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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Chromatics Explained!
Chromatics in Music are when notes are walked up in half steps. Watch this video for more information. To understand half steps in music yo only need to look at a piano. Notice how it has both white and black … Continue reading
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Tagged Chromatics, Guitar Chords, Half Steps, Music Theory, Sharps And Flats, Tension, Whole Steps
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Are Major And Minor Arpeggios The Same?
Are Major And Minor Arpeggios The Same
Posted in Chords, Theory
Tagged Arpeggios, Chords, Major, Major Scale, Minor, Parallel Minors, Theory
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Top And Bottom! Put An End To It!
The strings on the guitar are EADGBE. Notice how there are 2 E strings. One is thick and the other is thin. But when someone refers to the top of the guitar they are referring to the string closest to … Continue reading
Posted in Technique, Theory
Tagged EADGBE, Guitar Strings, High E, Low E, String Order, Tuning
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Advice – Everyday!
Advice – Everyday! There is nothign more important than doing things every single day. This makes you look more professional to both your community, and sponsors. If I can do a daily video podcast which takes up a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Technique, Theory
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The Guardian Newspaper Features Me – Wow!
OK, this is cool. The Guardian Newspaper featured yours truly. Here’s the Link to the Feature Article Leonie Cooper, the editor, got in touch with me through my Youtube channel – of all places :) So I did my best … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Interviews, Marketing
Tagged Features, Guardian Newspaper, Interviews, Marketing, News, Youtube
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Why I Do It For You Guys
Why I Do It For You Guys You guys RAWK! If you know something, Pay it forward. I do it to help you -Walt
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Strumming Patterns – Break The Habit!
The best way to learn anything is to simply break the habit. If you play jazz, then learn country. If you play folk, then write dance techno music. The same goes for Strumming Patterns. The most effective way to master … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Technique
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Would You Buy Necklaces From This Guy?
Would you buy Necklaces from this Guy? I love learning about marketing and how things become successful (or fail). This gus was quite the rapper. And he seems to have his ‘stint’ down pretty well. I always like seeing people … Continue reading
Sibelius 5 Giveaway Ended! And The Winner Is…
Sibelius 5 Giveaway! Congrats to iEmoBoy for leaving the 6th comment within 1419 in order to win this amazing piece of Software! We picked the winner LIVE on the air and will be doing plenty of drawings again VERY soon! … Continue reading
Hello Youtube!
Hello Youtube! HI EVERYBODY- WE ALL JUST WANTED TO SAY “HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!” ^_^
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Chord Functions! 1M 2m 3m 4M, etc.
What are Chord Functions? OK, so you know the major and minor scales perfectly, and all of your chords. But what now? how can you put them together to write songs? Well, use Chord Functions! Basically, you build chords off … Continue reading
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Tagged Chord Functions, Chords, Circle Of Fifths, Major Scale, Minor Scales, Parallel Minors, Relative Minor
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Songwriting: Lyric Tricks
When writing lyrics there are a few things to do to make them ‘fit’ and sound more creative. The trick to doing anything well is to keep on doing it until you get it. So the main tip when trying … Continue reading
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