About Peter Edvinsson
 Peter Edvinsson Country: Sweden Member Since: 24 Oct 2006 Total Live Articles: 115 ( Total Views 1629 ) 
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1. Guitar Lesson: Why So Much Advice On Guitar Playing?
Is it good advice to listen to advice? What shall you do with all tips and suggestions on guitar playing on the Internet? Let me give you some suggestions!... |
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2. Ukulele Chords: Learn To Play Chord Progressions In C
Have you ever tried to play chords on an ukulele? Today I will show you how combine the most common chords to so called chord progressions that sound good.... |
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3. Guitar Lesson: How To Understand Major Chords
Maybe you know how to play a C-major chord. In this lesson we will take a closer look at the notes in the major chords you use and how you can learn to understand how a guitar chord is constructed.... |
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4. Guitar Lesson: Begin To Practice Chords
Chords are important tools in a guitarists toolbox. So, what can you do to become a better chord player? Here are some ways you can practice chords effectively!... |
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5. Ukulele Lesson: Amazing Grace Instruction
In this lesson you will learn to play Amazing Grace on your ukulele. I will instruct you on how to play the melody and you will also learn to use an easy form of ukulele tablature.... |
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6. Piano Lesson: Learn To Play Chords From A Fake Book
How can you use a fake book to become a better pianist? A fake book includes a lot of melodies due to the concise format. Let us use a fake book to make you a better chord player! ... |
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7. Guitar Lesson: How To Use The A-minor Pentatonic Scale In The First Position
When you learn to improvise you have most likely come across various guitar scales. But, how do you practice guitar scales in order to use them in your playing? In this lesson you will learn how to make music of scales!... |
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8. Piano Lesson: How To Play From A Fake Book
A fake book can be a source of many inspiring piano exercises. It contains a lot of melodies written in a concise format that includes only the melody and chord names. Let us take a look at how you can use these melodies to become a better pianist!... |
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9. Ukulele Lesson: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Instruction
You can actually play melodies on your ukulele! In this ukulele tutorial you will learn to play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in the key of C. I will tell you how to place your fingers on the frets so you will not have to read sheet music!... |
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10. Ukulele Lesson: Jingle Bells Instruction
An ukulele is a fantastic little instrument to use as an accompaniment to your singing. You can also play melodies like the Christmas song Jingle Bells. I will instruct you how to play the melody step by step!... |
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11. Piano Lesson: How To Practice For People
Have you ever thought about practicing in order to prepare to play in front of other people. What would you practice if you knew that you would play piano to an audience? Let us take a look at the people oriented way of practicing on your piano!... |
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12. Piano Lesson: Let Performing Make You A Better Pianist
Performing your piano music can actually be a great way to develop as a pianist. By uplifting others by your music you will at the same time make your practice sessions more effective! You will also allow yourself to play at your peak level!... |
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13. Piano Lesson: Practicing Tips For The Performer
Can your practice to become a better performer? What then can be practiced? Let us see what you can do to feel at ease when someone asks you to play the piano!... |
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14. Piano Lesson: Learn To Play O Christmas Tree
In this lesson you will learn to play the melody to a popular Christmas song without the use of sheet music. You will also learn to play three easy chords together with the melody. Let us start!... |
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15. Ukulele Chords: Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells is one of the most popular secular Christmas songs in the world. You will learn the chords to the song and also to play the melody in this ukulele lesson!... |
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16. Guitar Lesson: Practicing Or Playing Music?
