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• Future Technologies for Music Education – guest post by Eugene Cantera, DLP

  May 9, 2012 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: Discover Learn and Play, e-learning, ear training, future of music education, guest post, instrument learning, technology

• Bass Tone: Time to Test Yourself!

  December 2, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: bass, distortion, fretless, fx, modulation, pops, quiz, slides, slurs, tapping, test

• Listen to Les, Part 3: Audio Effects

  November 16, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: delay, delay effects, echo, Effects, Guitar, Les Paul, Mary Ford, multitrack, pitch shift, playing technique, singing, slapback, vari-speed, vocals

• Bass Tone Podcast 6: Bass FX, Part 2

  October 7, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: bass, bass guitar, bass tone, Bass Tone Podcast, chorus, Effects, flanger, modulation, phaser, pitch shift, wah-wah

• Bass Tone: Bass Effects, Part 2

  September 15, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: bass, bass effects, chorus, Effects, flanger, fx, Hendrix, modulation, octave, phaser, pitch shift

• Listen to Les, Part 1: The Gibson “Les Paul”

  August 24, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: amps, feedback, Gibson, Guitar, history, Instruments, jazz, Les Paul, rock, tone

• Triads and Chord Inversions On The Guitar

  August 18, 2011 by Thomas Evdokimoff

  Tags: Chords, Guitar, harmony, inversions, major, minor, tips, triads

• Learning to Recognize Intervals for Guitarists

  July 27, 2011 by Thomas Evdokimoff

  Tags: exercises, Guitar, harmony, Intervals, major, methods, minor, music theory, perfect fourths, thirds, tips

• Bass Tone Podcast 5: Bass FX, Part 1

  July 21, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: bass, bass effects, bass guitar, Bass Tone Podcast, compression, distortion, dynamic range compression, Effects, EQ, equalisation, fx, overdrive

• Bass Tone Podcast 4: Bass Amps

  July 7, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: amplifiers, amps, bass, bass guitar, Bass Tone Podcast, clipping, distortion, Guitar

• Bass Tone: Bass Effects, Part 1

  July 5, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: bass, compressor, distortion, dynamic range compression, Dynamics, Effects, EQ, fx, limiter, multiband, overdrive, treble

• Bass Tone: All Amped Up

  June 15, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: advice, amplification, amps, bass guitar, cabinet, distortion, drivers, electric bass, EQ, Guitar, power, speakers, tone

• Bass Tone: Fretless Electric

  June 1, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: bass, fretless, fretless electric, glissando, Jaco Pastorius, slides, techniques

• Bass Tone Podcast 3: Playing Techniques

  May 19, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: bass, bass guitar, Bass Tone Podcast, hammer-ons, pop, pull-offs, slap, slap and pop, slap bass, slides, slurs, tapping, technique, trills

• Bass Tone: Playing Techniques, Part 2

  May 17, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: bass, glissando, hammer-ons, legato, playing technique, pull-offs, slides, tapping, tone, trills

• Free MP3 Download: Note-Finding Practice Tracks

  May 12, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: bass guitar, circle of fifths, download, ear training download, free, Guitar, methods, MP3, tips, training

• Bass Tone: Playing Techniques, Part 1

  May 3, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: bass, fingerstyle, funk, percussion, plectrum, popping, slap, slap and pop, slap bass, technique

• Sounds Unusual? Learn Some ‘Strange’ Guitar Techniques

  April 20, 2011 by Matthew Abdallah

  Tags: body slapping, distortion, Effects, feedback, Guitar, guitar feedback, motorcycle, pick slide, practice, sound effects, unusual sounds

• Bass Tone Podcast 2: The Electric Bass and Tone Control

  April 15, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: bass, bass guitar, Bass Tone Podcast, download, electric bass, free, humbucker, Leo Fender, pickups, single-coil, strings, tone controls, treble

• Bass Tone: Playing with Precision

  April 13, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: active bass, bass, Fender, Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Precision Bass, humbucker, J Bass, Leo Fender, P Bass, pickups, tone controls, treble

• Bass Tone Podcast 1: Introduction and the Upright Bass

  March 25, 2011 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: active listening, arco, bass, Bass Tone Podcast, double bass, download, free, glissando, Instruments, introduction, pizzicato, podcast, Timbre, upright bass

• Bass Tone: The Upright Bass

  March 24, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: arco, bass, bluegrass, double bass, gliss, glissando, Leo Fender, pizz, pizzicato, rockabilly, slap, slap bass, string bass, upright bass

• New Series! Bass Tone teaches the sounds of the bass

  March 23, 2011 by Nick Long

  Tags: active listening, amps, bands, bass, bass guitar, bass lines, critical listening, Effects, introduction, Timbre, upright bass

• Jazz Guitar Giveaways – What makes that sound jazz?

  March 2, 2011 by Matthew Abdallah

  Tags: bebop, bebop scales, Chords, dominant, Dorian, genres, Guitar, Ionian, jazz, major, Mixolydian, Scales, seventh chords

• Get familiar with the Dorian Mode

  December 16, 2010 by Matthew Abdallah

  Tags: basslines, Dorian, Dorian Mode, Guitar, jazz, major, metal, minor, modes, pentatonic, Rhythm, rock, Scales

• Introduction to Guitar Tone

  November 17, 2010 by Matthew Abdallah

  Tags: 60Hz, acoustic guitar, Audio, distortion, electric guitar, EQ, fx, Guitar, humbucker, pickups, training

• Open Your Ears to Tuvan Throat Singing!

  September 3, 2010 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: active listening, drone, harmonics, mongolian, Open Your Ears, overtone singing, overtones, throat singing, Timbre, tuvan, vocal techniques

• Get familiar with the minor pentatonic scale

  August 18, 2010 by Matthew Abdallah

  Tags: consonance, dissonance, Guitar, harmony, improvising, minor, pentatonic, Scales, solos

• New Quiz! Percussion Frequencies

  June 29, 2010 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: cymbals, drums, Frequencies, Frequency Fundamentals, percussion, practice, quiz, training

• Play Rock Band 3… with a real Fender guitar!

  June 17, 2010 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: Chords, E3, Fender, games, Guitar, Harmonix, rock band, video games

• Rock Band II: The Ultimate Ear Training Hero

  June 15, 2010 by Sabrina Peña Young

  Tags: games, note, pitch, practice, Rhythm, rock band, singing, song, training, video games, vocal

• Broken Chords and Arpeggios

  June 10, 2010 by Matthew Abdallah

  Tags: arpeggios, broken chords, Chords, exercises, Guitar, ideas, music, riffs, training

• Percussion Frequencies Part 2 – Cymbals

  April 8, 2010 by Fotios Koulakos

  Tags: cymbals, drum kit, drums, frequency, Frequency Fundamentals, hi-hat, kick drum, percussion, Rhythm, training

• New! Drum Kit Quiz

  March 30, 2010 by Christopher Sutton

  Tags: Audio, drums, music, overview, quiz, test

• Percussion Frequencies Part 1 – Drums

  March 23, 2010 by Fotios Koulakos

  Tags: drums, Frequency Fundamentals, frequency training, harmonics, Keyboard, kick drum, snare drum, sounds, tom toms, training

• A Roll Around The Drum Kit

  March 9, 2010 by Nick Long

  Tags: Audio, background, cymbals, drums, Instruments, percussion