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Playing lead guitar is no child’s play. In order to become lead guitarist there are five main things which you need to master

• Technique: It is necessary that you learn the right technique to play the guitar.
• Discipline: A lead guitarist is very disciplined. He practices daily for hours. It is only after several thousands of hours of practice can a guitarist play well
• Body Language: Along with technique and discipline, person needs to have a right body language in order to make a name for himself as a lead guitarist
• A music band doesn’t comprise of a single lead guitarist. As a lead guitarist it becomes your responsibility to take care of your backup musicians. Leadership skills are thus required for lead guitarist
• Knowing Correct hand positions and learning positions are also essential to become a great lead guitarist

You are enthusiastic about music and so you enroll yourself for music lessons. But that isn’t enough. To get the most out of your music lessons, it is necessary that you follow the below mentioned points

• Master each section and then move to next section. Don’t jump at the chance to learn a bit of each section. You will end up being jack of all but master of none, if you follow this technique. Instead its always better to master each lesson and then move to new section.
• Best way to learn music effectively is to practice it daily. Just like you do your homework seriously, you have to be serious about practicing music lessons
• And perhaps the best advise that one can give, is to apply the lessons which you learn. The more you practice your music lessons, more better you would be at it.

A base guitar is an electric string instrument that is similar with a guitar but only has four strings. These strings are the lowest 4 strings of a basic guitar. It is played by plucking, strumming or slapping the strings with a pick or with your fingers.

There are different kinds of bass guitars. Here’s a list:

• Solid body - these are made with wood that resembles the look of a guitar. There is no open chamber and the magnetic sensors on its strings are the ones responsible for producing sound. It has a flexible tone and can play all types of music.
• Hollow-body - this instrument has a chamber where sounds resonate. They have the same f-shape sound holes similar to a violin. The sound from a hollow body guitar comes out full, dark and with less treble. One disadvantage of using this type of bass guitar is that it tends to produce feedbacks on higher volumes.
• Semi-hollow- this is more tolerable to feedbacks because of its hollow sides and solid center. They are often used to play R&B music.
• Acoustic- this is much similar with an acoustic guitar. It is also often referred to as flat top. It used to play acoustic music and can be used even without an electric amplifier.
• Short scale- the scale of this bass instrument is rather short. It only measures about 30 inches, which is much smaller than the standard bass neck length of 34 inches. Because the strings are shorter, the tension of the strings goes lower and thus, making it easier to use. But because of the lower tension strings, there is less resonance and it can’t deliver a full tone.
• Neck through- these are made with solid and large wood. With such a make up, it produces greater resonance. It can give a full tonal range that is best for a variety of music.
• Fretless- this one is a regular bass guitar without the frets. I can create a fluid sound but is best used by professional musicians.
• Five string and six string- a five string bass guitar has an extra low note string. A six string bass has two extra strings, one low note and a higher note.

Japanese musical instruments can be categorized in various ranges of string, percussion and wind instruments.

1. String

a. Biwa: The biwa is short-necked Japanese fretted lute.
b. Koto: It is a stringed instrument derived from zither and is national musical instrument of Japan.
c. Ichigenkin: It is Japanese one-string zither.
d. Sanshin is a Japanese three-string banjo from Okinawa.
e. Shamisen is a three-string lute and is a variant of the Okinawan sanshin.
f. Yamatogoto is an ancient Japanese long zither.
g. Tonkori is a plucked string instrument. It is used by the Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan.
h. Koky? is a Japanese string instrument that is played with a bow.

2. Percussion

Drums

a. Kakko is a Japanese drum with double head.
b. ?tsuzumi is a Japanese hand drum which is shaped like a hourglass.
c. Taiko, which means a great drum, is played during classical and folk festivals.
d. Shime-daiko is a small Japanese drum that is played using sticks
e. Ikko is a small, elaborately decorated drum shaped like hourglass.
f. Den-den daiko is a pellet drum that is played by children as a toy.

3. Wind

Flutes

a. Nohkan is a bamboo flute. It is transverse.
b. Hocchiku is a vertical Japanese bamboo flute.
c. Ry?teki, which means “dragon flute”, is a transverse Japanese bamboo flute. It is played during gagaku, which is a Shinto classical music.
d. Komabue is a transverse Japanese bamboo flute played during Komagaku, a form of court music.
e. Shakuhachi is a vertical bamboo flute. It is played during Zen meditation.
f. Tsuchibue, which means “earthen flute”, is a globular Japanese flute that is made from clay.

Oboes

a. Hichiriki is a cylindrical Japanese oboe played during gagaku
b. Horagai is a seashell horn.