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The ukulele has a close cousin in Brazil. It's called the cavaquinho: a small four-string instrument with steel strings and a bright, ringing voice. Both instruments come from the same…
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Long before it reached the concert hall, the tarantella was treated as medicine: people in southern Italy believed this fast dance could draw a spider’s venom out of the body.…
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Antonio Vivaldi wrote his Concerto in D for Lute for a Bohemian count during a journey north of the Alps, and its slow middle movement, the Largo, adapts beautifully to…
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Brahms' Lullaby is one of the most recognized melodies in the world. Parents have sung it to their babies for generations. In this post you'll learn the story behind the…
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Beethoven's Ode to Joy is one of the most celebrated musical themes in music history. You hear it in concert halls, in churches, and even at official ceremonies across Europe.…
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J.S. Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring has become one of the most popular pieces of Western classical music. It shows up at weddings, in holiday programs, and in film…
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Renaissance music, written between roughly 1400 and 1600, was built on modes (the major and minor keys of later centuries were still developing at this time). Its main texture was…
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Fingerstyle ukulele describes a particular technical approach to playing the ukulele. And essentially it's about playing with the fingers in the right (or picking) hand, but it's also more than…
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Mauro Giuliani wrote hundreds of short études for guitar. Le Papillon, Op. 50 is one of his best loved collections, and the thirteenth piece in that set is a compact,…
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If you've worked through our Fingerstyle Technique guide, you might be asking, "Now how do I actually learn this stuff?" It's a different question than "How do I move my…
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