Guitar Basics (Blind and Visually Impaired) - 16 Lessons

Step-by-step instructions for the blind or visually impaired will familiarize you with your guitar's anatomy, tuning, and more. Basic chords, scales, and strumming skills you need to begin playing simple songs from the TalkingTabs "One Dot" Play-It-Now Tune Collection. 16 lesson set on CD-Roms. This instructional set includes the following eight lessons: Lesson 1Getting To Know Your Guitar. This lesson introduces you to your guitar and its components. A thorough explanation of your entire instrument awaits you. Lesson 2The Right Hand. This lesson addresses the proper right hand position, the correct way to hold a pick, and begins your first picking exercies on all six strings. Welcome to making music. Lesson 3Tuning. This lesson is a comprehensive tuning lesson giving you the skills to be able to tune your own guitar so youll never be without a great sounding instrument. A real must. Lesson 4The Fretting Hand. This lesson introduces your left hand to the guitar. Youll now learn proper technique and how to fret notes with your left hand while you pick them with your right. Youll also learn to play your first song, Ode to Joy. Lesson 5The C Major Scale. This lesson teaches you the important C major scale thats used in many songs and melodies. Youll also learn your first riff from one of our Play-It-Now Tunes, My Girl. Hang on, its a doozy. Lesson 6Strumming and Rhythm Part 1. This lesson teaches you the proper way to strum multiple strings...

Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Matt Jones is no stranger to the music scene. With three studio albums and over 500 live gigs under his belt, this well versed artist is sure to knock the socks off of anyone who gives his poignant stories a listen. When thinking back on his first live performance, Jones recalls being about twelve years old and singing "Polly" by Nirvana. As a newbie to performing, he admits "I wore my most grunge-music-like outfit so that everyone would believe the song. I'm not sure if it worked, but as I recall, I didn't have anything thrown at me." While early influences stemmed from rock, his own music shows roots in pop and folk and his desire to write, record and perform it blossomed after that first show.

When asked which of the three his favorite album is, Jones states "I'm always a victim of the new, so my favorite album or song is always the one that I'm working on. I just released my album Passerby in January of 2008, and ended up being very happy with it because it's not a repeat of former works". The three songs from this album on Jones' MySpace page include the title track, "Passerby", "What I Wanted to Say" and "Something New". There are interesting musical additions on this album such as what sounds like ocean waves on the title track and more prominence placed on acoustic guitar. These songs have a particular appeal, in more of a pop vein than the other two albums, and it would not be a surprise to hear any of them becoming a big radio hit.

For two years after the release of Transitions, Jones toured and wrote to perfect his 2007 release of the EP The Segue. His ability to produce both a stripped down yet fuller sound is immediately evident in the song "Austin". With breaks in the piano, allowing his lyrical vulnerability to shine through, ("It's been a while since I said goodbye. And even longer since I had to try to let someone go I wished could stay."), Jones once again opens his listener to raw sentiment. His metaphorical examples are rich in visual emotionality; through them the listener feels the pain Jones pours into this powerful ballad. Jones may not have meant for the title of this album to be literal towards the third but it certainly bridges the gap on the journey to his most recent release.

MySpace Musical Discovery - Matt Jones From Albuquerque

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There are numerous other facets to music on the Internet and countless more to more to come as technology improves and people grow closer together.

As a teacher I am always furthering my education and training. I use the Internet as a source for enhancing my violin technique and knowledge and for sharing ideas with other musicians. If I can't find what I'm looking for I can post the query on a "bulletin board" for another musician to answer.
Recently I saw comments on such a site by a former symphony conductor of mine regarding Saint Saens' 3rd Symphony. I was surprised to "bump into" someone I know on a worldwide system with millions of users. Small world.

The year was 1801, the man was Ludwig van Beethoven and his concept was finally realized in 1995 with the public acceptance of the Internet.

The 'net has become the world's largest shopping centre with millions of dollars working through the system each day. I enjoy using the internet to research instruments, accessories and music books and keep up on what products are available for myself and my business.

Apparently other musicians felt the same way and used the Internet as a tool to overcome these and many other obstacles. Web sites, file transfer systems, message boards and music forums, software and other technologies improved communication between musicians, thus creating an advanced global music community.

As a violinist and violin teacher I know exactly how frustrated dear Ludwig felt. Before the Internet I too was frustrated with the limited learning resources available to my students and me. Sheet music and books were expensive, any obscure information was near impossible to unearth and researching meant hours probing through dusty outdated library books. Most difficult, however, was living in rural Canada with no connection to other violinists, big city music groups or current ideas floating around the global music scene.

Beethoven once said, "Music is the soil in that the spirit lives, thinks and invents." It's been over 200 years since dear Ludwig invented his "art warehouse" and musicians are finally reaping the benefits of such a music exchange.

For me the creation of the Internet has enhanced and improved the way I enjoy music. More importantly it has helped me feel like a part of a wonderfully vast music community: a community visualized by Beethoven himself.

A 31-year-old musician conceptualized an innovative concept that would change the music world forever. He said, "There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works and from which he could carry away whatever he needed."

To start I first used online encyclopedias for research projects and concert program notes, but soon learned to use other tools. I learned to use the web to locate song lyrics and quotations, such as the one by Beethoven. If the words or lyrics aren't in English I use an online tool that automatically translates them for me!

Using the one of many sheet music writing programs available on the Internet I can create a song, edit it to suit the player's skill level, add a harmony, include the lyrics and have it printed within 10 minutes. The best part, other than the cost, is the editability. I can make any changes to the music I want, such as changing the key, with ease. No more writing the music out by hand either.

One of my favourite things to do online is to download professional quality images of violins, musicians and composers for my newsletters and publications. Using such photos improves the projects I work on and is far cheaper than hiring a graphic artist. The search for good photos has been made easier with the invention of image searches, which scour millions of web pages and catalogue the images. During a recent image search I was completely stunned to find photos of myself playing violin!

Beethoven would have appreciated that.

Don't want to rip off the artists and break the law? For only $1 per tune you can legally download all the music you like from sites like "puretracks." As for sheet music, thousands of sites offer a similar pay-and-use system where you can download a wide range of titles.

**Rhiannon Schmitt (nee Nachbaur) is a professional violinist and music teacher who has enjoyed creative writing for years. She writes for two Canadian publications and Australia's "Music Teacher Magazine."

Can't find the sheet music you're looking for? Search for MIDI files (music reproduced digitally) then input them into a music notation application (computer program for writing music) that automatically turns it into sheet music.

A Musical Web: Beethoven's Internet-Like Concept Took 194 Years to Manifest Itself

Gone are the days of being convinced by a sales rep that his product is the best. I check musician's forums and read feedback on any of the products I am considering before I buy. I also shop and sell online using tools such as Ebay and a mutitude of E-commerce solutions. My business attracts buyers from around the world: a huge improvement on being limited to my local market.

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