Pro Tip — Internal Volume: Always subtract wood thickness x2 from each external dimension before calculating internal volume. A 26 x 20 x 12 in cabinet with 3/4 in walls has internal dims of 24.5 x 18 ...

Tip – Lowest Fret Rule: Use the lowest possible capo fret for the easiest chord shapes. For example, to play in the key of F, you can use Capo 1 with E shapes (easier) or Capo 5 with C shapes. Both ...

Tip — DC Resistance vs Tone: DC resistance alone does not determine output level or tone. Two pickups with the same DC resistance but different magnet types and coil geometry will sound completely ...

Tip 1 — Condition Adjustment: Book value from depreciation formulas represents accounting value. Actual market value also depends on physical condition, brand, and demand. Use the condition multiplier ...

Bb Trumpet: Transposes a major 2nd above concert pitch. Written C sounds as concert Bb. Add 2 semitones to convert concert → written.

Center-to-center spacing is measured from the middle of one string to the middle of the next. Edge-to-edge spacing is the actual gap between string surfaces. For consistent feel, use center-to-center ...

Perhaps Stravinsky did steal the music of another composer for his composition but does this make him a great composer? We rightly consider WA Mozart to be a composer of immense creativity, ...

In a form that we would recognize in the 21 st Century, the orchestra as its come to be known in Western Classical music began in the Baroque Era. This early orchestra would have been common to the ...

In the early part of the classical period, the symphony was a relatively modest composition, usually comprising of four contrasting movements and for approximately 30 – 40 players. Each movement was ...

A dulcimer is a stringed folk instrument which basically comes in two different varieties: the hammered dulcimer – which has strings stretched over a sounding board with a trapezoidal shape, generally ...

Music is littered with vocabulary. Dictionaries of music list the numerous terms that you have the option to embed into your language if you wish. Many of these terms are Italian as that wonderful ...

We could say that most indie music is alternative, but not all are indie. Let’s unpack this statement. Many alternative rock bands in the 1980s signed with independent labels, but later moved to one ...