http://www.allegromusicworld.com Sharing Musical Knowledge With the World Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:02:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most every guitarist is constantly looking for that elusive 'perfect' tone. Great debates and occasional fistfights erupt over digital multi-effects units vs. analog stompboxes. What is the real truth? How can a guitarist get the perfect tone? Well, I can't answer those questions for you but I ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/10/12/guitarists-in-search-of-the-holy-grail-of-sound-part-1-guitars-and-amps/ To play a show in the park...or at a festival, a band normally needs to play about 1 hour. To play in a night club or other similar venue, a band needs 4-5 hours of material minimum. Most bands play 45 minute sets with 15-20 minute breaks in ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/08/29/4-booking-the-band/ We have recently changed the rules slightly on the site concerning comments. Previously, you had to be registered on the site to post a comment. Registration is free. We still would love to have you register, but it is no longer necessary to post a comment. Now, we ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/04/10/comments-encouraged-from-you/ The "wiggle" or vibrato in playing slide guitar is very important! The "wiggle" can make the difference between a sterile, almost out of tune note and a note that almost has a singing quality to it! The "wiggle" can be a very slight back and forth movement of the slide ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/04/05/importance-of-the-wiggle/ For many years, I just used standard tuning on my guitar when I played slide. E-A-D-G-B-E. I mainly used the slide to play the slide-lead guitar part of a song, playing chords during the rhythm parts with my other three fingers or just putting on the slide right before ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/04/04/tunings-for-slide/ How do you achieve success in the songwriting business? I can tell you how I did it. I know what you're thinking right now; "Mark Teeters? I never heard of you...you're not successful!". But I am, in fact, extremely successful. I'll tell you why and ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/03/22/writing-songs-for-success/ Okay, so you wanna play bass guitar and you want to play your favorite songs right away. Your first thought? Look it up on the internet or buy a book. That works fine if you can read music; however if it all looks like a bunch of squiggly figures and ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/03/10/reading-bass-tablature/ If you have written a song, you certainly want it to be copyrighted. There are many myths and legends surrounding copyrights and I'll try to debunk a few in this article. First of all, if you write a song by yourself and no one paid you in any ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/03/07/how-do-i-copyright-my-song/ Do you ever wonder where songs come from? Do they magically float through the air and the lucky, chosen ones grasp them and make them their own? Or are they delivered by the Song Fairy? Sometimes these answers are easier to believe than the actual truth. ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/03/03/seducing-the-muse/ Most songs are written in a certain key, such as C or Eb. This means that that the chords and melody notes will be drawn primarily from the scale of that chord. In other words, if a song is written in the key of E major, then the ... http://www.allegromusicworld.com/2006/02/24/knowing-the-scale-in-any-major-key/