Please welcome Marcel Tiemensma as an author with the Guitar Area on Songstuff. Marcel will be focusing on Classical and Spanish guitar styles.

Marcel is a Master of Guitar from Rotterdam Conservatory and the University of Utrecht with a lifelong fascination for the Spanish guitar...

Cheryl discusses good vocal technnique and a warm-up routine that she uses for practice.

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Our resident drumming expert Tom Hoffman introduces Syncopation and discusses why it is so important for drummers to understand how to use syncopation. The lesson is in a mixed video and text format.

The Revelation Of Syncopation

Three of the drum groove packages from the new release of DrummerTracks DL by Sonic Reality under review. By John Moxey

Cheryl discusses good vocal technnique and a warm-up routine that she uses for practice. By Cheryl Hodge

Our resident drumming expert Tom Hoffman introduces Syncopation and discusses why it is so important for drummers to understand how to use syncopation. The lesson is in a mixed video and text format. By Tom Hoffman

Many chord progressions in popular music are based around a formula whose basis can be found in the Harmonized Major Scale. Of course there are exceptions to the rule but generally if you become familiar with how to Harmonize the Major Scale you can use this to good effect in the basis of your playing. By Graeme Carswell

In this the 3rd part of a 3 part tutorial on crash cymbals, Crash Cymbal Drills For Skills introduces 2 exercise to hone your crash cymbal skills. The lesson is presented in a mix of text and video. By Tom Hoffman