Musical Holocron

I want to share this @messiahsez video that encapsulates everything you need to know to start playing slide blues guitar with open D tuning (DADF♯AD).

That's wild. I want to learn more immediately and I think I need to be this guy's friend too.

Here's a slightly more serious video to actually get into more detail with a different type of drop D tuning (DADGAD).

Labels: genre/blues, music, music/guitar, video

# posted by ArcoJedi : 01:14  0 comments

There are a lot of alternative tunings for guitar. And perhaps traditionalists don't care for them much, but here's an idea where all six strings are keyed to F.

Check out Ichika Nito's channel for more.

Labels: music, music/artists, music/guitar

# posted by ArcoJedi : 23:53  0 comments

Here at Worship Artistry we're always equipping you to bring your best. Well, here's 10 ways to be the best at being the worst.

Learn more: 10 Ways to Be The Worst Worship Musician Ever | Worship Artistry

1. Never stop playing.
2. Recognize every song you play is beneath you.
3. Don’t waste money on a tuner.
4. Take on an irritated demeanor when motioning your sound engineers.
5. Understand that you are never loud enough.
6. Make sure everyone knows your time is more valuable than theirs.
7. Play the wrong part.
8. Find a sidekick.
9. Be competitive.
10. Above all, you need to realize is that the worship team is all about you.

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# posted by ArcoJedi : 16:03  0 comments

Strum a guitar, bow a violin, tap a piano, loop a beat – on a single instrument. An intuitive way to create music and play any sound.

Learn more: Artiphon

Labels: Delicious, kids, music, music/artists, music/drums, music/guitar, music/piano, technology, technology/hardware, wishlist

# posted by ArcoJedi : 23:18  0 comments

Labels: Delicious, download, music, music/guitar, music/lyrics, music/notation, music/software, technology, technology/software

# posted by ArcoJedi : 10:25  0 comments

I'm not sure that it will be available beyond today, but Google is honoring Les Paul on his birthday today by having an interactive Google log that allows you to play and record an electric guitar. Here's my first solo: Google Doodle: Les Paul Guitar. Have fun with it before it goes away.

Labels: ♫, history, instrument, music, music/artists/les-paul, music/guitar

# posted by ArcoJedi : 08:05  0 comments

Just a quick note for those with a Netflix account. On a whim, I decided to check if they had any concert videos that I could get on DVD. I was looking for live recordings of any concert that I might like. There were a lot, but for the first few pages, they were mostly classical performances and other artists that I've never heard of. I like classical and I added one or two, but my eyes lit up when I noticed the Pink Floyd stuff. Of course, I had to do a specific search on Pink Floyd to see what else they had. The Wall made it into the queue first, but there were a lot of other discs I added. One that caught my eye was not of the band, but an instructional DVD on how to play their music style on guitar.

Interesting. Does Netflix have a lot more pages of music lessons on DVD? Yes, they do. For the more specific, they have a subcategory specifically for guitar and banjo lessons. Great!

Something else I learned about Netflix? Their DVD queue has a limit of 500 discs. That means that as a subscriber, the maximum number of movies or shows you can put into your waiting list is capped at 500. Yeah, they don't advertise that. More embarrassingly, my queue is now full. Not great, but not too bad anyhow.

Labels: music, music/artists, music/artists/pink-floyd, music/guitar, Netflix, television

# posted by ArcoJedi : 00:33  2 comments