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: Music Therapy: Changing Lives for the Better
Music therapy, a relatively new method of therapy in the eyes of modern medicine, is an ancient practice. Since 1944, it has gradually been practiced more extensively in the United States. In the United Kingdom, music therapy was used in hospitals during both world wars....
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: How To Use The Metronome To Improve Your Piano Playing
Using a metronome regularly in piano practice sessions will develop a huge amount of strength in the player's music....
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: The Many Faces Of The 12-Bar Blues
Piano players and other musicians who desire to learn the foundations of purely American music should start with the blues. This music form began over a century ago. Today's jazz, hip-hop, rock-and-roll and rhythm and blues owes a debt to it....
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: The Arrival Of Punk Rock
Punk is described in the dictionary as a 'loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s'. Why did punk-rock disappear?...
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: The Portuguese Guitar: A Modern Cittern
A brief history of the evolution of the Portuguese guitar, an explanation of the two varieties of the instrument and a summary of its importance in the musical genre of fado....
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: The Bodhran: The Unofficial Drum Of Ireland
A brief history of the bodhran, including an explanation of its traditional use as a tool of war and of noisemaking. A description of its basic physical characteristics and playing technique....
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: The Acoustic Bass Guitar: A Relative Newcomer
A brief history of the origins of the acoustic bass guitar, a description of how it differs from other guitars, and a discussion of a few of the commonly used Mexican versions....
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: The "Beating Guitar" Of Italy
A description of the Italian battenge guitar, its various characteristics and how they vary from those of a classical guitar....
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: Tenor Guitars: More Common Than You Realize
A brief history of the tenor guitar, a description of its basic characteristics and how they differ from those of a standard six-string, and a summary of its modern popularity....
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: Sheet Music Then & Now
Most modern musicians take sheet music for granted. Sheet music abounds in printed form and can even be downloaded from the Internet. It's a far cry from the days of oral tradition. Centuries ago, there were few ways to pass on music other than to "hum a few bars" until the listener caught on....
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