Misa Digital Guitar

By admin on February 1, 2012

Who ever thought that there would be something as innovative as the Misa Digital Guitar. Perhaps you are thinking about something like the Japanese digital guitar where you can strum and fret notes like normal. Misa’s is way different than your regular guitar. It has the familiar neck and body that we know of. But instead of frets, you would have buttons that act as the notes that we fret on the neck of the guitar. This lets you use less effort when it comes to fretting notes and chords on the digital guitar.

The body looks like your regular guitar. But instead of a sound hole, you have an LCD panel in place. The LCD panel would have an X and Y axis that you program to produce the effect that you desire. This is operated by touch and pressure. Pretty neat for a guitar huh? These effects can be programmed by plugging your guitar to a computer. You can also download stuff into it. It makes use of a Linux operating system. The idea here is more on controlling the sounds and not strumming the chords.

The Misa digital guitar may be applicable to the trance artists. It also is something to use to put notes into your sequencer. This is a good instrument that fuses guitar style and as well as midi automation. The digital guitar gets rid of the pedals that are normally required to acquire a certain effect. Of course, the neck would still have what controls the notes that would be played. Your strumming hand would control the timing and the intensity of the notes that you play.  Read more...

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Guitar Song Chords

By admin on January 16, 2012

There is really nothing more exciting than starting an instrument. At the beginning however it is absolutely crucial that you establish a fundamental understanding of the musical system. the system of couse starts with notes, that lead into chords, that again lead into keys and so is the musical hierarchy.

When you start to play the guitar it is important that you study chords initially. Not from the standpoint that you will study them per se, but physically acclimate yourself to the instrument in general. This way you can at least have some fun with it. After all, if you can only play one note songs for guitar, things can get dull quickly.

Some of the best songs are really just the easiest ones. They normally contain 3 chords which are generally the 1st, 4th, and 5th degrees of the scale to which you would attribute certain places in the song to. The blues is probably the easiest to understand because its format is based on these three chords all day long!

So you may be asking what is a degree? How many notes does it take to construct a Major Chord? Minor? Seven Chords? The answer is very simple, and as you gain some valuable insights into this territory you will find more often than not something will pop in your understanding. Namely your ability to se music as a whole system instead of piece-mealed parts and bits and pieces. There is an inherent pattern written on the wall of music.
To find out what that pattern is click here.

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Go for a Guitar lesson in Singapore

By admin on December 13, 2011

The guitar is one of the most famous instruments created.  In fact, ever since the Wii game Guitar Hero came out, guitar sales go up.  Guitar instructors say that this is because kids who performed Guitar Hero want to play the actual instrument, contributing to its fame even more.  The guitar is the favored instrument of choice of 50% of males and 17 % of females worldwide.

The ancient origins of the guitar can be traced to up to 5,000 years ago. In fact, a 3,300 year old representation of a Hittite bard performing 

There are two main types of guitars course: acoustic and electric.  Basically, acoustic guitars have nylon strings and use a wooden soundboard mounted on the front of the guitar’s body.  Electric guitars on the other hand can have solid, hollow or semi-hollow bodies which utilizes amplification in order for the sound to be known.  If you have heard of the famous Fender Stratocaster, this electric guitar was first marketized by Gibson and Leo Fender of Fender Music.

The guitar is fairly easy to learn.  If you are interested in learning to play the guitar, the web can be a reliable tool to get background information.  A good idea would be to learn how to read guitar tabs first.  As with any musical instrument, the ability to read music plays an instrumental role in how well you will be able to perform the tool.  And if you want to see your learning accelerate, signing up for a guitar in Singapore would be the best solution. As they say “You have to learn to walk, before you can run”.   Read more...

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Ideas For Beginners to Learn Bass Guitar

By admin on November 14, 2011

Everyone say practice make the person perfect & faultless. This was true when you desire to learn how to play bass guitars. Practice allows & made you to improve your skills in playing the instrument. And excellent effort along with self-learn or learning guitar lessons by actual training will lead you to mastering the skill & becoming a specialist on the instrument. It will assist you release yourself from the panic & problem of having to play bass guitars in a negative approach.

For the learners who starting to play the bass guitar, it is essential that you know the value of stability when you choose to learn how to play bass guitars. Being constant & stability in playing will bring you all the way to your most wanted end. Be in mind that you are regular in your training so you will be able to learn the next level of playing the instrument. Don’t stop in the first level itself. Keep in mind that you constantly improve your skills by learning each level of playing it. When you desire to study how the instrument is played, you have to learn the chords of the bass guitar. The cause why it must be learned is because the chords are your instruments in join notes on dissimilar strings for you to compose a harmonious tune.  Read more...

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Pick The Perfect Electric Guitar of Your Taste

By admin on November 8, 2011

You are planning to purchase a guitar which may be the very first instrument in your life. On the other hand you might be upgrading or even adding a second or third guitar to your collection. Guitars are indeed very fascinating instruments and there is no such thing like having enough or even too many guitars. So when you are planning to buy the musical instrument, it is good to consider certain major factors.

First consideration should be given to your budget. This would considerably narrow down your choices. If you are having a minimal budget, then you would be surely not looking for high end guitars since they are all a bit expensive. Even then the less priced guitars would play in good condition only. Usually a person’s first guitar would actually be the main axe in the coming years. And these days most of the guitar manufacturer’s closely inspect high end instruments and would incorporate some of their features that makes the guitars so special.

Now you have to consider the different types of electric guitars available. Most of the electric guitars would have solid bodies; this means that the body is made of solid wood or in solid colors. The types of wood used for making solid body are alder, ash, mahogany and basswood. A carved, figured maple cap would be often seen over a solid mahogany body. The second variety is the semi-hollow instruments that are usually thin and light weight with either part or whole of the guitar body being hollow. True hollow bodies, which is the third type would have a deeper body means more space between top and back, and usually ‘f-holes’ are tuned to allow the guitar’s body to resonate acoustically. However the pickups are installed allowing the guitar to be played through an amplifier.  Read more...

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