Do I put my musical exploits down here?

I could start off by listing all the cover songs I can play....

Or I could list my karaoke tracks that I sing in a pub when half pished :P

Really, and truly, I coul thank the artists though, for giving me the opportunity to learn their songs... lol

Let me see - it might not be alphabetical, but here goes.

Covering songs by: -
Savage Garden
Coldplay
Billy Joel
The Eagles
McFly
Razorlight
Eric Clapton
Athlete
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
The Commitments
Lionel Richie
Neil Diamond
Elton John
Jesse McCartney
The Beatles
John Lennon
John Denver
Jason Donovan
Van Morrison
Darren Hayes


I'm sure theres more, and when I get a songlist out I might remember more... lol


And as for karaoke tracks.. here's just a taster.

Somewhere Else - Razorlight
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
America - Razorlight
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Easy - Lionel Richie
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

Really - I might have to see if I can find youtube videos to these.. because most of my karaoke songs I feel are damned good to learn to sing.. :P (only when you get through most of the shorter ones successfully would I recommend that you try the Meatloaf one.. Its damned hard... lmfao

Do have a browse...

There are a few pages interlinked here. The links page is well worth checking out too.

But there's far more to me than meets the eye - honestly done :)

Learn to Play Keyboard - How To Play Keyboard

I'm not just into the guitar side of things.. here's something I stumbled across while looking to upgrade my own playing skills even further.

Note - the rest of this post is to be found at the web address listed below the article. This enables you to follow any retrospective links.


If you want to learn to play keyboards, you've come to the right place. Many beginners, players of other musical instruments and even folks who have been playing the keyboards for some time are making use of online keyboard lessons and courses.

When I started playing keyboards, I must admit that I had to figure out a lot of stuff on my own. With a guide like some of the good courses available today where you learn to play keyboard using proper techniques, I certainly would have been better off. Nothing beats having someone teach you along the way and have you understand exactly what you're doing.

Recommendation #1 - My Favorite

You can find (what I consider to be) an excellent course where you learn to play keyboard, right here. It's my number one recommendation on this web site (www.yamaha-keyboard-guide.com) and surpasses my previous recommendation by far. I wish I'd come across it earlier.
How to play the keyboard. What I particularly like about this course Learn Piano and Keyboard (Piano For All) is its uniqueness. It's not like those other courses that give students a false hope. Of the many courses I've seen online on how to play keyboard, I'm sure that this is one of the best ones. You can check it out yourself and arrive at your own conclusions. It's just my personal feelings.

The course, Learn Piano and Keyboards (Piano For All) consists of 10 ebooks, 500 audio piano lessons and 200 video piano lessons! I like its step by step approach. There's so much in there, and it's worth the price. I think I'll stop here and let you check it out yourself at their website. They certainly do a better job than me at explaining what the various lessons entail. Check it out yourself, here.

It is my hope that the above recommendation helps you learn to play keyboard and become an accomplished keyboard player through the guide that it provides.

Learn How To Play Keyboard & Piano - Recommendation #2

Rocket Piano is another high quality course on learning to play piano and keyboards. I bought the downloadable version for $39.95 and was totally impressed. It's worth much more than they're charging.

Rocket Piano includes several comprehensive ebooks, great videos and software, and hundreds of audio files. It is suitable for beginners, intermediate players and advanced pianists alike.

I love the way the lessons are structured. The format is so easy to follow. I like the fact that this course is so much fun, unlike the traditional way piano is taught. This helps to motivate you and promotes learning.

If you want to learn to play keyboard and piano, or you're looking to take your playing to a higher level, you should certainly check out Rocket piano.

http://www.yamaha-keyboard-guide.com/learn-to-play-keyboards.html

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Guitar Chord Construction

One of the things that makes the guitar such a nice instrument is the fact that it is based on the chromatic scale. What I mean by that is that, unlike the piano, there are no "black notes", there is just a straightforward sequence of notes moving smoothly over the fretboard. Why is that good? Because in truth, there are no special notes in music. The black notes of the piano are not black because they sound any different than the white notes.

Music theory calls the piano's black notes "enharmonic", because they can be named as either the sharp or the flat of their neighbor. But you know what? The white notes can also be named that way, depending on the context. A B can be a Cb, or an F an E#. That is because music theory, and the piano, is built around scales, particularly the major scales. So everything is... quite honestly... very confusing.

Then comes the guitar! Simple design, straightforward. Only complication comes when you try to fit traditional music theory with it. Suddenly, you don't know where things are. You are confused. Where is that sharp!? On the piano the notes were clearly marked by the geography of the black notes, but now you are lost. Relax...

See, all chords are built on a simple template. The major chord for example, uses a root note, the note four "frets" after that, and the note three "frets" after that. Or, the 1st, the 5th, and the 8th. Every single major chord uses this exact format, which is why we can play barre chords (you can't do that on a piano, can you?). Other chord types have other formats, but they are all pretty straightforward. The only "scale" you need to know is the chromatic one, meaning you need to know how to count "frets" while moving from string to string, but that is easy.

Then just figure out the most convenient way to play all the notes in the chord, and only those notes. As a fingerstyle guitarist, your options are huge. As a strummer, you are more limited, but it's still reasonably easy. You can tune the guitar to a particular chord template (an open tuning) and make things even easier. If you see a chord type you don't know the template for, just deconstruct it from an example chord, and you'll know how to build that chord for any note.



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