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Sadly the Tutorial Viewlets complete step by step visual guides on using a wide variety of music software applications is no more! The company providing the free viewlets has now removed all the free stuff and require payment for use.
Movie Sounds
Making your own sound samples - instructions on how to create samples from vcr or dvd, plus find samples from tons of movies using the links or search provided.
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iSong
is the only teaching tool that actually syncs to the original recordings of legendary musicians and today's top stars!
Each iSong pack includes arrangements ranging from very simple to note-accurate transcriptions, a performance video, and a virtual fretboard. No matter what your skill level, iSong is a great way to learn songs.
Each iSong CD-ROM features six innovative teaching tools in a state-of-the-art interactive environment:
Animated score and TAB
synced instructor video
iLevel arrangements widely ranging in difficulty
virtual 'live' fretboard or keyboard
tempo control
looping with exact cueing
Arists available include Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Johnson, Alanis Morissette, Wallflowers, Dwight Yoakam, Glen Gould Plays Bach, Easy Classical Guitar, Classical Guitar Standards, Easy Classical Piano and Popular Classical Piano. Click Here for more....
Bass Patterns for Common Chords - handy chart from Jon Dickinson U.K
Bass Line Construction Lessons - by Steve Schmidt of Stanford.edu
The Role of the Bass Line Lesson 1 by Steve Schmidt
Beyond the Root Note Lesson 2 by Steve Schmidt
Chords & Bass Lines Lesson 3 by Steve Schmidt
Major Scales, Keys, Chord Changes, & the Circle of Fifths - by Steve Schmidt
Slapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 1 - by Doug Wellington of Arizona.edu
Slapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 2 - by Doug Wellington
Slapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 3 - by Doug Wellington
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 1 Introduction - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 2 Hand Independence - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 3 Mixing Techniques - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 4 Left Hand Fifths. Right hand Major Thirds
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 5 Triads. Major Thirds. Relative Minors
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 6 Right Hand Fifths - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 7 Ninth Right Hand Position - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 8 Single String Ideas - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 9 Right hand Slides - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 10 Left Hand 9'ths - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 11 Scaler playing - by Ian Stephenson
Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson 12 Use of the Thumb - by Ian Stephenson
GuitarWorld.Com Article:- "Around The Basses - Dean Jeff Berlin Exotic, ESP Ltd C-305 and Mtd Kingston Electric Basses" by Emile Menasché
Computerized Guitar Tuner Use this online tuner for guitar and bass.
Active Bass Online Bass Community An extensive bass guitar and double bass home site that includes lessons with customizable playback, bass line builder, and on-line jam track-builder with save and publish features.
Bass Guitar Practice Tabs
Whole Lotta Rosie - ACDC
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
Guitar & Bass Guitar Practice Chords & Tabs
Brass Articles (Technique)
Breathing, articulation and flexibility - three articles by Nick Hudson
Comparative Table of Clefs for the euphonium and trombone
The Compensating system - Why do we need it?
Four Fundamentals of Troubleshooting for Brass Players
French Horn Stopping - Why the Pitch Shift?
Article discussing several special challenges of French horn playing.
How to write for Brass Bands
Ideas On Practice And Warming Up
Intonation and Ensemble Playing
Instrument Maintenance
Advice on the general care and maintenance of lacquered, silver plated and brass instruments
Instrument Worksheets
a worksheet to teach the instruments of the brass section.
MIDI Accompaniment Files for Horn Players
Collection of MIDI versions of the piano accompaniments to horn pieces. Includes works by Beethoven, Glazunov, Hindemith, Gordon Jacob, and Reicha.
Pay The Piper UK
So you want to play a musical instrument - a site for aspiring musicians providing free information, has sections for various instruments with information about the instrument, approximate purchasing costs
Some Ins and Outs of Breathing
Trombone Position Chart
Working with an Accompanist
Accompanying Guidelines for Performers
Brass Tab - Available Soon
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Drum Tutorial by Rob Stevens
(Wembley Drum Center & Logic System Drums)
GP Percussion
for Marimba, Percussion & Timpani - site includes regular virtual masterclasses - including Mallets & other percussive instruments!
