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The article provides information on the guitar picking pattern by Merle Travis.

The article offers information on the electric guitar Fender Telecaster or known as Tele from Fender, the lessons for its functions, its production which began in 1950 and its being an ideal country lead guitar.

The article offers historical background on the origin of blues guitar and blues music genre.

The article reports on the guitar style called chord melody which requires challenging approaches.

The article features tips and lessons for guitarists on playing Texas Swing or Western swing. INSET: THE TOP TEN WESTERN..

The article offers instructions for learning the fingerstyle guitar blues.

Features Zakk Wylde, guitarist for the music group Ozzy Osbourne.

The article provides information on teaching a classroom guitar. Steven Eckels, a music teacher at Flathead High School, states that hearing the instruments all playing together will be the biggest challenge in a group class. He adds that students should practice on synchronized strumming first with the strings muted. Furthermore, he said that after synchronization, the students can then learn the actual right-hand movements. Other information related to teaching guitar are also mentioned.

The article offers information on the recipients of the Hall of Fame award from the journal "Electronic Musician." It says that MIDI connector is recognized by the journal as the Trailblazing Technology while Robert A. Moog, one of the most influential engineers in electronic music, is considered the Immortal Inventor of the industry. It mentions that Alesis ADAT digital recorder from Alesis LLC is given the Recording Revolution recognition.

The article evaluates the Octa-Capture High-Speed USB Interface from Roland US.

The article evaluates several electronic reverberation technologies including 2C Audio Aether 1.5.1 from 2C Audio, Overloud Breverb 1.5.12 from Overloud, and Virsyn Reflect 2.0.1 from Virsyn.

The article evaluates the StompIO tanklike controller from IK Multimedia.

The article evaluates several headphones including K 240 Mk II from AKG, ATH-H50 from Audio-Technica, and SR225 from Grado Labs.

The article offers tips on how to make an eco-friendly and cost-efficient sound studio. The author advises recordists to recycle compact discs (CDs) and DVDs instead of throwing them. He also suggests that recordists use low-capacity, write-once kind to create audio discs that will play in regular CD players. He also stresses the need to reduce the studio's energy consumption. INSET: Watts Up.

Evaluates PodXT, a guitar direct box manufactured by Line 6. Distinct features; Usability; Specifications. INSET: A SHORTBOARD THAT'S LONG ON FEATURES.

The article evaluates Eleven Rack, a sound guitar-processing plug-in, from Avid.

The article focuses on the methods of music educator Kirk Kassner in teaching students on how to develop a good sense of relative pitch in the U.S. Kassner's approach includes exploring pitch sirens and singing the string which could help students used to the idea of moving up and down with their voices. He also used Solfége hand signs which can also help students master difficult music especially passages with harmony parts.

The article presents music teacher Glen McCarthy's views on teaching guitar to older music students. According to McCarthy, older students are more sophisticated in their listening habits and as such, he has to update his repertoire from traditional children's songs and folk songs. McCarthy suggests ensuring that older students are getting out of the class what they are expecting.

The article offers information on the usage of buzzing in music education. Buzzing involves sounding notes using just the mouthpiece or the bare lips. Buzzing is stated to be helpful in tackling a difficult piece of music and solving problems other than playing the right pitches in rhythm. Music teacher James Sheeley advocate buzzing as part of a warm-up.

The article offers suggestions by pianist and composer Herb Rothgarber on using both the hands skillfully while playing piano. Rothgarber considers the degree of independence in using hands to be based on each child's level and ability. He suggests that students begin with some off-instrument activities, such as awareness games and movement games involving the arms and hands, individually and in combination. He advises students to have the hands play together followed by contrary motion.

The article offers suggestions for the maintenance of a mouthpiece. It states that music teachers who are unfamiliar with woodwinds can still tackle a mouthpiece by following certain procedures. Artist relations/product specialist Rory Mazzela suggests looking for any visible damage and noticing the mouthpiece, reed and ligature setup. It mentions ways to replace a damaged reed and assemble the mouthpiece. It cites placing a cap on the mouthpiece as an important part of maintenance procedure.

The article focuses on playing the low brass. Thomas Bough, assistant professor and director of athletic bands at Northern Illinois University, states that poor tone quality of brass is a result of a band director who is not committing time to develop the low brass. He adds that identifying the issue and giving a priority to low brass during rehearsals could improve the tone quality of a brass. Other information related to the brass are also mentioned.

