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 …
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 …
16 Instruments Similar To The Guitar (And How They Sound) Read More »
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 …
Flatwound Vs Roundwound Strings (What’s The Difference?) Read More »
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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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 …
Nylon Vs Wood Tip Drumsticks (What’s The Difference?) Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
