Category : Music : Society & Culture & Entertainment

How to Lay Down a Smooth Track

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Recording your own music is one of the best ways to express your artistic abilities. Smooth, relaxing styles of music are appreciated by millions of people whose everyday lives are the exact opposite of smooth and relaxing. When music is recorded it is recorded onto tracks. These are individual reco

How to Play a Child's Accordion

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The best time to learn a language is as children. "They come into the world as eager learning machines," according to Dr. Dennis O'Neil, professor of Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, Calif. The same is true of learning a musical instrument. When children learn when they are young, pl

How Do You Make a Trumpet?

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Making homemade musical instruments can be a great craft idea for children or adults. It teaches crafting and machinist skills--and then, with the new instrument, you can practice your musical skills. Making a homemade horn or trumpet only takes a few supplies you probably already have around the ho

How to Level Guitar Frets

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Guitars frets wear with time. Fret wear reflects a guitarist's playing style. A guitarist who plays close to the upper end of the neck will wear down the upper frets faster than one who play evenly up and down the neck. Worn frets cause problems when they become so low that the strings contact highe

How to K-Tongue on a Trumpet

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K-tonguing on the trumpet uses a special type of tonguing technique. With regular tonguing, the tip of the tongue hits the point between the roof of the mouth and your upper teeth. Advocates of K-tonguing believe that this results in wasted energy. K-tonguing enables the player to travel a shorter d

How to Set Up a Computer to DJ Only

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It is rare to see a DJ perform in a nightclub without a laptop perched beside her in the booth. DJ technology has evolved to the point where the performer does not need to travel with heavy cases of vinyl records or CDs. All she needs is a laptop and an intimate knowledge of at least one DJ software