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Tom Smith
Crazy Sutherland Fan Dragonflyeye!
:: Entertainment
Hey friends, A BIG hello to all of you from the one and only crazy Sutherland fan Dragonflyeye. [Read More]
upinder negi
The balanced and proper guitar practice session.
:: Music
Do you have a wide variety of things that you practice. Or do you like to binge? (You know...the type of player who practices sweep picking for a kazillion hours a day but only know three chords)! Having a balanced practice routine is essential if you want to become a versatile guitarist. If you just practice one or two things, sure you'll get great at those things...but you'll be weak in other key areas. In this lesson you'll learn how to create a practice routine that is well-balanced and will help you work towards your ultimate vision of how you would like to play. I generally categorise what I practice into one of seven areas: 1. Technique. 2. Repertoire (Covers). 3. Composition. 4. Improvisation. 5. Ear Training. 6. Theory. 7. Music Reading. Everything that you practice will fit into one or more of the above areas. For example,if you are learning a very challenging cover tune by transcribing it off the CD you are essentially working on your technique, repertoire and ear training at the same time. If you also write down the song in standard notation, you will also be developing your music reading skills. Now…do you have to practice things in all seven areas? I believe that you don't have to if your vision doesn't require it. For example, if someone wants to become an awesome classical guitarist and has no desire to improvise, then I believe that they don't need to practice things relating to improvisation. We all have limited time available for practice, so it's a waste of time working on things that don't specifically help you reach your goals. Let's go through a few exercises… Exercise One: Think about the vision that you have for your playing for a few minutes. How would you like to play in ten years time. Make it exact! Once you've done that, brainstorm as many things that you need to practice in order to play like your vision. What specific things do you need to learn, develop and practice? Write them down now. Exercise Two: Next to each of the things written down for Exercise One, write down a category next to it. For example, if you wrote "I need to be able to play faster" then write technique next to it. If you feel that something you wrote belongs to more than one category, then write down all the categories it could belong to. Exercise Three: Look at your answers for the previous two exercises. Once you've done that priorities the categories shown below. For example, if you feel that technique is the most important thing you need to work on to reach your vision then put a 1 next to it. **Practice Area Priority Level (1-7)** [Note: 1 is the highest priority]. Technique Repertoire (covers) Composition Improvisation Ear Training Theory Music Reading Now here's the important point. You should spend the most time practising your number one priority. I know it's pretty obvious, but you'd be amazed at how many people don't do this! I know a few guitar players who would like to be able to play incredibly fast, yet they don't do a lot of technical practice. Talk about setting yourself up to fail! Exercise Four: Decide how much time every day you will spend on each category. Write it down below. **Practice Area Time Invested Daily** Technique Repertoire (covers) Composition Improvisation Ear Training Theory Music Reading All done? Great! So what’s the next step? The next step is to decide on a specific activity for each practice area.Make sure to write them down. Here are a couple of examples of what someone might put down... Technique: I will invest 10 minutes a day on alternate picking exercise one. I will start with the metronome at 80 beats per minute (bpm) and increase it by 4 bpm daily (as long as I can play it perfectly). Ear Training: I will invest 10 minutes daily a day on A minor pentatonic ear training exercise one. Got the idea? You would have one specific activity for every practice area. If you have a lot of time to practice you could set more than one activity per practice area. Give this method a try. I'll think you'll be more than happy with the results! [Read More]
Rahul Rana
How and where to find sheet music downloads?