Drumming 101: The Art of Tuning
For a ready reference in tuning your drums, follow these simple methods and recommendations for calming sound control at Musician.com.
How To Choose the Right Cymbals
Although they often play second fiddle to the drums, your cymbals are just as important in defining you as a player.
Drum Practice Tabs
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Online Guitar Tuner - Tune up your guitar before you begin!!
Chord Decoder - find chord name for a given chord fingering.
Guitar Codex Chord, Tab & Scales Directory & More!!
Chord Generator - Shows the fingerings for a variety of chords.
Scale Generator - Shows the major and minor scales on a fretboard
Guitar Chord Chart - Simple javascript chord chart, choose the chord and click set for the chord fingering to be displayed.
Guitarist's Chord Dictionary Select from over 250 possibilities to play and display chords for the guitar. This is provided by Emedia as a small sample of what is included on the eMedia Guitar Method 1 & 2 CD-Roms available through us from Amazon
Read more & purchase at Amazon UK
Read more & purchase at Amazon USA
Java Guitar Tool - shows scales in standard guitar tuning using a java fretboard, pick the root note and scale for the options to be shown. This application demonstrates different scales for guitar players.
Javascript Scale & Chord Maker Use the javascript guitar to generate different chords and scales.
Chordfind - Guitar Chords Choose guitar chords to hear and see.
Great Tutorial on How to play a song at Andy's the-music with clear fingering diagrams, chordfinder & online guitar tuner! Cheers Andy!! - These links will take you directly to the relevent pages. Bookmark this page NOW (Hit Control +D) and keep track of the latest tutorials
Tab & Chords you will need to play the song
Chords 1 Chord Fingering shown by pictures & diagrams
Chords 2 Chord Fingering page 2
Chord Construction page 1
Chord Construction page 2
Explaination & Breakdown of Intro
Quick Guide Lyrics, Song & Chords quick guide to the song
Musician.Com Article:- Dean Markley: Signature Series Nickel Steel Electric Strings" by Austin Moca
How to Buy Your First Guitar By Dennis Kambury
Ever since rock 'n' roll became a household word, the guitar hero has ruled supreme. From Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry through Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton, right up to Tom DeLonge and Mark Tremonti, it's the heroic axe-wielder that gets the attention. Now you've decided to join their ranks, and you need some help determining what to look for in a guitar. Well, you've come to the right place! This week, we'll go over some of the basic things you'll want to take into consideration to make the best possible choice...
Guitar Tech Tips: Setting up your guitar By Dennis Kambury
You finally bought that guitar you've been eyeing for a long time. You open the case, gently remove it from its plush cradle, and hold it in your arms. A fresh pick in your fingers, you begin an elegant and complex arpeggio that ranges across the fretboard. Suddenly, right in the middle of the run, the strings start buzzing. You check your technique, and it's fine. So what's the problem...
Restringing Your Instrument
To ensure solid, non-slip tuning, make sure strings are properly secured at both ends of the tuning machine...
Guitar Tech Tips By Dennis Kambury
Wood Tone:- What does the type of wood have to do with the sound of a guitar?
There are a number of different materials used in the various parts of a guitar. This week, we'll look at some of the more popular woods found on acoustic and electric guitars, and the tonal qualities these woods lend to the overall sound. Before we get into specifics, though, I should note that any attempt to define the tone of a given wood is general at best. Different cuts of the same species, or even the same tree, will exhibit different characteristics based on the age of the tree, the grain, the moisture content, and how long the wood has been cut. Of course, the design and building of the guitar have a major impact on the tone no matter what wood is used! With that caveat in mind, here's your guide to guitar wood...
Click Here to Read and find out!
Workbench Wisdom: To Drill Or Not To Drill
by Douglas Baldwin One big headache of customized guitar electronics is where to put the controls. Whether you are adding new pickup options on a solid-body electric or installing a saddle pickup and preamp on an acoustic, the dreaded decision of what to cut and where to drill always looms large. Guitar.Com
"Workbench Wisdom: Cleaning Your Pots"
by Douglas Baldwin- Guitar.Com
"The Care and Feeding of your Acoustic Guitar
by Martin.
