Belize Music Festival

The guitar is an instrument that comes in many types. Each major category requires a different style of guitar playing. The broad categories are nylon string classical, the steel string acoustic guitar and the electric guitar. Each uses the same standard tuning and all the different types of music can be played on any one of them but each is designed to play a particular style of music. Lets look at the different types and the style of music each is designed to play.The first is the nylon string classical guitar. It is the closest to the original type of guitar used throughout history. The type of music it is designed to play is of course classical guitar music. It is also used by some folk and country players. It has a full body and nylon strings. There are twelve frets to the body and eighteen frets overall. The neck is wider then the other types of guitars. It has a round sound hole and the bridge is glued to the body of the guitar. A variation is the flamenco guitar. It looks similar but has some differences. A classical guitar is designed to have more sustain while a flamenco ... [more..]

Rock music is a well accepted form of music, which is a combination of drums, guitars and bass. This music uses keyboard instruments like piano, synthesisers, organ, etc. There is a band of musicians who focus only on rock music and they are called rock band. Rock music is becoming increasingly popular throughout the world. Hard rock is specially liked by the western youth.Today, people are crazy about music. They want to listen their favourite music whenever they have leisure time. Music is created to give you pleasure. The fascinating world of music lets you enjoy music in one form or other. There are various types of music these days: pop music, folk music, jazz music and rock music. All these type of music are enjoyable to hear. The songs take you through different emotions. Rock music is loud and fast than anything you've heard before.In 1960, British and American rock bands became popular. Bands like Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Queen, Black Sabbath, etc. are some of the famous bands. In 1980,the genre that was quite popular was glam metal. The various artists like Twisted Sister, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Queen, Kiss, Sweet and the New York Dolls were ... [more..]

The mandolin is a stringed instrument that looks a lot like a teardrop-shaped guitar. Like the guitar, it is strummed or plucked with a pick in order to play the instrument, and the strings are placed over a bridge to let them vibrate freely. A member of the lute family, the mandolin was developed from the mandore which was tuned to a higher pitch than the mandolin. It was originally an acoustic instrument, though it can be electric these days as well and while the basic shape of the mandolin is oval, there are mandolins that have unique shapes for those who prefer to play something that looks a little different.Modern mandolins have eight strings, which are divided into four pairs referred to as four courses and are played with plucks, though the mandolins in the past were played with the fingers. The instrument has also changed over time. In the past, they had three courses, while today there are a number of variations.The common ones will have the eight strings, but others will have six strings, 12 strings or 16 strings. Even though there are electric mandolins, most are acoustic because the warm, natural sound is often preferred. Like ... [more..]