The article discusses key elements of teaching perfect postures for student pianist. Eric Sutz, a Chicago-area piano teacher and performer describes some factors that contribute to posture problems among pianist, and how to correct such problems through exercises. He cites that once the student has tension, the posture is affected, and its needs to be addressed by the piano teacher.

The article focuses on the fundamentals of flute choir music, along with its arrangements. Pamela Youngblood, associate professor of music at Texas Woman's University in Denton, describes the benefits of a flute choir among students. She also cites some techniques in a flute choir arrangement that are easy to adopt by music teachers.

Features guitarist Shawn Lane and his music recording 'Good People in Times of Evil.'

The article focuses on the importance of chord concepts on teaching music to younger students. According to the author, what teachers often do not learn is to expose their students to chords earlier so that melody does not have such an unfair headstart. Beth Ann Miller who taught music for 39 years in Illinois, Alaska and Maine says that students are ready to grasp the concept of chords when they are alluded to the other stuff they hear in listening selections.

The article presents suggestions for teaching musical rhythm to young children. Supplementation of longer rhythms with independent hand gestures are suggested to get children involved in a whole-body experience. Music teacher Nancy Parent suggests associating musical rhythms to fun symbols when children exhibit trouble identifying the symbols.

The article offers information on the connection between classroom reading and musical learning. According to writer Dee Hansen, both musical learning and classroom reading include decoding that involves the breaking of the visual code of symbols into sounds. Like classroom reading, musical learning also involves phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, sight identification, orthographic awareness, cueing systems awareness and fluency.

The article focuses on teaching multicultural music. According to the author, a proper teaching method is important in teaching of multicultural music. Furthermore, Marvelene C. Moore, professor of music at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, states that multicultural music should be taught according to its particular culture. She adds that attending workshops are best way for new teachers to learn on the teaching of multicultural music.

The article focuses on the use of jazz in teaching improvisation. Jeremy Polk, a Yamaha performing artist and lecturer in music education, describes the advantages that jazz has in music education. Polk also stresses that the major advantage of jazz as a teaching tool for music improvisation is its interactivity.

The article describes the guitar playing style of Mississippi-born Muddy Waters, considered leader of Chicago, Illinois' South Side electric blues movement and one of the 26 guitarists chosen by "Guitar Player" magazine for its Guitar Heroes feature.

The article describes the guitar playing style of Merle Haggard's right-hand guitar player Roy Nichols, one of the 26 guitarists chosen by "Guitar Player" magazine for its Guitar Heroes feature.

The article describes the guitar playing style of British country music player and Heads, Hands & Feet bandleader Albert Lee, one of the 26 guitarists chosen by "Guitar Player" magazine for its Guitar Heroes feature.

The article describes the guitar playing style of electric guitar specialist Duane Eddy, recipient of the "Guitar Player" magazine's Legend Award in 2004 and one of the 26 guitarists chosen by for its Guitar Heroes feature.

The article describes the guitar playing style of Chicago, Illinois-based blues player Elmore James, one of the 26 guitarists chosen by "Guitar Player" magazine for its Guitar Heroes feature.

The article describes how authentic-sounding Western swing rhythm emanates from the strumming hands.

Provides information on how guitarist Sammy Sanchez sets up his 1968 Gibson ES-335 electric guitar when performing.

The article evaluates the Garritan Instant Orchestra music library from Garritan Libraries.

The article reviews the notation software Progression from Notion Music.

The article evaluates the Loudbox Mini Acoustic Amp from Fishman Transducers Inc.

The article evaluates the stompbox PitchFactor Harmonizer from Eventide.

The article evaluates the music developing device called Time Factor from Eventide.

The article evaluates several electronic products including Padshop Pro synthesizer from Steinberg GmbH, AT-200 guitar from Peavey Electronic Corp. and LCT 940 microphone from Lewitt Audio.

The article offers brief information on several products related to music which become part of the 2012 Editor's Choice Awards by the periodical "Electronic Musician," including the Korg Kronos keyboard from Korg Inc., the PreSonus StudioLive series of music mixers from PreSonus Audio Electronics Inc., and the FXpansion Geist electronic drum plug-ins from FXpansion Audio UK Ltd.