Guzheng

Guzheng

Playing Drum

Playing Drum 

                                       So, learning drums is easier than what I have thought

Although I have been long working in an environment filled with music and talents, I have always 

busy working. When I notice that playing drums required the movements and coordination 

of hands and legs, I always hesitate and doubt my ability to do so even though I love drums.

Last month, I had finally built up my courage and taken out some spare time to learn how

 to play drum, only then that I realize that learning drums is easier than what I have ever thought.

Actually, it is alike with learning electronic organ, first with the right hand, then with the 

left hand and from right leg to the left leg. Lastly, with the combinations of hands and legs, 

hit the drums together while counting the beats in my heart.

As a result, it only takes 15 minutes to learn how to hit the first 8 key scale in a 30 minutes class.

                              

Distinguish between classical guitar and folk pop guitar

Distinguish between classical guitar and folk pop guitar

The easiest way to distinguish the differences between a classical guitar and a folk pop guitar is through observing the differences in their strings. However, people may ask, “If I install steel strings on a classical guitar, do I call it a folk pop guitar? Identically, if the folk pop guitar is installed with nylon strings, will it be called as a classical guitar?”This is a very interesting question.

Let’s put it this way. “The type of guitar”actually indicates “the combinations of the hardware”, including every parts of the guitars, such as the width of the fretboard, the type of strings used, the design of the body and others. Due to these combinations, the guitar produces its unique sound, allowing the user to compose the most suitable song with this unique sound. Moreover, the design of guitars are different and unique based on the usage of the guitars. For instance, classical guitars are mainly used for play, in which require the fingers to be moving frequently, hence, the fretboard is wider to prevent touching other strings when moving along the scale. Whereas for folk pop guitar, it is mainly used for playing and sing along, the focus is not only on the play but also to be used with singing, whereby the playing mostly acts as an accompaniment with certain main chords. Due to the changes in pressing the strings are not as frequent as classical guitar, the fretboard of a folk pop guitar is narrower to prevent tiredness of the fingers when pressing chords. Besides that, the neck of a folk pop guitar is normally longer than the neck of classical guitar. One of the reason for this is that the folk pop guitar is mainly used to sing along that everyone has different range in sound, the user will always use a capo to change key easily. Therefore, if the neck of folk pop guitar is short, the higher key the capo is fixed at, the lesser the guitar can be played, hence, it causes inconvenience during play. Therefore, different design of the guitars has different theory in it!

Let’s go back to the first question. The type of strings is the main factors that causes the differences between the sound of the guitars. If we change the classical guitar with steel strings, will the sound be more like a folk pop guitar? A lot of beginners might have this idea and thought that if the guitar is installed with steel strings, then it is a folk pop guitar. This is a wrong concept. The tension of six steel strings is a lot greater than the tension of six nylon strings. Classical guitar is designed to bear with the tension of nylon strings. If we install steel strings on the classical guitar, not only that the sound will not be alike as folk pop guitar, it will even cause deformation and damage to the guitar due to overly high tension of the strings. It is not a joke!

Comparison between Guitars

    Comparison between Guitars

Classical Guitar / Spanish	Acoustic Guitar / Western / Jumbo	Electric Guitar
Used nylon string	Used steel string	Used steel string
Softer touch during play	Harder touch during play	Softer touch during play
Softer tone compare to steel string	Louder tone compare to nylon string	Louder tone through the effect of Amp
Short resonance	Long resonance	Long resonance
Broad neck	Small neck	Small neck
Small body	Bigger body compare to classical guitar	Few types of body

Comparison between low end and high end for classical and acoustic guitar:-

LOW END	HIGH END
1.      Body top made from plywood 2.      Veneer-coated top 3.      No tuning function on the neck 4.      Separated pick up 5.      Plastic bridge 6.      Sound quality is slightly poor	1.      Body top made from selected hardwood 2.      Solid top 3.      Tuning function included on the neck 4.      Build – in pick up 5.      Bone / syntactic bridge 6. Good sound quality and high resonance