What is most important as you try to learn to play guitar? Technical guitar exercises or playing music? What areas should you focus on as you try to use your practicing time as effective as possible?... |
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17. Piano Lesson: For Piano Beginners
Playing piano can be a wonderful experience. If you want to start playing piano sheet music you need to know a few of the conventions used in western sheet music notation. Let's make a little journey through the music notation djungle!... |
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18. Guitar Lesson: A Balanced Practicing Diet
What type of guitar player do you want to be? Is this important to know? Well, you decide! But a clear vision of what you want to become helps you to know what guitar practice food you have to digest.... |
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19. Guitar Lesson: Help Yourself To Practice
What can you do to make it easy for yourself to practice on your guitar? In order to continue to learn to play guitar and not give up you have to create an atmosphere of joy and fun around this activity. Let's see what you can do to make it as easy as possible to play guitar.... |
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20. Guitar Tablature: Learn To Play The Star-Spangled Banner
With the help of guitar tab notation it is easy to play melodies on your guitar. In this guitar lesson we will play The Star-Spangled Banner.... |
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21. Guitar Lesson: Learn Open Chords
It is really exciting to play guitar! You can experiment with chords in a completely different way than on the piano. The construction of the guitar and the tuning of the strings allow you to find these easy sounding chords!... |
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22. Piano Lesson: Do You Really Want To Learn These Things?
Practice is essential to become a good piano player. As you play the piano and try to progress towards becoming a piano giant it is important to be aware of some traps that will prevent you from reaching your goal.... |
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23. Guitar Lesson: Learn To Become A Sight Reading Guitarist
It's time for you to reap the benefits from all sheet music that has been written by good composers. Let's see how you can improve your sight reading skills.... |
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24. Ukulele Chords: Learn To Play Amazing Grace With Tablature
In this lesson you will learn to sing Amazing Grace with your own ukulele accompaniment in the key of C-major. We will use tabs so you will not need to know sheet music notation.... |
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25. Piano Lesson: Using The Blues Scale
You can start improvising with the help of the blues scale today. You will learn three easy left hand chords and how to use them in your improvisations.... |
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26. Piano Lesson: The Genesis Of Improvisation
The abiltity to improvise is within the reach of everyone who wants to develop this skill. You can start to improvise in a way that will give you and others the benefits from this art. Let's see what good improvisational skills involve!... |
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27. Become A Better Guitar Player By Composing
You can learn to compose sheet music for guitar! Just start with the knowledge you have and begin to create your own compositions. Your guitar playing will benefit from these activities and it's fun too!... |
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28. Guitar Lesson: Fretboard Education
Do you really know the name of the notes on your guitar fretboard? You can learn the notes well and in a short time if you put a little energy into the project!... |
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29. Guitar Tablature Or Sheet Music?
Is it necessary to learn ordinary music notation for guitar or is it sufficient to know how to read tabs? Is it worth the price to learn to read ordinary guitar sheets?... |
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30. Guitar Lesson: Can You Be Your Own Guitar Teacher?
Have you ever considered teaching yourself guitar without the aid of a teacher. Is it possible to progress on your own? Let's see if you can help yourself!... |
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31. Ukulele Tab: Play Chord Progressions In C-Major With Tablature
With your ukulele you can play many nice and fun chord progressions. You will use ukulele tablature so you don't need to know sheet music.... |
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32. Ukulele Chords: Learn To Play Chord Progressions In The Key Of C
The ukulele is a very nice istrument to use as you sing your songs. It is also fun to use just to strum chords. Today you will learn some common chords and patterns in the key of C.... |
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33. Christmas Sheet Music: Learn To Play Silent Night With Guitar Tablature
You can learn to play the popular Christmas song Silent Night on your guitar even if you don't master sheet music. You will use guitar tablature that will show you where to put your fingers!... |
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34. Guitar Lesson: The Art Of Playing Slowly
What benefits will you reap from playing slowly? Surprisingly enough you might become a faster guitar player and more important, you will become a better musician and guitarist!... |
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35. Piano Lesson: Compose And Become A Better Pianist
Everyone can compose sheet music! You have to start where you are and anyone can do that. You can create your own compositions for piano! Let's see why you should!... |
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36. Guitar Lesson: Play Country Guitar Licks In A
Many things you learn from playing country guitar licks can be used to spice up solos in other genres. You will now learn to play some useful country licks in the key of A. Some easy, some a little bit awkward but nice!... |
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37. Guitar Lesson: Play Country Licks In D
Have you ever wondered about how to get that ringing country sound from your guitar. In this guitar lesson you will learn some country licks based on a combination of fretted notes and open strings.... |
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38. Guitar lesson: Do You Have To Set Goals?
