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What Is The Difference Between Tempo and BPM

What’s The Difference Between Tempo And BPM?

By Ryan Dowell

Even if you’re not a professional musician you are probably familiar with words like melody, beat, harmony, rhythm, and tempo. Through my experience, I can tell you that I struggled to understand the clear difference between some of these musical terms, specifically bpm, and temp. But once you get into it, tempo and bpm are …

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Instruments Similar To The Guitar

16 Instruments Similar To The Guitar (And How They Sound)

By Ryan Dowell

When it comes to musical instruments the guitar is clearly my favorite, sure I play the drums when I feel like punching something and I do enjoy my bass from time to time, but there’s nothing like a guitar, both acoustic and electric. Or so I thought… The truth is that I was ignorant and …

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Flatwound Vs Roundwound Strings

Flatwound Vs Roundwound Strings (What’s The Difference?)

By Ryan Dowell

If you’re a beginner guitar player or you haven’t had the opportunity to experiment with your guitar strings or bass strings for that matter then your instrument is most likely equipped with roundwound strings. Roundwound strings are sort of the default, but there are more string options out there for you, and flatwound strings have …

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Different Types Of Drumstick Tips

7 Different Types Of Drumstick Tips (With Pictures)

By Ryan Dowell

I tend to obsess over specific guitar strings, but I’m always open to new discoveries, and when I decided to expand my musical abilities by switching to drums, I did the same thing with drumsticks. Drumstick tips come in different shapes and sizes and before you get too specific with the kind of drumstick tip …

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Nylon Vs Wood Tip Drumsticks

Nylon Vs Wood Tip Drumsticks (What’s The Difference?)

By Ryan Dowell

When it comes to playing drums, drumsticks might seem like something small and trivial compared, well to the drums themselves. That of course is not true, and nothing in music and musical instruments is truly trivial. Just like with guitar strings, when it comes to drumsticks, you have so many options and so many things …

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Why Are Guitar Strings So Expensive?

Why Are Guitar Strings So Expensive?

By Ryan Dowell

It can be quite disheartening when you start looking for guitar strings out there for the first time. Not only are you supposed to figure out which set of strings will work for you and your guitar, but you also have all these different brands with their strange names and different features. But the most …

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Can Guitar Strings Cut Your Fingers?

Can Guitar Strings Cut Your Fingers?

By Ryan Dowell

Creating music with just the tips of your fingers is magical, but only guitarists know that behind this magic, things can get ugly. I can’t count the hours I’ve spent mastering this art form, as well as the sweat, tears, finger soreness, and sometimes even blood that goes into it. One look at my fingers …

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Can Guitar Strings Be Reused?

Can Guitar Strings Be Reused?

By Ryan Dowell

I think guitarists face a constant battle with their strings, on the one hand, we want our guitar to sound great, on the other hand, we want to prolong the life of our strings for as long as possible. Personally, I have a hard time getting rid of my old guitar strings and I always …

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Why Do Guitar Strings Make My Fingers Black?

Why Do Guitar Strings Make My Fingers Black?

By Ryan Dowell

It’s pretty normal to experience some soreness after a prolonged session, but it might seem strange to see your fingers stained black after coming in contact with your guitar strings. It could be just the fingers on your fretting hand, or both of your hands might look like you’ve been digging for coal. While it’s …

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Why Do Guitar Players Have Long Nails?

Why Do Guitar Players Have Long Nails?

By Ryan Dowell

Musicians love to experiment, and we will do anything to improve our performance even if that means that we have to walk all our lives with long fingernails on our picking hand. People that don’t know anything about guitars or don’t know that I play the guitar always give my nails weird looks, and before …

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