Appleseeds articles from January 2000

Appleseeds archives from January 2000

Guitars for All Kinds of Music.
January 1, 2000... What's your favorite kind of music? Chances are, guitars play it! Next time you are listening to music, see if you can hear the part played by a guitar. This little guy is working hard as he plays a country and western song. Country and...

From Frying Pan to Flying V.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Story of the Electric Guitar When electric guitars were new, many people thought that the instrument wouldn't be around for long. Today, electric guitars are everywhere, from concert halls to marching bands. What happened? Before...

Les Paul, Electric Guitar Wizard.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Who invented the electric guitar? No one can say for sure, but the electric guitar would not be what it is today without Les Paul, who was born in 1915. As a teenager performing under the name Red Hot Red, Paul played the harmonica and the...

Getting Around a Guitar.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... You have a head, a neck, and a body, and so does a guitar. But do you have a bridge or tuning pegs? A classical guitar is held with the guitar's body resting on the musician's knee. The guitarist plucks the strings with the fingers of the...

Be a Luthier Make Your Own Guitar.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A luthier is a guitar maker. Want to be a luthier? Just follow these directions! You'll need: * an empty half-gallon milk or juice carton * a wooden yardstick * six small metal screw eyes * a roll of fishing line or...

Noah's Story.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... I have been playing guitar for about eight years, and I would like to share my story with you. I began playing when I was 6 years old and got a tiny nylon-string guitar for my birthday. My dad is a very good guitarist, and he started...

CLASSICAL GUITARIST, SHARON ISBIN.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... As a young child, Sharon Isbin often spent her days setting up experiments. She wanted to be a rocket scientist. But at age 9, Sharon traveled to Italy, where she picked up her first guitar. Immediately, she knew that the classical guitar was...

Give the Guitar a "Hand".(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In flamenco music from Spain, the guitar plays along with the dancers, and palmas plays along with the guitar. (Palmas means "handclapping" in Spanish.) Try to clap these groups of three. Clap the large number more loudly. 123 123 123...

Woody's Music.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... How many times have you sung, "This Land Is Your Land"? As you may know, it was written by Woody Guthrie, a champion of the guitar. Woody was born in 1912 in a gritty, small town called Okemah, Oklahoma. His parents named him Woodrow Wilson...

Instruments Old and New to Pick of Strum.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Spain One of the ancestors of the modern classical guitar is the vihuela. A year's supply of strings for the vihuela cost as much as an admiral earned in a year. Portugal Do you play, or eat, the rajao? West Africa The banjo was...

ALOHA Cousins.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Say aloha to the guitar's cousins, the ukelele (yoo-kuh-LAY-lee) and the Hawaiian guitar. The ukelele looks like a baby guitar. It has only four strings. In the 1800s, Portuguese sailors probably brought a little guitar with them to the...

Branching Out.(books)(Brief Article)(Review)
January 1, 2000... So, are you interested in learning to play the guitar? Here are two books that can help you begin. Learn to Play Electric Guitar (Learn to Play Series) shows you how to play the instrument, with general information about music. Here you can...