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1 - THE SEARCH FOR TABLATURE 2 - CHORDS, CHORDS, CHORDS... 3 - HOLE - CELEBRITY SKIN 4 - SOR TO SEX PISTOLS 5 - PLAYING BASS by Brenden Wells 6 - TUNING YOUR GUITAR 7 - COLOMBIAN MUSIC 8 - DRIFTWOOD EZINE 9 - ODD SPOT 10 - JOKES 11 - WHAT's NEW 12 - WIN PRIZES
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1 - THE SEARCH FOR TABLATURE
Of course a lot of tab is no longer online following legal action against OLGA, but where better to try than from the great Guitar Links site by Jason Nieh: Guitar Notes Tab Search
Guitar Notes Tab Search - the largest collection of guitar music on the net? Use the search engine to look through over 40,000 songs, including thousands of non-OLGA files. Just enter the artist or title of the song that you want.
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2 - CHORDS, CHORDS, CHORDS... From: "Rick E. Gustafson"
Hi fellow guitarists,
I stress to my students the importance of knowing as many chords and their
inversions as possible. I believe
that knowing the harmonic layout of the fingerboard helps one learn and
understand guitar music faster and more
comprehensively.
Many of my university guitar students (I am the ad hoc instructor for the
University of Wisconsin - Sheboygan) are
rock guitarists who can't read music. Many are fine players who learned by
ear. While they can play, they just don't
know what quite what it is they are playing.
For example, they may refer to chords as "grunge," "squash," or perhaps
"the Hendrix chord" as the kinds of
chords they play. When I explain that the "Hendrix" chord is really a "7
sharp 9" chord (ex. Purple Haze E7#9), they
are somewhat astonished that there is a name associated with the chord.
For my students who want to learn to chords, but not learn to read notes, I
have them do the following...
continued...
Rick Gustafson, Sheboygan, WI
From Classical Guitar Mailing List Digest V98 #258
27 Sep 1998
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3 - HOLE - CELEBRITY SKIN
Celebrity Skin Tablature
Celebrity Skin CD just $11.88
Sound Bites
Hole/Courtney Love Biography & links
Ultimate Band List of Hole/Courtney Love Websites
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4 - SOR TO SEX PISTOLS
The "1000 Great Guitar Sites" Tab Archive may be modest in size, but ranges from Fernando Sor to the Sex Pistols!
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5 - PLAYING BASS by Brenden Wells
I started playing bass, almost 2 years ago now, and although it isn't
long I can tell you that bass has played a major role in my life to this
day.
To begin with, I wanted to play drums. I had a go of a mate's drum
kit and found I didn't have the patience for it, and wanted an
instrument that allowed more freedom & style. This lead me to go down to
my local music store and look around, as I saw a bass sitting near the
front, I decided to have a bit of a go, and found I enjoyed playing it
more than I had with a lead guitar, drums, and anything else I might've
tried at school (triangle? recorder?).
I went home that day and listened to a whole range of different music, from metal, to reggae, and started to notice the importance of basslines in music. My parents bought me my first bass for christmas that year, a tobacco-sunburst finished Magnum.
I was so excited I even took it camping with me, and played it for
hours. The first song I learnt to play was Sliver, by Nirvana. After
learning a lot of Nirvana covers (because they're simple and easy to
start with), I've gone on to playing many different styles, from jazzy
sort of riffs, to rock, punk, and I've even tried playing along to some
techno songs... (hell, i was bored ok!).
I still have not had any formal lessons so to speak, just tips from friends that I reguarly jam with (one of which has been playing for 9yrs and uses tuition as a job).
Although it would be unfair to say, I believe that sitting down and
learning to play the bass (or any instrument really) is the best form of
tuition. This way, you can develop your own style, and learn at your own
pace, rather than being told that you are playing or holding your
instrument incorrectly, and having to adopt to you're instructor's way
of playing.
