Instrument Tuning

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Instrument tuning involves adjusting the pitches of your instrument so it maintains its unique sound. For musicians, this used to be grueling task that was very time consuming. You had to have a very keen ear to know exactly what the instrument should sound like. Then work with it until that sound was found. Today tuning systems make the process much easier.

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Piano Tuning

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

The piano is a very complex instrument, complete with over 500 moving parts. This makes tuning it properly a very time consuming and difficult job. There are more than 250 stings inside a piano. Starting with a string in the middle of the piano, each string is tested and tuned as needed. It is recommended you have your piano tuned twice a year, regardless of how often it is used.

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Guitar Tuning

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

You may play guitar like the rock stars, but if your guitar is out of tune you’ll sound like more like fingernails on a black board. Tuning your guitar can be accomplished in a number of ways. It depends on what works best for you. To do it by ear without any assistance, start with string E. Once it is in tune, you will work a pattern from E,D,G, and then B. This is considered to be the hardest way to tune your guitar. It takes patience. You have to have a sharp ear that has learned the various tones as well as their relationship with each other. An easier method for tuning by ear can be found for free on the internet. It provides a sample that plays how each string should sound. You can then work to adjust each guitar string until the pitch matches the exact sound of the sample.

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Graffiti

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Graffiti is the act of defacing property that does not belong to you. It can be a wall, building, bridge, billboard, train car, or vehicle. Graffiti differs from vandalism. Both are the destruction of others property, but graffiti generally includes painting or defacing the object with words, pictures, or symbols. Often, graffiti includes gang signs and writings. The term graffiti comes from the Latin word, graphium, which means to write.

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Fine Art

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Fine art is considered to be art that is concerned with beauty. The term was adapted from the French term beaux arts in 1767. Schools, institutes, and other organizations use the term in reference to visual arts.

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Chinese Painting

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Chinese painting is a specific form of Chinese art and it is identified as the oldest form of artistic tradition in the world. The specifics of Chinese painting are passed down from one generation to the next so that the culture has continually remained affluent in this particular art form. For those of you not familiar with Chinese painting, it is very similar to the concept of calligraphy only it is applied to pictures and scenes rather than to words.

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How to Clean up Graffiti

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Graffiti artists often have a great time creating their work, but there is no fun in having to clean it up. For graffiti in the community, many have chosen to use non-violent criminals to clean it up or those assigned to community service. The graffiti is cleaned up using sandblasters, pressure washers, air compressors, new paint, and old fashioned scrubbing.

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Fine Art Print

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

What is a fine art print? Fine art print making is creating a master plate, known as the matrix. This is used to transfer the image onto paper. print making that has many subdivisions, each of which is an art in its own class. This includes etching and lithography.

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Oil Painting

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Oil painting can serve as a means for showing your creative side in regards to art. However, learning how to use them correctly takes some time to master. This is because the different properties in various oils and solvents used for oil painting. Sometimes the paints are used directly from the tube and other times they are mixed with the oils and the solvents.

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Tuning Tips

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Instrument tuning can be a reluctant chore for many musicians. However, it is a necessity to keep your instrument in good condition and creating the proper tones. A great sound can’t be accomplished unless the instrument is tuned properly. There are several tips to make the process go smoother. Always tune on string at a time. This will allow you to focus on the sound of that individual string. Pluck the instrument in a steady increment to allow the tone to remain fresh rather than go flat as the sound travels. If you let it go flat, you will not be happy with the results of your tuning.

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