http://moklessgirgismusic.com Mokless Girgis blog about Music, techniques and music learning Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:15:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Hyden Sanford So, you want to learn how to play electric guitar? If you succeed, this will certainly be one of the most rewarding endeavors you can engage in and will stay with you for the rest of your life. Here I am going to give three key points that ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/learn-how-to-play-electric-guitar/ Mokless Girgis has written, sung, and produced many albums in French and Arabic. He is now excited to be writing and singing in English. The manner of his music is definitely unusual, combining the sounds of modern pop and soft Mediterranean sounds. His music is ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/about-mokless-girgis/ Author: Peter Edvinsson What can you do to make it easy for yourself to practice on your guitar? In order to continue to learn to play guitar and not give up you have to create an atmosphere of joy and fun around this activity. Let's see what you can do to ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/guitar-lesson-help-yourself-to-practice/ Author: Bill Kernodle If you are new to the piano and want to get the most out of your experience, please read the following suggestions. Find a Good Teacher One of the most obvious, but often overlooked aspects of learning the piano, or any new instrument is to find a good teacher. You ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/four-steps-to-learn-piano/ Author: Kirk Downing Playing Guitar - How Easy Is It? There is more to playing guitar than just learning the basic chords and strumming along to your favorite tune. If you have the talent, determination, and ability, you can make playing guitar a very profitable career option. However, that path can accommodate ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/guitar-basics-tuning-and-playing-a-guitar/ Author: Brian Murphy Guitar Synthesizers have been around for years. I remember seeing a picture of Pete Townsend of The Who back in the early/mid-seventies with an ARP. Since then it has come a long way and still needs tweaking but it is usable. The technology is there. Use it. If you do ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/guitar-players-why-not-guitar-synth/ Author: Carlos Semilla Here are some pointers to help you on your journey in learning to play the piano: 1. Take some lessons with a good classical teacher. 2. Use the Hanon exercises (especially the scales and arpeggios) to gain finger dexterity and to know the correct piano fingering of the scales and ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/piano-tips/ Author: Edward Weiss Many piano students spend much time learning how to play the piano. Years upon years of study time devoted to perfecting technique, tone, dynamics, etc. All the while, many of these same students have never really played the piano. That is, they have spent their time practicing in preparation ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/learning-the-piano-and-playing-the-piano/ Author: Josh Scalf If you do not know how to read musical notation, but lets say you want to learn how to jam the new Fall Out Boys song on your guitar. You will first need to learn how to read guitar tablature. Don't worry though, because learning guitar tabs is ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/how-to-read-guitar-tablature-basics-to-reading-guitar-tabs/ Author: Mike Hayes The first instrument was probably nothing more than a bow in the hands of a prehistoric hunter. One day, some nameless innovator attached a hollow gourd to the shaft of a bow. By hugging the gourd to his chest and bending the shaft back and forth with one ... http://moklessgirgismusic.com/the-history-and-background-of-the-guitar/