Everyone has they're own individuality, and this way you can
separate yourself from others when it comes to riffs etc. Look at
Hendrix. How many lessons did he have? Enjoy your music, and above all
use it as a way of relaxing & expressing your feelings and moods. You
will surprise yourself.
Brenden Wells,
Guitar Center Webmaster
WARNING: The contents of the Guitar Center site have been illegally hacked as of Oct 16, 1998 - you may encounter obscene &/or pornographic text & images on the site, that were not put there by Brenden. The matter is currently the subject of police investigation - you have been warned!
bass.home.ml.org
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6 - TUNING YOUR GUITAR
Before you can play anything you need to have a tuned Guitar!
Check out sites that can help you - heaps of tuning resources listed here
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7 - COLOMBIAN MUSIC
From: Andres Velasquez
Many people wonder about Colombia, some think is a drug country, others a
violent country, but many underestimate reality. Latin people are full
of rhythm and are very creative, for I have found over the years that
many not so well instructed in music can create better things than many that do know a bit (like me, I studied at a classical level for three years and have been playing for 15 years now).
Folk music is very well known in the latin world, but it is amazing to
find artists such as SHAKIRA, CARLOS VIVES, making gigantic sales of
their LP´s and with folk or variations of folk Colombian music.
For instance Vallenato, how does it sell more than a million records all
over the world? Way I figure it, record companies should search for
talent world wide, and not just attend those they see every day on their desks with the same stuff for the same thing.
Colombia is still an unexplored land, full of talented people just
waiting for someone to provide support. Due to conditions in our
country, little or no money is invested in producing new music, yet
still it is so good it has found it´s way through in many cases.
Many great musicians die unheard in my country. It´s a crying shame.
I invite every one that reads this great magazine to listen to latin rock, pop, salsa and vallenato. Give it a chance and you might just surprise your self!
For information on Colombian music e-mail me at
fanve@hotmail.com
SITES:
History of Vallenato music (In Spanish)
Links to major Colombian Websites
Máximo Jimenez & Los Chicos del Vallenato
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8 - DRIFTWOOD EZINE
From: Wayne Parker
Subject: DriftWood Web Music Ezine
The DriftWood Web Music Ezine reviews music sites by independent artists and sites that are good music resources. If you submit a review of a web
site that gets published you can have a 15% discount off *any* CD or
CD Looper(Software) in DriftWood and a listing of your own site.
The latest ezine included:
BluGroove
"start with some blues... mix in a dance beat.... Blend some cool sounds into the same groove.. and stir it up"
World's Favourite Radio Station
This site is set up by Jim Hartley, one of the nice people I have met on the net. Jim's site presents hours of RealAudio. You can select from a wide range of styles, classical, folk, jazz, the Beatles and much, much more. There is also some good reading.
Urban Excentrics
"incorporate acoustic and electric blues, psychedelic rock,
classical bass lines and jazz modulations, along with a touch of
Django, to perform a mix of totally unique late 20th century urban
compositions."
Subscribe to the Driftwood ezine at dw@dw.com.au
DriftWood promotes and sells CDs by independent bands and musicians. It is run by Wayne Parker, a professional musician. Driftwood aims is to improve the promotional possibilities for independent musicians.
Also check out the CD Looper-Software for Musos:
"Loop and slow down any section of a song 2, 3, or 4 times without changing the pitch. Educational Tool"
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9 - ODD SPOT
Hey this is Mel from Mel Booker Music The following is a true story. :-)
One of my students was working on reading during this particular lesson. I said,"next we will work on the Beethoven song."
My student looked at me with complete bewilderment and said:
"a dog wrote that song"? All I could do was laugh, my student had no idea who Beethoven the man was !
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10 - JOKES
David Smith writes to say
you can find a lot of guitar jokes here
- the rest are here ;-)
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11 - WHAT's NEW
Remember to checkout what's new on the "1000 Great Guitar Sites" each day
Or look at the New Entries in the Guitar Database
also, why not see who is #1 in the Guitar Top 100 site?
or see latest guitar sites at whatsnew.com
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12 - WIN PRIZES
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