Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Blues

One of the most versatile instruments on this planet is the guitar. The guitar has an ancient history that maybe goes back even to the beginnings of time. According to an Arabic folklore, the oud which was a primitive form of the guitar, was invented by the grandson of Adam. Amazing.

To think that an instrument has evolved throughout time to create genres of music such as blues, pop, classical, flemenco and etc is absolutely amazing.
Another popular genre of music is the blues. The blues is a type of song that has a very sad tone to it which makes it ideal for playing when you are in that depressed mood.

If you are curious on what the blues are, watch Walk Hard. Its a parody of the blues era featuring John C. Reilly. It's hilarious.

The guitar is so versatile because you can strum it, you can pick it and you can even tap it!

How does one tap a guitar? Like this:

Pretty amazing stuff huh?

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