Do you have to take the right train to have success? It depends on what you want to accomplish. The same with your guitar playing. Let's see if you can play guitar without goals!... |
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39. What Waiting For A Bus Can Teach You About Guitar Playing
Is it possible to learn to play guitar as you wait for a bus? Well, sort of! Let's see what you can learn about the art of guitar playing as you are standing there freezing!... |
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40. Learn To Play Amazing Grace With Piano Tabs
You can learn to play popular melodies without sheet music. Today you will learn to use piano tab notation to learn a popular song!... |
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41. To Find Yourself In Your Song Writing
Are you there somewhere? I mean in the music you compose. How can you be creative in your songwriting and leave the imprints of your heart in the music you compose?... |
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42. Learn To Play Amazing Grace With Ukulele Chords
Even if you never have touched an ukulele before you can today play your first chords. It is a perfect instrument to use when you sing your favorite songs. Let's take a look at the chords!... |
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43. Learn To Play Tom Dooley With Ukulele Chords
This song can be played with two chords on your ukulele. You will learn this song in a few minutes time without the interference of sheet music. Here are the chords!... |
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44. Learn To Play Happy Birthday To You On Your Ukulele
An ukulele is a fantastic instrument to use on a birthday celebration! Today you will learn the ukulele chords to a famous song!... |
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45. Piano: Learn To Play Music In Time
It is a good thing to be on the right place at the right time, is it not? Sometimes we call this ability timing. When you play piano this is a very important skill. The result will be music!... |
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46. Guitar Lesson: Become A Better Guitarist By Developing Your Ear
Can you hear a melody and then play it on your guitar? To have a good ear will help you a lot in your musical endeavors. Let's see how we can improve this ability!... |
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47. Guitar Playing: What About Performing?
One great way to create motivation to practice on your guitar is to perform in front of other people in different ways. Do you like to perform in front of others? Let's see how to enjoy performing and also give other people enjoyment!... |
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48. Ukulele Lesson: Learn To Play Home On The Range
It is really very easy to play melodies on your ukulele. If you know how! After reading this ukulele lesson you will be able to play a melodi without knowing sheet music. Let's start!... |
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49. Guitar Playing: What About Motivation?
What can you do to stay motivated as you practice on your guitar? How can you increase and maintain the joy of playing? Here are some tips on how to keep that joy that made you start playing the guitar in the first place!... |
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50. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Yankee Doodle
An ukulele is very effective for strumming chords to songs. You can also use this instrument to play melodies. Let's learn a melody with ukulele tab and without sheet music!... |
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51. Ukulele Chords: Learn To Play Easy Chord Changes
It is very fun and mostly easy to play ukulele chords. Let's take a look at some easy chord changes!... |
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52. Guitar Chords: II-V-I Progressions In The Key Of C
A great way to explore chords and at the same time learn to use them is to learn them together in usable guitar progressions like II-V-I. Let's concentrate on the key of C!... |
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53. Guitar Chords: Open Chord Progressions In The Key Of E
E-major is a very common key for guitar oriented songs. Many blues songs are written in this key and a lot of riffs can also be found. We will now explore some of the exciting open chords you will find in this key!... |
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54. Guitar Chords: Open Chord Progressions In The Key Of A
The key of A is full of possibilities for a guitarist. Many exciting chords can be created by moving a finger or sliding the guitar chord among the frets. Let's create our first guitar progression..... |
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55. Guitar Chord Lesson: Learn To Play Nice Sounding Guitar Chords In D
A guitar is an amazing instrument. Sometimes hard to play but with easy nice sounding guitar chord secrets everywhere. Let's explore some easy but nice guitar chords.... |
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56. Piano Lesson: Learn To Play Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace for piano is a popular song on the internet. In this piano lesson we will learn to play this song with melody and chords without the use of sheet music. We will start by finding the note C.... |
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57. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Amazing Grace
Do you know that you can play melodies on your ukulele? Amazing Grace is a popular christian hymn. It doesn't contain many notes and it is quite easy to play on ukulele with the help of ukulele tab notation. Let's learn Amazing Grace!... |
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58. Piano Improvisation: Do You Know How To Improvise?
