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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Free Online Guitar Lessons: Learn How To Play Guitar Online For Free

By Tom Wilson

Do you have a passion to play guitar but back off from this idea thinking that "Oh! How can I play guitar at this age? It's too late for me!" Well, you are mistaken; age barrier isn't a big deal when it comes to learning guitar. In fact, the craze continues after family life and retirement as well. Guitar is a portable musical instrument and without it there won't be any life in musical concerts. Since ages people have been opting for guitar learning sessions. In a nutshell, you can say that guitar lessons mean something more that simply playing the chords, or holding it in the right posture! However, with the advent of the internet, you can now opt for free online guitar lesson. How? Well, read on to know more...

One of the traditional yet effective methods can be done by the formal training done online. With 'formal' training you will be taught to read the notes and the chords. Moreover, with formal training you will have a classical approach. This particular approach is available on free online guitar lessons.

As compared with the self taught musicians, all the guitarist who are trained formally always have an edge because they are well knowledgeable about the music theory. All classical training aspiring guitarists teaches you about holding the guitar. The formal approach starts with the easy guitar lessons. The proper guidance and the strong personal commitment is necessary when someone want to get good guitar lessons with the help of such online guitar training module.

There are a couple of easy-to-do lessons from which you can make a selection if you are willing to play guitar online for free. By taking the help of such lessons you are sure to reap the benefits of your hard work soon. In general, the online electric guitar lesson related websites have abundant information about guitar fundamentals. You may have to devote nearly eight to nine weeks to complete the course.

These online guitar websites have a wide array of training packages from where you can get hold of the acoustic guitar lesson kits complete with DVDs and other guitar training material.

The course may be subdivided into long term as well as short term and you won't find any problem in going through the instructions included there. The instruction manuals are known for their lucid and simple languages. In fact, you can also motivate your kids to sign up for the kids online guitar lessons. To wrap up, with so many online resources at your doorstep, I don't think you need any professional training...just devote a couple of hours and become a prolific guitarist! - 18423

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Guitar Lesson News for 2010

By Elizabeth Gibson

News for 2010 in the world of guitar lessons for beginners - DVDs are becoming a popular choice (vs. online lessons). One of the most respected creators of learning materials, Legacy Learning Systems, has always provided their courses on DVDs and CDs. But now, one of their competitors, Jamorama, has released what they call their "Hard Copy" edition so that you no longer have to download their tutorials and learning materials.

Online lessons or downloads of videos for learning are here to stay, but with many people preferring to use their new wide-screen TVs to view their guitar course, the DVDs remain a popular and beneficial choice. Why would DVDs be better? For one, you don't have to view them from a computer, any DVD player will do. Also, you can view them on your television instead of your computer screen. This means you can set up a more comfortable spot to do your lessons (and possibly look forward to learning even more).

Another benefit with DVD lessons is that they allow you to take your lessons with you - you can go to a friend's house and, as long as they have a DVD player, you can view them there. Or you can take the jam along CDs to use whereever you have a CD player available.

Of course, there are several benefits with online lessons - they can be accessed immediately or viewed from any computer with the required capabilities. The better known downloadable courses are good for beginners (some even have free lessons to get you started). But it is great to know that there are more choices for DVDs in 2010 if you prefer having a course shipped to you on disks.

As a choice in DVD guitar lessons, much can be said about the value in the Learn and Master Guitar lessons course. Steve Krenz is the teacher and along with Legacy Learning Systems (producers of professional training materials) this team has won many awards. Though it's not the lowest priced course on the market, it is one of the most complete guitar learning programs available (with 20 DVDs and 5 Jam Along CDs, as well as a printed workbook and an online community to connect with other students and also with the teacher).

If you have ever looked at the Jamorama guitar lessons website in the past, you may have felt confused about what their course includes (I know I have). For 2010, they have redesigned it and changed their course offerings to 3 clearly distinguishable lesson plans. The Standard Edition is the one they have been offering since 2005. But now they have an improved Advanced Edition (all of the standard edition with an extra software bonus and more intense intermediate and advanced lessons for playing acoustic guitar, plus special lesson for playing lead guitar and electric guitar riffs). They all come with books, too. And the best new option they have is a DVD and CD option so that you no longer are required to get the lessons by downloading everything.

