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Music Lessons Newmarket / Play Blues With A Big Thumb

Music Lessons Newmarket / Play Blues With A Big Thumb

 

Some of my old records are from the first blues guitar players.  I found these players to have a very distinct blues sound.  That sound came from the way they used their thumb when playing the low bass strings on the guitar

The early blues guitar players used their thumb to play the low 6th bass string.  It is called a pedal tone, drown tone, or monotonic.  Lots of the old blues songs I listen to sound simple in the bass string parts.  The thud of that low string pushed the songs rhythm, moving it right along. 

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Buy A Casio Electronic Keyboard For A Breathtaking Musical Experience

Casio Electronic Keyboards are one of the best sellers on the market because of their cutting edge features and portability powered by enhanced performance and their line up includes the mini grand piano series and portable electronic keyboards. In fact, the makers recently launched 3 new portable keyboards and added them to the existing best selling lineup.

These keyboards are fun to use, easy and user friendly as well as lightweight and compact and feature full sized keyboards with 61 keys and they are also endowed with functions and features in multitudes, which are more or less exclusive to Casio. Among Casio Electronic Keyboard lineup range, you can choose from CTK 491, CTK 591 and CTK 691. The CTK 691 is a powerhouse performer with MIDI compatibility and with it; your own studio can be created. The high end features that it offers at this price will make your eyes pop out in disbelief.

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