrics Traditionally this Music had very recognizable lyrics. The song would tell a distinctive story, of loss, pain and life lessons, this set it aside from many other genres of music, but this ‘old’ style seems lost in today’s modern world, and even the ’story telling’ lyrics seem to be lost among more commercial type songs. Twang Has it truly lost its twang? Is it the twang that makes Country? Many modern songs have lost their twang, but does taking the twang out, take the country out? Does Country become merely pop or maybe blues? When we listen to this Music, we recognize a certain element that distinguishes it from other subgenres of music. But even the most hardened Country Music fan can have problems distinguishing Country from other pop genres, if we look at someone like Carrie Underwood, a popular up and coming star, her music seems to hold little in common with the this Music singers of old, and despite her, it can sometimes be hard to distinguish her music from modern day pop. Is there one thing that determines whether you are listening or not? A purist might say that it hasn’t truly been Country since the 1970’s where the term Countrypolitan came into being, and C. Pop became a genre. It is here we lose it, for them anything that isn’t ‘pure’ Country, should not be considered in this genre. Those that branch off from the Genre to “Traditional” in an effort o preserve their C. Music heritage; do they see something specific lacking in the modern day Country Music? Perhaps it is the true commercialization of Music genre, that has ruined it for so many of the traditional music lovers, after all, you can write a song that you love, or you can write a song that will sell, those two ideas hardly ever cross over, at some point in their careers, it is forced to choose between the two, and ever readily, many choose popularity over the traditional and not so popular styles, many even crossing genres completely and turning their back on their old Country style. One day will this Music be so far gone from the sounds of C. Music Pioneers that is completely and ultimately unrecognizable as a C. Music form, and will Traditional C. Music be lost forever? Joe Hansen is an expert in country music and also reports on the latest news and events in the country music world.

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Trying to come up with the ten greatest country singers of all time can be as difficult as saying who your favorite child is. The country music industry is abundant with exceptional talents that it is really not that easy to determine which ones are the best of the best. The fact that music is subjective makes choosing even trickier. In this article, we attempt to come up with the list of the top country singers of all time. 1. Hank Williams

Not all beginning music students have the same level of motivation toward learning the curriculum. People change, and so their enthusiasm can diminish through time. A lot of students are going on and off their music lessons, for the purpose of learning their favorite instrument, but there are only few who sincerely pursue their mastery of music in search of what they called: self-fulfillment. Some students, I know, are doing great on their first few lessons, but they unexpectedly lose the desire to practice once dismantled by rough changes in their personal perspectives and goals. Nevertheless, this is also true even among experienced singers; singers would feel comfortable singing along the radio than the usual and boring voice drills. Encouraging your students to become motivated can be the most challenging job of a music teacher. This may, of course, idealistic, but if you keep your patience and your dedication in helping your students, you can do better. Heed from these steps on how you can motivate your students in learning music, and some classroom motivation techniques. More than a tracking device… Most teachers require their students to monitor and keep a record of their practice time. Sometimes, a technique like this may look odd, because it is embarrassing for a student to tell a teacher, for instance, that he or she spent lesser time than what had been expected. So let your student keep his or her own record, regardless if they’re honest or not, and let them judge what areas or lessons they have missed. This will also show trust and appreciation to your students. Parents can cooperate too. It would be better if parents make the lessons exciting by making charts and stickers for each ten-minute practice. Children will love this idea, but adults would find it childish and they may appreciate more a gadget such as a digital timer or a unique notebook for time keeping. Punishment won’t work Some teachers see punishment as an effective method of motivation; but, unfortunately, this is an old prophecy. Yelling or punishing students to keep their ears keen to the subject matter won’t work, and, worse, it will create gap between the teacher and the student. Keeping your students constrained to punishment makes it even harder for them to concentrate on the lessons and excel in their practice. Patience is a virtue. This rings true especially if you are teaching children and rowdy adults. No matter how stubborn or naughty the students are, you should keep your patience to help them become more motivated and to make yourself respectful in the eyes of the students and their parents as well. Pay Attention to their needs Teaching is always a humble job. As a teacher, you disassociate yourself, your needs, and your level to connect with your students. A good teacher sacrifices herself or himself for the betterment of the students. What makes you an efficient teacher is not measured on your professional level, but on how you relate well with your students. You have to pay attention to your student’s needs, and, aside from music, know what are their likes or dislikes to help you understand your students. If your student loses confidence or enthusiasm, try to talk and help him or her from dealing these obstacles. Greish Scott is a music teacher in DFW, Texas. Be a piano teacher and earn up to $110/hour just like me! Visit our website for more information.

