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    Like urban music in the United States‚ bachata began as music for poor and dispossessed. Originating in the Dominican Republic‚ it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans. Derived from the Latin American tradition of guitar music‚ bachata emerged in the 1960s only to be denigrated by the media‚ mainstream musicians‚ and middle- and upper-class Dominicans‚ mainly because the lyrics often about hard drinking‚ women troubles‚ illicit sex‚ and male bravado were considered

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      | None of the above | 4.  Which of the following statements about Electric Guitars is not true?   | Electric Guitars utilize Faraday’s Law. |   | Electric Guitars utilize Lenz’s Law. - wrong |   | The pickup coils in an Electric Guitar are inductors. |   | Jimi Hendrix used an electric guitar when he recorded the album Electric Lady Land released in 1968. |   | The pickup coils used in an Electric Guitar store current. | 5.  If the current through a solenoid is increasing‚ there

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    The commonly used instruments are Piano‚ guitar‚ harmonica‚electric bass. Especially harmonica‚ Harmonica is widely used in blues music began with 19th century. At that time the United States has a lot of local street entertainers perform music‚ they are commonly used instruments banjo‚ drums‚ and called "pan quill pipes" of playing Musical Instruments. Due to the guitar and harmonica performance is better than the traditional instruments and more suitable

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    care for the instruments are what motivate most the employees at Washburn Guitars. They have a tremendous value for music that their reward is to see a guitar finished. “Since our beginning in 1883‚ Washburn continues to build upon our foundation of high quality craftsmanship down to the very last detail. Our acoustics embody thoughtful details like easy playability‚ touch sensitive feel‚ and inspiring tone in every guitar.” (Washburn History) Most of the employees have a passion so great for the

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    Joan Sebastian‚ a Mexican singer‚ has been an influential figure in the music world with his passionate ranchera songs. His CD‚ Joan Sebastian con Mariachi‚ features various songs that deal with the theme of lost and unrequited love. In Peter Manuel’s Popular Music of the Non-Western World‚ he observes that a large number of Mexican music originates from other countries when he says‚ “the vast majority of the popular music produced in Mexico has been and continues to be based on imported styles”

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    believe that you are able to do something‚ then you are likely to succeed‚ whereas if you believe that you cannot do something‚ then you are more likely to fail. One self-fulfilling prophecy is when I was fifteen years old. I had always wanted to play guitar and had finally received one that year. I didn’t have

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    more styles can emerge from the blues. The guitar is perhaps the instrument most often associated with the blues‚ and‚ over time‚ performers have developed their own individual sounds and techniques‚ some of which passed into general currency. One of the most common and recognizable techniques in the blues is that of “bending” the pitch. Bending is a technique that guitarists use to make a note temporarily higher in pitch by pulling or pushing on the guitar string while a note is sounding. (This type

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    My sister Vanessa Maria Cochran was born October 4th‚ 1963 at Parkersburg WV. She was the youngest of four siblings‚ Mercatrena being the oldest‚ Marshall and then myself‚ Derek. I was only two and really do not remember what it was like the day mom and dad brought her home from the hospital‚ but I do remember what it was like growing up with her. I remember picking on her and her yelling “Mom‚ Derek’s picking on me!” Now it wasn’t always me who did the picking‚ she enjoyed giving it back too. But

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    "Jeff" Buckley (November 17‚ 1966 – May 29‚ 1997)‚ raised as Scott "Scottie" Moorhead‚ was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist‚ he was born in Orange‚California in the United States of America. He began playing guitar at the age of five after discovering an acoustic guitar in his grandmother’s closet‚ Buckley was brought up around music and his mother was a classically trained pianist and cellist. He attended Loara High School‚ and played in the school’s jazz band. During this time‚ he

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    open G tuning with the guitar tuned up to the key of B. This enables Johnson’s use of a slide‚ which features as prominently in the song as the vocal the slide shares purpose more as a second "answer" vocal than addition‚ with the pressure of emphasizing the dark confusion in the lyrics. For example of you listen to the track “Cross Road Blues” from 0:44 Notice the “call-and-response” between the vocals and the guitar; each line of lyric is tracked by an “answer” from the guitar (Both are Johnson).

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