Can you talk to people without first memorizing what to say? Probably you can. Can you create melodies and nice licks to chords on the spot. Many pianists find this harder. Let's try out a few ways to improve your improvisations!... |
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59. Guitar Lesson: Five Ways To Learn The Notes On The Guitar
To find your way around the fretboard of the guitar is very important. It will help you in guitar improvisation, sight reading, and in understanding chords and more. In this guitar lesson we will explore five ways to learn the notes on the guitar fretboard.... |
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60. Piano Lesson: II-V-I Progressions In C Major
Let me give you some easy progressions that will help you in your improvisational piano playing!... |
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61. Guitar Lesson: Do You Know These Easy Chords?
With a guitar you have many easy nice sounding chords at your disposal. Let's play a few open guitar chords in the key of A.... |
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62. Guitar Lesson: Why You Should Learn These Chords
A guitar is a fantastic instrument. It can be extremely difficult to master but it also invites you to explore the beautiful but easy chords that are available.... |
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63. Guitar Lesson: Make A String Safari On Your Guitar
It seems like many guitarists have a hard time reading sheet music. Let's start by learning to know the fretboard!... |
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64. Piano Lesson: Six Tips On How To Create And Keep Your Motivation
How can you create and keep your motivation to play the piano? In other words, how can you increase and keep the joy of playing the piano? The cause that made you start playing in the first place!... |
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65. Guitar lesson: Learn To Play Every Breath You Take By Ear
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to play the hit songs you hear on the radio and be able to play them on your guitar even without tabs or sheet music!... |
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66. Guitar Tab: Learn To Play Yankee Doodle With Guitar Tab
You can learn to play melodies on your guitar even if you do not know sheet music notation. We will instead use easy to learn guitar tab or guitar tablature. Let's learn Yankee Doodle!... |
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67. Song Writing: Is It Hard Or Easy To Write A Song?
Do you feel that it is easy to write songs? Can anyone be creative? A song is the end product produced by stimulating your song writing powers in many different ways. Let's take a look!... |
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68. Private Guitar Lesson: Learn To Play Mary Had A Little Lamb
In this guitar lesson I will instruct you on how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on your guitar. I will use ordinary english words so you don't need to know sheet music notation!... |
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69. Guitar Lesson: Learn To Play Classical Guitar Without Nails
Is it possible to play classical guitar without nails? I guess so as I often do it myself. Many guitarists today and in the past have also done the same. Let me tell you the advantages of no nails playing and give you some tips!... |
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70. Piano Lesson: Learn To Play Jingle Bells Without Piano Sheet Music
In this piano lesson we will learn to play piano Christmas music. We will use piano tab notation so you don't need to read piano sheet music.... |
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71. Piano Lesson: Learn Piano Improvisation Through Classical Piano Music
Piano improvisation in a classical music way is an interesting complement to ordinary piano improvisational practicing. Let me suggest a way to practice!... |
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72. Piano Lesson: How To Improvise The Classical Piano Way
Is it possible to improvise on the piano in a classical manner? This piano lesson will help you find out how to cultivate this art and the benefits you reap as a pianist!... |
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73. Guitar lesson: Find The Notes On Your Guitar
When you take a look at the guitar fretboard you may ask yourself if it is possible to learn the notes there! Can you find the notes you want to find? Let's start to conquer the fretboard by taking the first step!... |
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74. Piano Lesson: Do You Know What You Learn When You Play Piano?
