Music Posts

Legendary Hank Williams is amongst the greatest country singers of all time.  Female country singer, Dolly Parton, is the queen of country singers, and she is also a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist as well. Shania Twain, with the help of her ex-husband, Robert “Mutt” Lange, is the first to combine country and rock into a modern kind of country music.  Faith Hill and her famo...

  It seems like music and math are separate languages, but their basic patterns are quite similar. In music, notes are played in a series and in patterns. The results are finite. Math also follows the same general rule as there are series and patterns that may be used to get the end results through mathematical computation – thus, they remain finite.  It is their finite result that conn...

  Some of us like to watch television for relaxation, but sometimes it all depends on what kind of shows we are watching, since sometimes certain news can make us become more tense or sad.  Listening to music can help to sooth one’s mood and so it is a great tool for relaxation.  You will notice that people who often listen to music seem to be more relaxed and happy. Relaxation i...

Madonna has been labeled not just “Queen of Music”, “Queen of Reinvention”, and also “Queen of Pop”. Born Madonna Louise Ciccone on August 16, 1958 in the state of Michigan, Madonna lost her mother when she was only five years old.  She and all of her other seven siblings were sent to live with different relatives who took care of them separately.  She had stated that part of her st...

  From 1900 through 1930, American dancers, Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis, and German dancer, Mary Wigman, had started to develop modern dance.  This new development was a combination of the expressive gestures initiated by French actor – Francois Delsarte; and the musical rhythms created by Swiss music educator – Emile Jacques-Dalcroze. In order to show freer forms of dance, early...

Online lessons are the technologies of today.  Almost everything can be learned via the Internet these days.  There are over ten of thousands of websites out there offering free lessons of some sorts – these lessons have been created to make our lives and learning much easier.  If you love music, and couldn’t find time to take the lessons, or cannot find teachers near you, or for wh...

Though Thailand has never been colonized by Western countries, its music somewhat was greatly influenced by American as well as European styles.  The two most popular music in Thailand are Luk Thung and Mor Lam.  Luk Thung which is a country music is very popular especially in the rural areas in Thailand.  In the mid-20th century, they were many famous country star singers includi...

Back in 1977, a tomb was discovered in Suzou in Hubei Province in China.  In this 2,500 years old tomb, there were four chambers full of numerous musical instruments.  Among them were bamboo flutes, bronze drums, stone chimes, a set of 64 cast-bronze bells in wooden frame, and many other musical instruments. This has indicated that even over thousands of years ago, the Chinese civilizat...

  Theresa Teng was a very famous and popular female vocalist who started her career back in the late 60’s.  Her songs are widely recognized in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore and many of the Southeast Asia countries including Thailand and Malaysia. Some of her most popular songs are “When Will You Return?” and “Moonlight Represents My Heart”.  Theresa not only recorded her son...

Everyone can learn to play music instrument, and best of all, they might not have to pay for the lessons at all.  For example, you can go to www.ZebraKeys.com to take free piano lessons. With an advance in Internet technology, there are many music lessons that one can take online.  Some online lessons also provide interactive flash demos which can make your lessons more interesting. On...