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From ancient times to rock to present day dance music, from early gut-strung instruments to the modern cut-away electric acoustics, the acoustic guitar remains the most popular musical instrument today. Are you thinking of learning how to play guitar? Perhaps you just want to play for the purpose of entertaining yourself, family, and friends. Perhaps it is a more serious goal. Whatever the case may be, I do hope the following article will help you achieve your goals as a guitar player.

One of the reasons why so many people take up the guitar as a musical instrument is because of the fact that it is one of the few instruments that can be played entirely on its own, providing both the main tune and the background chords. Having said that, there is a wide range of extra accessories that can be used in conjunction with the guitar, either for holding it in place, or for actually playing it. One of these is commonly referred to as a capo, although its full name is the capotasto.

Ear training is learning to be able to identify pitches and the relationship between pitches reliably. There are two major types of ear training. One is perfect pitch and the other is relative pitch.

In the past you'd have to buy expensive tapes or CDs to buy an ear training audio course. Those were the bad old days.

Many people ask the question How can I become a famous singer? If that is a question you have asked yourself then the first thing you must do is to learn how to breath properly. This is one of the most significant keys to improving your singing. Vocal warm up exercises are obviously important but breathing is an often forgotten method that must be worked on.

For straight ahead rock and roll it's hard to beat AC/DC. Formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young this band is everything a good rock band should be. AC/DC use solid time-tested musical principals to deliver 100% high voltage rock, the energy is in the way they assemble the musical raw materials, rather than the amount of sheer amplification.

Leaning how to make music is something you should want to do, it's good, fun and healthy for you to use your creative mind to express what you could be feeling, thinking or just to show the world has great you are at making music. You should start producing music with the following in mind..

It was 1996. Life was good. I was working a lot.

In these times of the internet, it's never been a better time to learn how to play the piano. Why is that? I hear you ask, because, information on virtually any subject you can think of is available, with a little research on the internet, and learning to play the piano, is no different than any other subject you might wish to learn.

You may have heard about the Japanese magazine Science for Adults (Otonanokagaku), which recently came with a $30 analog synth kit. I'm now completely in love with the magazine, whose Japanese only website is full of wonders. There's a great little pipe organ - be sure to watch the video at the bottom of the page. The magazine itself looks great - page after page of stuff about organs, waveforms, and building the kit (you can even download extra punch cards). Admittedly it's not quite as elegant as this all-paper pipe organ, but it looks a bit more practical. Gakken, their parent company, also produce many other great things, including these awesome electronics kits, which look like EMS synths. (Thanks, Paul)  

Robert Keeley Electronics is a high-quality effects pedal manufacturer that provides professional modifications to stock effects pedals as well producing their own original products. This article is a brief introduction to Keeley Electronics and some of their more popular products.

Being ready to learn to play the piano obviously means having a piano keyboard of some sort, so for the purpose of this article we will assume you have access to a piano, organ or keyboard. Before you start to play the piano properly, you need to learn a few basics, just a bit of theory, nothing too difficult, in fact very easy to pick up, but extremely essential. What are the basics?

One of the best forms of entertainment is music, but it is also the best form of relaxation also. The best way to enjoy your favorite music is in solitude with only yourself for company.

The very first thing you need to know if you want to start blues soloing on your guitar is the blues scale. You need to know it just like you know the alphabet (or perhaps even better.) You should never have to guess to know which note to play next.

Guitar Scales Mastery is the top ranked tool for guitarists who want to learn how to be top notch lead guitar players. You cannot play lead guitar/guitar solos without a thorough mastery of guitar scales.

It's All About The Scales If you want to be able to play great guitar solos you have to absolutely master scales. By master I mean you have to really internalize the scales. You have to be able to hear them in your ears and visualize them (on the fretboard) with your eyes.

Do you want to improve your rock guitar soloing? Follow these tips.

Just Blaze delivers a funny, geek-tastic and devastating 2,700 word demolition of the the new Akai MPC5000 on his blog: "I don’t know if this is a drive format issue, a drive content issue, or bad OS programming that makes your unit sh*t itself, wipe, get a diaper, and pop 2 Immodium AD’s and then say 'Okay I’ll give it a shot'" He says that someone from Akai called him offering an endorsement deal. He never got back to them, but bought an MPC5000 on impulse, and is now livid: "I may have generated a few million dollars in my career, and the cash spent does not hurt me financially, but that doesn’t mean I have money to burn at the expense of bad engineering and a tad of false advertising. I feel just as burnt as the dude who busts his back at a 9-5 just to save up enough money to go out and buy a piece of gear to pursue his dream, only to not have it work as it should." Not a good day to be an exec at Akai/Numark/Alesis Inc... (Thanks, Anonymous)