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Learn Guitar Scales In 8 Easy Steps

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Learn Guitar Scales In 8 Easy Steps Learn guitar scales in 8 easy steps with this free National Guitar Academy guide. (If you enjoy this article you should check out our Master Guide: How To Play Lead Guitar.)     Learn Guitar Scales In 8 Easy Steps Learn guitar scales in 8 easy steps with this free National Guitar Academy guide. (If you enjoy this article you should check out our Master Guide :  How To Play Lead Guitar .) In this free guitar lesson we’ll cover 8 steps… Guitar scales decoded: A simple explanation, at last! Step 1: Understand the basics Step 2: The Major Scale Step 3: The Minor Scale Step 4: The Major Pentatonic Scale Step 5: The Minor Pentatonic Scale Step 6: The Blues Scale Step 7: Learn how to diagnose keys Step 8: Understand the huge importance of root notes (If you just want an easy scale to solo with scroll

5 Secrets To Make Your Voice Sound Better

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5 Secrets To Make Your Voice Sound Better  As one of the top vocal coaches in the world, I frequently hear: “What are your top vocal tips for singers?” Well, I could rattle off a long list, and yammer on for hours. (I’m a nerd’s nerd when it comes to vocals…) And I have a long list of favorite tricks up my sleeve from more than 20 years of coaching singers… But I love a challenge – so I pretended that I had only 5 minutes to tell you my top ones and so I wracked my brain to come up with the Top 5. One of the things I am constantly teaching my private clients is that the voice is an instrument inside your body and you have to learn how to use it to get the most out of it. It’s very “physical” on the foundational level. To have a strong voice and to have vocal consistency there are certain things you have to know and do. There are some really simple methods you can use, right now, to get a great sound out of your instrument. And most singers even professionals, unless
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Lyric Soprano: Voice Type Characteristics (5/25) A lyric soprano is liked for her warm and melodious voice. She is considered the queen of sopranos because she can sing long legato phrases with elegance and sustain top notes with ease. Due to her full voice and bright timber, she is usually casted as a young, innocent girl, and other such sympathetic characters. Just like all sopranos, a lyric soprano is expected to be able to sing anywhere between a C4 and a C6, though some time she might explore coloratura territory by embellishing her cadenzas with a D6. Lyric sopranos are usually excellent actresses and display deep emotion and passion in their singing. Due to this aptitude for dramatization, they are usually casted in roles of other soprano fachs and are considered Jacks of all trades. Even though they lack in flexibility, their beautiful and soothing sound tends to mesmerize the audiences. Though lyric soprano roles tend to be rather one-dimensional and static, there