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How to String an Acoustic Guitar
Adding new strings to an acoustic or folk guitar can help make it sound better for certain types of music. Over time the strings may be damaged, or you may want to give your guitar a different sound and feel. Here’s how you [...]
How to Beatbox
The human voice is capable of a very wide range of sounds that can be used for anything from conversation to music. Beatboxing is very popular in hip-hop and improvisational music, because beatboxers have the ability to mimic an entire collection of [...]
How to Play the Ukulele
The ukulele may seem to be a child’s instrument, but it is one of the most fun and lively string instruments that you can play. Anyone can play a ukulele; but like any musical instrument, it takes a lot of practice and [...]
How to Play Guitar Left-Handed
Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Hendrix, Paul McCartney, and Tony Iommi are just four of the names of great guitarists who play the instrument left-handed. Most guitars are built and designed to be played by right-handed people, but left-handed guitarists can buy a left-handed guitar, [...]
How to Play the Banjo
Whether you play folk, country, bluegrass, or traditional Celtic music, the banjo is a very interesting instrument to play and to listen to. Banjos give a very crisp sound to folk music ensembles that blend well with guitars and percussion instruments. [...]
How to Learn Bass
Rock bands like U2, Rage Against the Machine, Slayer, and Red Hot Chili Peppers all put special emphasis on bass lines during the course of a song. Bass is one of the most important parts of a rock band, because it puts [...]
How to Tune your Guitar
You want your guitar to sound good to enjoy playing it. So it must be periodically tuned. It is not necessary to pay someone to tune your guitar; you simply need to learn how. Once you know how, it’s easy! You will now [...]
How to Capo a Guitar
Tunes are the heart and soul of any song. Therefore, it is very important to play tunes carefully. This rule applies to every instrument; there are no exceptions. Like every other instrument, a guitar also needs to be tuned before playing a song [...]
How to Build a Guitar
Introduction
There are many ways to build a guitar, and we will describe a simple method in this article. To learn more cool stuff, visit how to build a guitar . Tools must be procured well in advance. Note that some tools are very [...]