Just about everyone loves listening to music, and if you ask most people, they will say they wish they could play an instrument. The word “wish” is key, people dream about playing music but never learn to do it for real. That’s a shame because learning an instrument can help you in many ways, not […]
Author: roadhousemusic
The history and origin of the guitar
The guitar is an old stringed plucked musical instrument. Nowadays, the guitar is one of the most common and popular musical instruments in the world.
Are virtual instruments and musical software solutions a threat to classical instruments?
Music is changing. That’s easy enough for anyone to recognize, most people over a certain age have noticed the rise of electronic music with mixed emotions. Even older musicians and fans can remember the rising popularity of electric music. The truth of the matter is that music has always been changing. If music didn’t then, […]
Russian seven-string guitar
Many musicians speak of 7-string guitars as instruments with special romance and mystery. In addition to Russian, they include the classical seven-stringed, where the additional string only extends the bass range, and the Brazilian string – a close fellow classical, different from it at the level of small design features.
ELECTRICAL VS ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
One of the most spirited debates among musicians is electric versus acoustic. For most of human history, acoustic instruments reigned supreme simply because they were the only option. But when electric instruments began to gain popularity in 1930 it was clear that thousands of years of dominance were now in peril.
Rock guitar
In this article we will talk about what a rock guitar is, its main features and varieties, as well as about the eternal question of choice.
Heavy music as a means of relaxation
Some ignorant fans of popular music, almost with foam at the mouth, are trying to prove that heavy music has a destructive effect on the human psyche. Based on personal hostility to the guys in black, and being at the same time an ordinary crowd, for whom popular music (and exclusively Russian), is the pinnacle […]
HOW IS MUSIC AFFECTING OUR MOOD
Music is one of the most fascinating things that humanity has created. It’s something that just about everyone gets on an instinctive level, but few can explain how it works exactly. In many ways, it is close to magic.
Children’s electric guitar
Children’s electric guitar is a very unusual and useful gift that you can give your child. Today on the market there are various options for guitars: from dummy toys to a real full-fledged tool for learning.
THE HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN
To modern music fans, the violin feels almost permanent. Just holding a violin in your hand gives you a feeling of connection with history, imagining the classical musicians who performed across the great concert halls of Europe hundreds of years ago. It might be difficult to imagine a world without the violin, but that world […]