I guess you are learning to play piano in order to become a better pianist. Do you know that there are many secret learning processes in action as you practice on your piano. Let's find out the truth!... |
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75. Guitar lesson: Learn To Read Sheet Music
A guitar is a fantastic instrument to play. It is easy to play and very difficult depending on what you play. Let's take a look at learning to play guitar sheet music!... |
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76. Guitar Lesson: Learn To Play Guitar Tab Solo Morning Has Broken
You don't need to know guitar sheet music to learn to play guitar melodies. Let's learn Morning Has Broken with guitar tab!... |
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77. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Morning Has Broken On Your Ukulele
An ukulele is used mostly to play chords to songs. But you can also play melodies. Today you will learn to play Morning Has Broken on your ukulele!... |
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78. Piano lesson: Learn To Play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Without Reading Sheet Music
In this piano lesson you will learn to play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star without the use of sheet music. After this learn to play piano tutorial you will be able to play the melody with both hands!... |
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79. Piano lesson: Learn To Play Mary Had A Little Lamb Without Reading Sheet Music
In this piano lesson you will learn to play Mary Had A Little Lamb without the use of sheet music. We will be a little bit professional and use both hands!... |
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80. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Christian favorite song Amazing Grace
Ukulele is a fantastic little instrument. You can play chords on it as you sing but you can even play melodies. With the help of ukulele tab notation you can learn to play Amazing Grace in a few minutes. Let's start!... |
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81. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Ode To Joy
In this ukulele lesson we will use the uke to play a melody. Not many people can play Beethoven on their ukulele but soon you will be one of them. Let's start!... |
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82. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Scarborough Fair
In this ukulele lesson we will use the uke to play Scarborough Fair as a melody. You don't need to know sheet music at all so let's start!... |
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83. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Love Me Tender
Can you play the melody to Love Me Tender on your ukulele? With the help of ukulele tab you can learn to play it in no time. Let's start!... |
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84. Guitar Lesson: Learn To Play Guitar Tab Solo With Fur Elise
Fur Elise is a famous piano solo by Beethoven. In this guitar lesson you will learn to play Fur Elise on your guitar. You don't have to read sheet music notation so let's start!... |
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85. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Jingle Bells
Many ukulele players use their ukulele for chord playing but you can actually play melodies on this nice little instrument. Let's learn to play Jingle Bells on your uke!... |
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86. Ukulele Tab: Ukulele Tuning For Beginners
How can you be in tune with your ukulele? The ukulele is a fantastic little instrument with many possibilities. You can play chords and melodies on it but a requisite is that your ukulele is in tune. Let's tune up!... |
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87. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Happy Birthday To You
An ukulele can be used to play chords when you sing but you can also play melodies. It's fun and quite easy to learn melodies on your uke with ukulele tab. Let's learn to play Happy Birthday To You!... |
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88. Ukulele Tab: Learn Mary Had A Little Lamb With Ukulele Tab
Have you ever played a melody on your ukulele? Well, if not let this be the first time! I will show you how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on two strings on your ukulele. We will use easy ukulele tab so you don't need to know sheet music.... |
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89. Learn To Play Piano Chords: Learn To Play II-V-I Progressions
II-V-I progressions are common in most types of popular music and mainstream jazz and more. If you can play II-V-I progressions you are in a lucky position. What then is a II-V-I progression? Well, come and see!... |
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90. Learn To Play Guitar Chords: Learn To Play Turnarounds On Your Guitar
Turnarounds are chord progressions with the last chord taking you back to the first chord thus making it possible to play these progressions over and over again as an intro to a song, an ending or between verses. Here are some nice sounding but easy turnarounds for you!... |
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91. Learn To Play Guitar - Learn To Play Your Guitar Music In Time
To be on the right place at the right time is quite nice. It is called timing. In your guitar playing you will find that timing is crucial. This means to play your notes at the right time so that the result will be music.... |
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92. Learn To Play Guitar: Learn To Play Easy Nice Sounding Guitar Chords
To learn to play guitar is difficult and easy at the same time. The guitar is a fascinating instrument. It is very difficult to master in some areas but you will also find wells of easy to play but nice sounding treasures among the strings.... |
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93. Learn To Play Guitar: A Little Touch Of Guitar Improvisation
I would like to present a few small tips on how to improvise on your guitar with a pentatonic scale in A-minor. We will use two chords and make the whole thing quite impressive. Grab your guitar and come on!... |
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94. Guitar: Can You Learn To Play Guitar Without Goals?
In many articles on the net on learning to play guitar you will find many article authors stressing the importance of setting goals. Well, it would be interesting to find out if you can learn to play guitar without goals. Let us investigate the matter!... |
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95. Learn To Play Piano: A Digital Or An Acoustic Piano?