:: Music
Music is a piece of entertainment that is in society’s daily life consistently. It doesn’t matter whether it is Rock and Roll, Gospel and Christian music, or jazz, people listen to music for a variety of reasons. However, today there are more and more people learning to play instruments and create music pieces themselves as oppose to simply listening to music. On the internet you can find sheet music downloads for songs to sing and play with the piano, guitar, Christian music and more. When trying to find a certain song or certain kind of sheet music over the internet, it can get frustrating. There are millions of sites to look, but in a way that can be discouraging having to look through millions of sites to find a couple songs. With this article I’ll lead you towards a few of the more popular sites that contain many songs, and attempt to help you in finding sheet music over the internet. To start, notationmachine is a site where you can find sheet music to over thousands of songs narrowed down to the decades. It also has it broken down into author and song title when you go through the specific decades. Through this site they also offer a membership that you can download certain software to help you find the thousands of different kinds of sheet music on the internet today from classical to gospel to piano music. With downloading the software it will help you find all kinds of new sheet music and give you access to downloading them and printing them out as oppose to just viewing them. This and much more can be found here: http://www.notationmachine.com/ If you are looking for a list of just classical sheet music, then virtual sheet music is the place for you. Here you will find a list of the top composers sold, links to specific composers and instruments, free sheet music, or a list of all of the sheet music available. The price on this site varies from $2-$9 for individual pieces of sheet music, but is well worth the buy as you can play the best classical music made. This is not a site of just classical music, but a list of the best composers known today. You can find sheet music from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and more. With a few dollars you too can be playing the greatest classical music made. Find all of the CD’s, sheet music, links and more here: http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com If you’re looking for a broad site that will show you sheet music to all kinds of music, then check out 8notes.com. Here you can find sheet music and lessons for numerous instruments including the guitar, piano, cello, voice and more. Also on the home page is a music genres section where you can find pieces and riffs of classical, rock and pop, occasions such as Christmas, and much more. To check out all of these categories and find many of your favorite songs that you too can play simply go here: http://www.8notes.com/default.asp In order to print off the sheet music so that you can take it with you everywhere, there is a $20 per year subscription that is necessary. However, in order to just observe the sheet music on the computer it is free. So check out the site where you can take lessons to improve your skills, and then begin playing all of the best music of all different kinds of genres. As you can see there are sites containing all different kinds of sheet music out there just waiting for you. Now it’s your turn to find which site suites you best and begin your sheet music downloading. [Read More]
sunil kumar
Why should we choose nautical gifts this Christmas.
:: Arts
If you are considering looking for a nautical gift, for a friend or relative, this Christmas, then you are in good company. Buying gifts is something that just about everybody indulges in at one time or another during the year, especially Xmas. So, it is no surprise to know that millions search for gifts on the internet. What is more of a surprise though is that nautical gifts are amongst the most popular. Why should a gift of a nautical nature be more sought after than a romantic gift or gift for mum? If recent search statistics are to be believed, then a gift to do with the sea is the more "popular". [Read More]
Shanta Singh
Christmas celebrations in Germany
:: Entertainment
Shailesh Singh
How to celebrate Christmas without breaking your bank.
:: Entertainment
Ajeet Singh
unusual Christmas gifts : gifts for dolphin lovers.
:: Entertainment
Gayatri Kansara
Painting Designs On Leather Goods
:: Humor
Your leather goods need a little help and you have got the urge to dye or paint it. With dye, it is pretty straight forward, but if you want to paint it there's a little more involved to make it look good. [Read More]
Rachel Dot
The Best Tip For A Wedding Gift Idea So Far
:: Arts
Nirmal Kumar
How to play the guitar
:: Music
Will Nilson
Art Presents and Mstyora Russian Lacquer Miniatures in Gift Shop Online
:: Arts
Mstyora artworks is a Russian folk handicraft of lacquer miniature, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles mostly made of papier-mache [Read More]
Will Nilson
Wood Presents and Art Collection of Lacquer Miniature Caskets in Art Shop Online
:: Arts
There are many art schools of lacquer miniature artworks in the Russia: Kholui, Mstyora, Palekh, Fedoskino. The most famous is Palekh based on a long local history of icon painting. [Read More]
albert walker
MAJOR THOMAS JONES..WELSH PRIVATEER/NAMESAKE OF JONES BEACH STATE PARK, NEW YORK
:: Entertainment
MAJOR THOMAS JONES..WELSH PRIVATEER/NAMESAKE OF JONES BEACH STATE PARK, NEW YORK [Read More]
Will Nilson
Wood Presents And Russian Painting in Art Store Online
:: Arts
Khokhloma russian painting is a bright distinctive phenomenon of Russian decorative applied art. This traditional art wood craft first appeared in XVII century in the Nizhny Novgorod province and got its name from a big trading village Khokhloma, where these all wooden artworks were originated. [Read More]
Jack Reider
20 Jokes on Life: Do You Have Answers
:: Humor
When walking down the street, entering a house, picking up a book or even just surfing through the web using your laptop or your personal computer, there are so many things we do without even thinking of them. In this article, I have pointed some of the funniest and oddest human behaviour that even you do. [Read More]