Guitar

Folk music has a very wide description and can be created in many forms. Folk music just as Folklore is typically passed down orally from generation to generation. Because of this one song may have many different versions and is typically short because of forgetfulness from being passed down. It also typically has an unknown artist so a lot of folk songs are not by the artist him/herself. One criteria is folk songs are that their short, this is because of the forgetfulness of the song being…

Colden “Cole” Rainey Swindell was young, he never dreamed of being a famous country artist. He wanted to play sports. As he grew older, he attended Georgia Southern University. He majored in marketing. At a party one night, someone was playing a guitar and Cole decided to sing. His friend said, “You are very good at singing.” He took it seriously and he decided to start his music career by selling merchandise for his friend Luke Bryan. He was influenced by Bryan and moved to Nashville…

personalities. They play different melodies and different voices in their song. The angry red plays heavy metal. The scared orange plays a fast piano song. The joyful yellow plays a pop song with love. The doubtful green plays a simple C chord on the guitar. The sulky blue plays a sad song about loss, The dream of purple plays sweet jazz with a cello in the background. These different colors swirl all in my head carrying different melodies and songs with them. Angier makes people throw a…

stories, and unsuccessfully submitted a few of those for publication. However, he was not serious about writing until he graduated from college. He received his high school diploma from Alamo Heights High School and, with aspirations of becoming a guitar player, attended North Texas State’s music program. He then, with the intention of studying English and History, transferred to the University of Texas in Austin, then later received his teaching certification in these subjects from the…

After reading the textbook, the modules, and listening to the blues, there is definitely a different sound to each artist, time period and type of blues. I enjoyed all the selections for their unique characteristics and respect for the music and its artists, however there were some types that I preferred. Of the blues selections provided in the modules Keb Mo’s blues song “Am I Wrong” was by far my favorite. I believe that I prefered this blues songs over the others was for its upbeat feeling…

had played music with various primitive flutes and drums, until the Spanish took colonial control and introduced new instruments which inspired to a number of regional musical styles. Mariachi, characterized a group of string instruments including guitars and violins, originated in the region of Jalisco in central Mexico. Up until the time of the revolution, Mexico was fragmented into smaller areas, each with its own regional musical styles. Mariachi only began to be performed in Mexico City…

electronic guitars. The modern patters of music and advancements in the way people take music lessons have enabled multi instrument talents in individuals who are able to play many instruments with equal fluency. We even commonly see at concerts or music performances all over the world the same person is one moment playing drums and the next moment jumps from their seat and start entertaining with a Traditional…

strings were made of dried gut and because of this the highest string, which had to be made of the thinnest gut, was “notorious” for breaking when played and thus a good treble string was highly prized. The basic playing action is similar to how a guitar is played. The left hand creates different pitches while the right hand plucks or strikes the strings with the thumb. The index and middle finger of the right hand can also pluck strings. One of the most stressed techniques is that a note…

phone, prompting me to perk up and tune in to the playful music of Chris Rice. The upbeat, yet somehow still quite mellow tune, was incredibly catchy. Musically the song was interesting; it was full of groovy pauses and a soothing, pulsing rhythmic guitar that gave me a perpetually joyful feeling that only grew as time went on. The artful picture painted by tender lyrics instantly drew me in and captured my otherwise fleeting attention. As curiosity overpowered my already diminished desire to…

When you consider the thousands of years between the first lutes and modern lutes, it’s actually quite remarkable how similar the lutes of the past are to more recent lutes (like the guitar and orchestral strings). We can learn a lot about Greco-Roman lutes by looking at their predecessors and descendants. The lute spread much like languages do. Just as regional dialects develop, so, it appears, did lute preferences. The lute did not develop linearly from Mesopotamia, through Greece, and…