If I have to choose between buying an acoustic piano or a digital piano what is the best choice? let's take a look at the different choices if you want to learn to play piano.... |
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96. Guitar - What Guitar Should I Buy?
If you have come to the conclusion that you want to play guitar the next step will be to choose a guitar to buy. There is a variety of instruments out there at different prices. Let's look at your choices.... |
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97. Flamenco Guitar: Learn To Play Malaguena With Guitar Tab
Flamenco guitar is an art that it is hard to master. But is it possible to play a flamenco guitar melody that is easy to learn for a beginner. Come and see!... |
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98. Piano improvisation: Learn To Improvise On Your Piano By Faking
Do you have a fake book? Just one of those songs could be the source of many meaningful exercises that will help you grow as a musicician and as a pianist.... |
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99. Piano Lesson: What Can Pippi Longstocking Teach You About Piano Playing
Piano playing is an art with unlimited possibilites. Pippi Longstocking made a remark in a film that can be used when you try to learn to play piano.... |
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100. Learn To Play Piano - Let The Train Station Teach You About Piano Playing
Learn to play piano on a train station? Let me show you what you can learn about piano playing as you wait for your train!... |
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101. Piano Lesson: Why Do You Want To Grow As A Pianist?
It is important to have something to improve upon in your piano playing. An old person to me is someone who doesn't want to learn things anymore. Let me show you what I learned from my piano teacher.... |
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102. Guitar lesson: Learn To Play Popular Melody On Your Guitar
Learn to play the most popular melody in the English language without knowing sheet music.... |
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103. Guitar lesson: Can You Play Classical Guitar Without Nails?
Most classical guitarists use a lot of time polishing and grooming their right hand fingernails. In order to play with nails you have to have good nails and working with them a lot. Is it possible to play witout nails? Let's take a look at no nail playing!... |
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104. Guitar Tablature: Learn To Play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star With Guitar Tab
Even if you haven't played guitar tablature before you can impress or maybe shock your friends by playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Let's start playing guitar tab!... |
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105. Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Tom Dooley On Your Ukulele
Maybe you play mostly chords on you ukulele? Do you know that you can play melodies with the help of ukulele tab? Let's play Tom Dooley!... |
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106. Guitar lesson: Secret Things You Learn When You Practice On Your Guitar
Many secret learning processes are active when you practice on your guitar. Some good, some less good....... |
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107. Song Writing: Why Is Completing Your Songs Important?
Do you find it easy to write songs? Too easy? Well, I at least have had a problem with this. Let me show you why you should complete your songs!... |
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108. Piano Lesson: It Is Easy To Compose Piano Sheet Music
Why is it easy to compose piano sheet music? Because you have to start from where you are. This should be fairly easy; Otherwise you have not started from where you are........ |
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109. Guitar lesson: How To Improvise The Classical Guitar Way
When I was a fifteen years old guitarist playing rock solos and classical guitar pieces I remember that I had a desire to be able to improvise on my guitar in a classical manner. Is this possible and if so how....... |
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110. Guitar lesson: How To Become A Better Sight Reader
Why is it so hard for guitarists to read sheet music? Let's do something about it right now!... |
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111. Guitar: Learn Guitar By Not Playing Guitar
I suppose you think that you learn guitar by playing guitar. Well, do you learn to say the right things by talking all the time? Let's take a look at the art of not playing guitar...... |
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112. Learn To Play Guitar: Why Is It So Hard For Guitarists To Read Sheet Music?
Is it hard for you to read guitar sheet music? Let's do something about it right now!... |
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113. Song Writing: To Find Yourself In The Music You Compose
Where in your music is you? Everywhere? Somewhere? Let's take a look at creativity in songwriting and how you can find your own music when you compose.... |
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114. Guitar lesson: What Is The Ultimate Way To Practice On Your Guitar?
Have you ever asked yourself: What is the ultimate truth about guitar practicing and how effective can a guitar practice session be?... |
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115. Guitar Lesson: Mary Had A Little Lamb For Beginners
Have you ever played a melody on a guitar? Well, if not let this be the first time! I will show you how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on one string with one finger on your left hand and one finger on your right.... |