Reality television seems to thrive on the worst kind of drama - unnecessary conflict by people so obnoxious it’s hard to find anyone you think deserves to be seen on TV. Then along came Make A Star, a new show syndicated on FUSE Saturday mornings for a 13 episode season that turned that stereotype around - exposing a wealth of unsigned American bands and solo artists to a national TV audience, and finishing it all off with two finalists competing for a $10,000 cash prize where the only shame was that one of them had to lose. Make A Star’s concept was simple, but entirely unique in streamlining the Internet with TV - upload a music video for free to MakeAStar.com, compete for fan votes and the scores of music industry judges, and hope your video gets broadcast on the weekly show. Hundreds of acts in everything from hip-hop, country, electro, punk, pop, and metal entered, but at the end of the Hollywood Phase bracket only two bands were left - Fools & Horses and Zen Vendetta Fools & Horses formed in 2002 and have built up a huge fan base in the Baltimore / Washington D.C. area with a tireless schedule of gigs. This live excellence comes through on their Make A Star contest song “Selfish.” Singer/guitarist Matt Hutchison and band mates Kent Warren (bass), Steve Herrera (guitar) and Tim Hutchison (drums) blend layers of riffs, tempos and melodies into an euphoric energy that can set a wide range of dance floors on fire with ease. Fools & Horses make divisions within alternative rock seem to disappear, with influences from Britpop to American classic rock filling the stellar landscape of their critically acclaimed album I Am The Ghost. These guys are going to be big. Make A Star flew Matt Hutchison out from Baltimore to Southern California on short notice for the final show, where he met up with Zen Vendetta singer Scott Eckardt and bassist Josh Wolfer, who hopped aboard the much shorter flight from Oakland to Orange County. The show featured extended artist interviews, behind-the-scenes footage of both bands on the plane and arriving at their hotels, and special joint performances of each band’s contest song with the opponent joining in on each other’s songs. Then came the winning announcement, as Russ Regan, the A&R legend who helped launch Elton John’s American success, signed Neil Diamond and gave Brian Wilson the idea to name his band The Beach Boys, stepped out to open the envelope. While both bands had huge fan turnouts and high judge scores, Zen Vendetta came out on top, taking home the $10,000 cash prize. Matt Hutchison gracefully accepted the surprise $1,000 runners-up check, and his reflection on the whole process revealed a rising band with a refreshingly positive and mature disposition. “I can’t tell you how much fun the band and I had with Make A Star. Even though we were runners up, I left Orange County feeling very much a champion. From the production staff to the hosts and producer, I witnessed a class act unfold on camera. I foresee great things from Make A Star and was excited to be a part of it!” For Zen Vendetta’s Scott Eckardt, it was a time to shine. The lead singer has shared the stage with several major hard rock acts over the course of his career, but has still remained mostly a well-kept secret outside the east bay town of Livermore, California, where he began his musical journey as vocalist for the band Us in the 1980s and still calls home today. Livermore is of course just minutes away from the Altamont Speedway, site of the 1969 Rolling Stones free concert that holds some of rock and roll’s darkest memories. But Eckardt’s lyrics for their Make A Star contest song “I’m Alive” are a world removed from those ghosts - emotional, honest, and socially poignant, the song paints a reflective, positive image of love and courageous self-belief that makes it an emboldening anthem for the zeitgeist of 2009 America, yet delivered with a sense of poetic metaphor that will stand the test of time. Musically, the song blends elements of classic rock and modern alternative rock cohesively, and the band sees the mix of “a veteran soul with modern blood” as a key to their success. Josh Wolfer (bass), Ben Sairin (guitar), & Chris Mabry (drums) can rock hard, strum softly and craft tight and catchy hooks, but what makes the band special is a sense that they all have slightly different tastes in music and revel in that diversity. There are hints of 1960s summer of love, of Led Zeppelin thundering in a stadium, of early U2 and Guns N’ Roses hanging out and enjoying each other’s music, of Pearl Jam’s finest moments, and it all begins to feel that a mini-history of rock and roll is weaved amongst the song’s textures. Winning the Make A Star Original Music Contest is a huge step for the young band (who formed in 2006 with the final lineup set just last year), paving the way for their debut full length CD Out On The West Coast due in stores this month. Zen Vendetta have the ambitious goal to “create the rock sound of the future” and by winning the Make A Star contest, they’ve received a loud roar of approval that they’re well on their way - and the future looks bright, as Scott says “with all the negativity in the world, Zen Vendetta gives a glimpse of the sun shining through the rain.”

So you have finally committed yourself to learning to play the guitar and this time you aren’t going to quit until you have it down. There is however, one problem and that is that you need to learn guitar chords and they seem so difficult to do. How To Learn Guitar Chords Fast Hey! Relax, because in time they will all come to you naturally. The thing is that you have to get them properly programmed in your head. Also it’s a fact that the more you practice them, the faster you will learn guitar chords. One Good Tip For Beginners Do yourself a favor and get yourself an inexpensive “wide necked”, nylon stringed guitar to learn on. The soft nylon stings will be so much gentler on your fingers and the thick wide neck won’t leave your fingers cramped while you are trying to learn guitar chords. Don’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew Another way to make it easy on yourself is to not to try to learn every guitar chord there is in one week. Stick with the easy ones in the beginning, like G, E-minor, D, and A-minor. Learn those simple open guitar chords and there are tons of songs that you can learn to play with just those chords. Check Out The Stuff Online To Help You To Learn Guitar Chords Take the few minutes that it takes to check out all of the latest material that is online now to help you to learn guitar chords. Stuff like new DVDs that you can stick in your DVD player and it’s the same thing as having an instructor right in your living room with you. Learn From Expert Instructors Also, another great thing about so much of the latest online material,that you can get to help you to learn guitar chords, is that it was put together by experts with years of experience. Instructors that have learned through years of teaching exactly what techniques work and which ones don’t. Article created by Maybeline Agoncillo. Learn everything you wanted to know about play guitar lessons as well as learn guitar chords.

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