Either way you look at it, the money you will have to spend on guitar lessons is not nearly as costly as the blood, sweat and tears or the dedication and time you will spend learning. Your commitment is the real ingredients that you will need to invest so that you can learn to be a great guitar player. - 18423

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10 Extraordinarily Great Motion Pictures For Your Amusement Fun

By Penelope George

Find a wonderful movie and download it directly to your computer so you can watch it anytime you would like! The House of Yes - On a stormy day in 1983, a young gentleman brings his fiancee home to meet his bankrupt Washington, D.C, family, containing his wild twin sis, Jackie-O, whose fantasies in Jacqueline Kennedy have lengthened to the point of reinacting the JFK assassination-with live bullets. Well made black comedy, based on the stage production by Wendy MacLeod. Cast includes Parker Posey, Josh Harnilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Genevieve Bujold, and Rachael Leigh Cook.

Ronin - Several experts are brought together to retrieve a available suitcase. It seems the Russians want the suitcase, and ex KGB spies have it. Whatever is inside that case, it seems to carry a high price tag.

No Down Payment - Contemporary suburban soap opera of entangling complications of few young married couples. Cast includes Joanne Woodward, Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North, Tony Randall, Cameron Mitchell, Patricia Owens, Barbara Hurry, and Pat Hingle.

The Prestige - The setting is the early 1900's in London. Magicians are of high status in the entertainment business. Robert Angler and Alfred Borden, once partners on stage, are now in an intense battle to be the best magician in London. They will go to any means to outshine the other.

Repossessed - Here's a style spoof of The Exorcist, with Blair herself as a housewife acquired again by the identical demon she was purged of as a child. Too few gags, too frequent targets, and a inadequate ending make this film weak. Blair and Nielsen as the exorcist are good. Cast includes Linda Blair, Ned Beatty, Leslie Nielsen, Anthony Starke, Lana Schwab, and Thom Sharp.

The Bourne Ultimatum - In the third motion picture of the sequence, Jason Bourne is still being sought after by those who had educated him into the greatest assassin that he is. Having lost his memory when almost being murdered, Bourne is retracing his past to try to realize who he was, and why everyone wants him dead. All his skills are put to the test, as the C.I.A. is persistent in its effort to have him eliminated. Starring Matt Damon and Julia Stiles.

The Seniors - 4 college students open a counterfeit sex hospital, which mushrooms into a multi million dollar company. The movie is alternately stupid and sarcastic, with some harmless nudity thrown in. Cast includes Jeffrey Byron, Gary Imhof, Dennis Quaid, Lou Richards, PrisciIla Barnes, Alan Reed, Edward Andrews, Robert Emhardl, and Alan Hewitt.

Days of Wine and Roses - Modern Lost Weekend set in San Francisco, with Lemmon marrying Remick and lugging her into a state of alcoholism. Practical direction and abrasive writing join for phenomenal outcome. Cast includes Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman, Alan Hewitt, Tom Palmer, and Jack Albertson.

Adam's Apples - This movie is a peculiar dark comedy about two very dissimilar men who have a battle of wills. It is a newly developed religious zealot versus a hard core neo-Nazi criminal. The battle of good versus evil is on. The main stars are Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, and Paprika Steen. (German-Danish-comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen)

The Prince and the Showgirl - Relatively good but slow moving comedy of saucy American show gal Monroe being courted by Prince Regent of Carpathia (Olivier) throughout the 1911 coronation of George V. Filmed in England, with excellent performances by Monroe and Olivier. Cast includes Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Jeremy Spencer, and Richard Wattis. - 18423

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The Classic in Yamaha Classical Guitars

By Jarvis D. Burris

Guitars have the long-standing title of being one of the preferred of musical instruments in the world today. Name your musical genus, and a guitar is certain to join that category's ensemble.

