You can start playing piano. A lot of people think playing the piano takes some magical talent or skill, and either you have it, or you don't. I have several years of teaching experience, and found out that most people can learn to play a musical instr...

The version of "Wild Thing" by the Troggs is an excellent first song for someone interested in starting to play the guitar. The song only has 3 chords, and they are usually some of the first chords a beginner guitar student would learn. The chords are A, D...

Classical music certainly has an influence on many aspects of society. This includes music, movies, poetry, commercials, and culture in general. Many artists, whether they play rock, pop, jazz, hip hop, or other types of music, implement various components of classica...

A chord can be described as having two or more notes that are played simultaneously to achieve a certain harmonic purpose. In a broken one, the notes are not played simultaneously. There are many different types of chords. The two most common are the major and minor ones. It is i...

Recently, in the hillside caves of southwestern Germany, archaeologists discovered the beginnings of music and art by early modern humans. These early musicians probably were not writing songs, but they were creating music by playing flutes made of b...

The excitement can be great when you get your first guitar. There can even be dreams of becoming a big star. Many beginner guitarists try to learn on instruments that are nothing short of unusable and unplayable. This is a big mistake, which can basically stop their abili...

Arpeggio is Italian and means "in the style of a harp". A harp is a beautiful sounding instrument. Imagine the notes on a harp being played one after the other. This is how it should sound. They are the notes of a chord being played independently, one after the other, in...

If you want to have fun and sound great playing the guitar or piano, this is for you. Did you ever wonder why some musical artists sound marvelous, and are much more popular than others? One main reason is the popular chord progression they are implementing in their music. Th...

Results from decades of failed economic policies are coming home to roost. You saw it in Greece. It is happening in Spain. Countries from around the world are in big economic trouble. It is time to position yourself to make big money in 2013.

Basically, it is the strategy of when to make buying or selling decisions of financial assets, including stocks. A trader or investor is attempting to predict future market price movements. The prediction could be based on technical analysis, fundamental analysis,...