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Where all of the traditional Irish music in Ireland began is vague, as the music was passed down from one generation to another orally. Some say that there were thousands upon thousands of ballads and Irish songs even before they were actually written down on paper. Most Irish songs and ...

Ancient civilizations believed that music had great power of healing. The Ancient Indian sages who created both Hindustani and Carnatic music based on Ragas, believed that each Raga had unique powers of healing, depending on the nature of illness of the listener. But whether you believe in the healing power ...

You hear a song you like. You can pick out the melody line using your right hand. You don't know what chords to play on the right hand. Usually, if you know it, you'll know the whole sequence of chords to play. If you don't know, you'll be picking the chords by trial-and-error, ...

You've seen the ads that tout "Research shows kids math scores rise when they play piano." There's always a children's piano method for sale at the other end of that sentence. I should know, because I'm one of the guys who created a piano method for kids and owns one of those ...

For the beginning guitarist, the wide variety of effects devices available can be very intimidating. There's also no shortage of opinions amongst guitarists about which pedals are "must have" and which brands are best. This brief article is by no means mean to be the final word on the subject; ...