Your guitar is made of thin wood which is easily affected by temperature and humidity. This combination is the most important single part of your guitar's surroundings. Martin keeps the factory at a constant 45-55 percent humidity and 72-77 degrees Fahrenheit. If either humidity or temperature get far away from these factory conditions, your guitar is in danger. A rapid change in temperature or exposure to cold can cause small cracks in the finish...
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Intermediate - Advanced Guitar Lessons from Guitar.com, Guitar World, Musicians Friend & Musician.com.
Zakk Wylde: String Slinging Metal Demi-God
Exclusive video guitar lesson with Zakk Wylde!
PH-3 Phase Shifter and AW-3 Dynamic Wah By Peter Swiadon
Can you imagine a world without stomp boxes? Guitarists and bassists would have to create their sounds the old-fashioned way, and it wouldn't be pretty. To get a cool sustained distortion sound, for example, you'd have to crank your amp all the way up - much to the chagrin of your band and your audience...
Taj Mahal Exclusive video guitar lesson.
Stomp box boogie, or how to make the most of your signal chain
I love my distortion pedal - and my chorus, wah, delay, and volume pedal. But getting them all to work together for the best effect and least noise can be a real challenge. This week, we'll talk about how these different types of effects complement each other and how to maximize your signal chain to keep your thrash free of trash...
Guitar lesson from the one and only B.B. King.
Guitar Practice Chords & Tabs
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SoundPipes
Hit the pipes to produce different tones, and learn how pitch varies. (uses Shockwave).
Java Music Theory
has a set of growing music theory lessons provided with or without audio examples, easy to use online lessons at Hamiliton University (USA)
Key Signature Drill
Test your knowledge of key signatures with this practice application.
Note Reading
Test your note reading skills with this tool.
Music Speed Reading
Increase your music sight reading abilities with this tool.
C-Clef Note Reading
Practice reading notes in variations of the treble clef.
Chord Drills
Practice identifying and building chords or triads, with audio playback.
Interval Drills
Create and identify intervals using this practice tool, with audio playback.
Scale Building
Practice building many types of scales with this audio-enhanced learning tool.
Sample Rate Calculator
Mathematical Calculaton of Sample Rates formulae. Calculators related to music let you identify notes related to frequencies, transpose a sound, etc.
Sample Rate & Tempo Transposition Calculator
use online or save to your computer for offline use. Use to find the change in sample rate or frequency to transpose a sound or to find the pitch shift from a known change in sample rate or tempo.
Frequency to Note Calculator
use this calculator online or save to your computer to find what note a given frequency is.
Musica Viva Encyclopedia
search or browse the encyclopedia
Temperaments
Provides frequencies of notes in a scale for three different temperaments you select.
Tonal Centre, The
Explore many aspects of tonality with this audio-enhanced tutorial including Chords, Scales, Cadences, Modulation.
Easy Steps to Making Music On Your Home Computer
Any computer purchased in the last few years has the basic hardware for making music. Computers with a hard drive smaller than 2GB and a CPU slower then 100mHz is going to limit you to a few tracks at best. The bigger and faster your home computer, the more powerful your recording capabilities. In addition to your computer, all you need are a microphone and software, and you're ready to record.
How to Improve Your Memory
How memory works by association.
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Learn Piano Chords
Use this neat virtual piano to learn keyboard and piano chord structure. This is a great aid for anyone who either wants to learn how to play piano or brush up on their knowledge! Thanks to Colm Mac Cárthaigh for writing this freeware program and to Javascriptsource.com for providing the free java service.
Play a Piano/Synthesizer/Oscilloscope
This virtual reality Java piano lets you play the piano and have a little fun while learning the relationship between the sounds, music theory, musical scales, and the underlying math and physics of how sounds are produced and perceived. Combined with the piano is an oscilloscope and sound generator so you can create, view, and hear sounds and you can learn how the amplitude and period of the wave relates the volume and pitch of the sounds.
Getting Cool GUITAR Sounds from Keyboards
If you're a keyboard player who'd like to add some guitar sound to the mix, we have a couple of tricks to get you on the fast track. Most keyboards can deliver some standard, sterile guitar sounds, but it's tough to get hip, realistic guitar sounds out of a keyboard...