Think of rock 'n roll, and guitars are sure to be part of your hypothetical mix. Think about blues, and more guitars would come into mind. Think about flamenco, think of jazz, think of county. Essentially all of these 3 genres would involve the employment of guitars. Think about alternative, think about heavy metal, or speed metal, or hardcore metal. Guitars would definitely still be there.

But think of classical music, and you'd probably think of an orchestra with violins, violas, trumpets and other musical instruments. This stereotype of classical music though, doesn't mean that guitars aren't musical instruments capable of playing classics, as there are such items known as classical guitars, specialized in playing classical music, as well as soft toned sounds. Classical guitars are basically a class of acoustic guitars which use nylon strings, and have wider necks, facilitating the plucking requirements in playing classical pieces on a classical guitar. Just like any acoustic guitar, classical guitars are built with a hollow body, usually made of wood, and have one sound hole in the middle. The other class of acoustic guitar, second to classical guitars, would be the steel stringed variety of acoustic guitars, which use steel strings and have narrower necks compared to that of a classical guitar's. The electric guitar, on the other hand, is an altogether different class of guitar, boasting solid bodies, and requiring an amplifier system for them to actually produce sounds. Certain classes of electric guitars, like the archtops, are made with hollow bodies, allowing for some sound resonance, but are completely different from acoustic guitars.

Yamaha, a leader in the production of quality musical instruments, as well as consumer electronics and motorcycles, are actually famous makers of Yamaha Classical Guitars. Yamaha Classical guitars bear with them the selfsame standard of excellence and quality boasted by all Yamaha products, musical instruments or not. Yamaha Classical guitars are among the most common of guitars used in classical guitar performances, as Yamaha Classical guitars simply stand out as classical guitars.

Yamaha Classical Guitars are made from the best of materials, outlining them as the megastar classical guitars Yamaha Classical Guitars are. Preferred by pros over other brands, Yamaha Classical Guitars are indeed the ideal instruments to bring classical music to life, guitar style. - 18423

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Wicked A New Musical

By Richie Stevenson

If you are looking for a nice musical to take your kids and whole family to, Wicked could just be the one that all of you could enjoy most. Wicked is a Broadway musical also being performed at the West End. In New York, it has gathered enough positive criticisms to get a Tony Award and prove its worth.

This musical is based on a novel written by Gregory Maguire entitled "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West". This best-selling literature is actually written in parallel to the classical story entitled "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum.

In the story, there are two witches, Elphaba, who will eventually become the wicked witch and Glinda, the supposedly good witch. These two witches became friends, although they have contrasting personalities and view points. Their friendship did suffer bumps and trials along the way of course. They do share one thing in common though - they both love the same guy.

The setting of the story happened before Dorothy arrived in Oz with the help of her ruby slippers. With that said, the audience could expect notable references, dialogues, and scenes in the equally popular "The Wizard of Oz" movie of 1939.

You need not see the story of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz to appreciate this show and its plot. But those who simply love the classical tale are very much invited to see who the wicked witch of Oz really is. While you may think that she's the person that made things miserable for the people at Emerald City, you might think differently about her after watching this entertaining Broadway show.

Before finding its way to New York, Wicked was first shown at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. It debuted in May 2003 before being presented in Broadway five months after. The force behind this musical is none other than Universal Pictures and is under the direction of Joe Mantello. Musical staging credits go to Wayne Cilento.

In the US, Wicked is being shown not only in New York but in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Chicago as well. It also has had a big opening in London, more particularly at the West End. A tour is also being held regularly, with the show already taken to Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio, among others.

The main characters of the story, aside from the two witches are The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Madame Morrible, Fiyero, Nessarose, Boq, and Doctor Dillamond. Each one of these characters features a distinct singing voice in the play that makes the musical more entertaining and lively. The most popular numbers of the musical are "No One Mourns the Wicked", "Dear Old Shiz", "As Long as You're Mine", and "For Good", among others.

Kids and adults would surely love this show simply because it is a very good one. The tale is rich and eventful, with the musical rendition quite memorable. Take your whole family to enjoy the performance. It is truly going to be a night of entertainment for all of you. - 18423

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