18th November 2009
Dr. Dre, producer of hip hop, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor who began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru. He later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group NWA, which stood for Ni...
18th November 2009
Playing guitar is an incredibly fun and rewarding hobby that never gets old. It is fun and rewarding, but it is important to pay attention to your wrists and hands to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and other painful conditions.
It is a physi...
18th November 2009
Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments...dating back to at least 2000 BC. Notes are played by blowing into a mouthpiece known as a "fipple", which directs air towards a bladed edge, located at the big hole you'll see at the top of most whistles...
06th November 2009
To help you know whether or not you should use a vocal coach, let's define their duties: A vocal coach is a music teacher who instructs singers on how to improve their singing technique, take care of and develop their voice, and prepare for the performanc...
06th November 2009
If we look through the history of music, it has become the soundtrack of every moment in human beings evolution. The generation of a sound plays a major role in music as applied to musical instruments.
It is one of the oldest cultures human beings kno...
05th November 2009
Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, primarily among African Americans and Latin Americans, with considerable Jamaican influence. (two other elements are breakdancing and graffiti art).
The...
05th November 2009
Folk Music, Folk Song and Folk Dance are comparatively recent expressions, being extensions of the term Folk lore, coined in 1846 by the English antiquarian William Thoms to describe "the traditions, customs, and superstitions of the 'uncultured' classes....
05th November 2009
Music has evolved along with man and it's civilization. It takes us to that place in our minds where we reflect on many memories. It's only wish is the well-being of all mankind and it is a way in which I describe how music dances with me.
When I sense...
05th November 2009
The flute is the oldest musical instrument to be firmly dated. The flute's earliest probable history dates back to approximately 900 B.C. They are the earliest known musical instruments and is one among the three celebrated musical instruments of India (t...
05th November 2009
The Mariachi was the distinctive version of the Spanish theatrical orchestra of violins, harp and guitars which developed in and around Jalisco. It originated in the southern part of the state of Jalisco sometime in the 19th century.
The mariachi is t...
05th November 2009
When exploring health and music we must consider Music therapy. This is the use of music by health care professionals to promote healing and enhance the quality of life for their patients. This discipline is an established health care profession that uses...
05th November 2009
Oldies music celebrates the history, trivia and charts of the music of the fifties, sixties and seventies. It is still alive and well. In fact, many rap artists use oldies as their background music while the rapper sings his lyrics over the oldie song...w...
05th November 2009
The Blues is an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one's aching consciousness, to finger its jagged grain, and to transcend it, not by the consolation of philosophy but by squeezing from it a near-tragic, near...
05th November 2009
Rock 'n' roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States after World War II in the late 1940s from a combination of the rhythms of the blues, from the African American culture, and from Am...
05th November 2009
Music Education is an important part of every child's learning experience and is older than high schools sports, yet high school sports are increasing while music education may be soon demised.
Education, and particularly mandatory education, is an ef...
