This blog post was originally supposed to be about my love for the guitar and music that it's in. To help show this I was going to pull out my own acoustic guitar from its case after almost 3 years of not using it and use it in this post. The second I strummed it to hear if it needed to be tuned, the second E string came off. This is to be expected, due to the guitar being in a case for so long. This does teach me a valuable lesson about guitars and other stringed instruments. This lesson being that they need to be tuned regularly, and strings grow weak over time. 
The book I chose for this blog is The Guitar Book by Charlotte Greig and Nick Powlesland. The book is mainly about learning how to play the guitar like the greats. The greats being artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Slash, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and more. In the book, it is repeatedly stated how important the strings are to create quality sound. The book states, "The key to mastering your guitar is to combine good technique with a secure knowledge of individual notes and chords." (Greig Powlesland 8). This excerpt from the book describes the how the notes and chords on a guitar are the tools used to become skillful at the guitar. On a guitar, there are normally six strings reaching across the neck of the guitar. These strings all have a unique, individual sound when they're plucked or strummed. These strings are represented by letters. The first string, sometimes called the bass string, is E. This is the string with the lowest sound. Next is the A string, the D string, the G string, the B string, and then finally the string with the highest sound, the second E string. This is the string that came off on my acoustic guitar. The notes get higher and higher as you strum down on the strings.
Hopefully by my next post I will have my strings fixed and tuned.
What is your favorite instrument and song?
Greig, Charlotte, and Nick Powlesland. The Guitar Book: The Ultimate Guide to Playing like the Greats: Blues, Rock, Pop, Folk, Jazz. London: Amber, 2010. Print.
This really made me realize that I need to take out and play with my guitar more often to make sure my strings don't get brittle! I neglect to regularly tune my guitar as well, so it's good to know that it's important to take care of that often :)
ReplyDeleteI need to start playing multiple instruments again rather than just let them collect dust in the corner of my room.
DeleteGosh, I probably need to get my guitar out too. That thing probably hasn't been used in about 3 years, just like yours. I'm sure it needs restringing. Thanks for the reminder! But, to answer your question, my favorite instrument to play is the piano, and my favorite song to play on it at the moment is "Beautiful Things" by Gungor.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite song to play on my bass is Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. It's a simple bass line, but I like it a lot.
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ReplyDeletePersonally my favorite instrument is the guitar and I think that it is beautiful in all of its ways, this post is helpful in getting people to understand that you must take care of your instrument because they are not indestructible and if you do not take care of them they cannot reach full potential.
ReplyDeleteMy personal favorite instrument is actually the drums, but I'm sure that, like almost every single other instrument, it requires careful tuning as well.
DeleteMy favorite instrument to play is my violin. Sadly all we ever play/learn are classical pieces. My favorite song to play is either perpetual motion by K. Bohm or the themes of so many movies. In group we are learning parts from Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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