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The process of creating, learning new playing skills and especially sharing it at rehearsals and then concerts are magical moments that motivate every musician. | Photo: Dan Senior (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #9: Two Crucial Mistakes of Starting Musicians
Guthrie Govan is proficient in all guitar techniques and his playing is extremely precise. | Photo: Double Head Music
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #8: Legato
With Eddie Van Halen, the shredding phenomenon was started. | Photo: Fin Costello
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #7: Tapping
The bent notes allow us to leave the structured space of the fingerboard and venture into the landscape of quarter tones, "almost-tones" and "between-tones". | Photo: BRILHA
(Un)known Guitar Techniques #6: String Bending
So tune up, and let's get down to work! | Source: Pxhere.com
3 Online Practice Tips for (Not Only) Wind and Brass Instrument Players
Without silence there is no music, so it is perfectly legitimate to say that silence is music. | Photo: David Kristianto (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #8: Silent Musical Compositions
I am not good enough, I'm too old, everybody plays better and what about my talent? Every musician sometimes asks themselves these questions when they find themselves at a crossroads. | Photo: Peyman Shojaei (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Musicians' Fears
The melody of the national anthem, played at the right moment or experienced during the final of an important sports match, can bring tears to the eyes of more than just patriots. | Photo: Debby Hudson (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Stories of Anthems Played at EURO 2024
The guitar pickup is the "magical" place where the vibrations of the strings are transformed into an electrical signal, which is then sent to your amp: Dominik Scythe on Unsplash
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #5: Pickups and the Sound They Make
Steve Vai enjoys using the whammy bar to create surreal screams and bizarre sounds to enhance his technically perfect playing. | Photo: Talyn Sherer
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #4: Vibrato Bar
Music is not creative chaos, but a carefully organized hierarchy of tones and sounds. | Photo: Etienne Girardet (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #5: Organized Sound
The undeniable advantage of the fingerstyle technique is the direct contact between fingers and strings, which allows you to get much more timbre, emotions and nuance into your playing. | Photo: Patti Black (Unsplash)
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #3: Fingers and Picks
There is a special group of musicians who combine a concert with storytelling and need to retell the content of the next song in detail or share something crucial from their lives after every song. | Photo: Cody Board (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Most Annoying Musicians' Phrases at Concerts
Steve Morse skilfully controls the volume of each note with his right pinky finger during his solos. | Photo: Mark Ellis
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #2: Volume knob
B. B. King je known for his melodic vibrato. | Photo: Foto: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #1: Vibrato
It's probably time to say that major chords are not "cheerful" and that minor keys can work well even in very positive compositions. | Photo: Bailey Zindel (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #3: The Myth of Happy Major and Sad Minor