Real Analog vs. Emulated Synth Sounds
Analog synth sounds can instantly fatten your music, giving it more breadth and warmth. Analog synthesizers typically have a warmer sound because their circuitry delivers a wider, more colorful signal. Unfortunately, its old analog synths are getting more and more difficult to find, and they are often less reliable and harder to fix...
Piano Tab - Available Soon
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Arto's String Calculator
very comprehensive online program with full instructions for calculating where a string can be used by setting the diameter and more. Measures string tension and diameter for a number of instruments, in a variety of settings.
Arto's String Diameter/Tension Drawer
Bob's Handy String Tension Designer
With this Netscape Javascript program, you can see how pitch, tension, string length, diameter and inharmonicity are related. First select an octave, then click on note to select, and enter values in the fields above the COMPUTE button. Select type of string. Click on COMPUTE to find out how much tension is required. This program does not work for wound strings.
Dorman Harp Tuner
Tune your harp with this applet (requires Jamba plugin available as page loads. The site also has information and pricing for professional, intermediate and student harps, books and other harp related stuff!!
InterChart
Displays many possible chords, scales, and fingerings for bass, guitar, mandolin, or Chapman Stick. Slow to download.
Java Tuner
This Java applet demonstrates various historical tunings and temperaments and allows one to experiment with them. It was developed to accompany a text on Understanding temperaments, and is complemented by a set of MIDI files demonstrating various tunings and temperaments, full instructions and a variety of modern and archaic tuning modes. Also provides selected intervals and a chord player.
Lute Fret Calculator Applet
Type in string length, and this program calculates spacing guidelines for the lute in two different systems.
Lute String & Tension Calculator
Calculate string tension for the baroque lute.
Mandolin Chord Finder
just pick a chord and click display for the notes to appear on the mandolin fretboard, also has fret calculator.
Play the Banjo!
Learn to play banjo chords, includes banjo tuner with slide, hammer-on etc.
String Guage & Tension Calculator
Check your string tensions based on pitch, guage and type of string, also does the inverse calculation when you type in other string parameters.
Ukelele Chord Finder
Learn the chords on a ukelele with this fast loading interactive applet that shows the name of the chord, fingering, notes used plus a selection of chord combinations to choose from. By clicking the 'Pick' you can hear how the chord shown should sound and by clicking the individual pipes on the pitch pipe you hear the notes. There is the option to switch between Soprano (D), Soprano (C), Tenor (C) and Baritone (G) Ukulele tunings.
Tuning by Ratios
by Robert Asmussen (PhD student in Musicology) is a comprehensive paper which includes examples, diagrams, formulae, downloadable mp3 and music scores to demonstrate and explain Tuning by Ratios. Suitable for those who already have a basic understanding of music.
Selection of Projects & Software Snapshots
with links to educational papers on Music, an online timecode calculator and pendulum length to metronome converter from Leeds University.
Leeds Universities Electronic Studio
has information on current courses, student projects online and current research projects including Optical Music Recognition
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www.scorchmusic.com
has FREE software for you to download that allows you to view, transpose or print music that users have provided online including Music Theory and Writing Lessons. Once you have created your masterpiece you may upload it to the internet using the amazing free software for viewing, playing, transposing and printing scores online or browse other users creations from a huge choice of original sheet music on the Internet, with thousands of scores for you to play and print - including Piano, Guitar,
Voice & piano, Choir, String quartet/quintet, Wind/brass band, Big band, Orchestra and other instruments in a wide variety of genres like 20th Century, Impressionist, Minimalist, Band, Baroque, Church & Religious, Anthems, motets & introits, Canticles & Mass settings, Classical Period, Contemporary, Early & Renaissance music, Educational, Elementary/primary, Music theory, University/college, Film & TV, Folk & Ethnic, Folk songs, General, Latin
Jazz Big band, General, Traditional, Musicals, Opera & Theater, Occasional, Wedding, Christmas, Pop & Rock, Alternative, Country, Romantic and if you use Sibelius or Finale you may Publish your own music on scorchmusic.com - it's free to join!
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More tutorials, educational books, audio books, chords, lyrics, tab, songbooks and sheet music, repair manuals, guitar case guides, left-hand and twelve string guitar books, amps, effects, speed lead and more in these sections:-
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Keyboards, Piano, Synth & Organ
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