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Ry Cooder plays slide guitar using an open tuning that allows major chords to be played by barring the strings anywhere along their length.. In music, a guitar chord is a set of notes played on a guitar.
Methods that establish the key for a particular piece can be complicated to explain and vary over music history. [citation needed] However, the chords most often used in a piece in a particular key are those that contain the notes in the corresponding scale, and conventional progressions of these chords, particularly cadences, orient the listener around the tonic.
The neck is the part of certain string instruments that projects from the main body and is the base of the fingerboard, where the fingers are placed to stop the strings at different pitches.
Keith Lionel Urban [1] [2] AO (born Urbahn; 26 October 1967) is an Australian and American country singer, songwriter and guitarist. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, [3] he has also received 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves International Award, [4] 13 CMA Awards, and six ARIA Music Awards.
Antonio de Torres Jurado (13 June 1817 – 19 November 1892) was a Spanish guitarist and luthier, and "the most important Spanish guitar maker of the 19th century." [1]It is with his designs that the first recognizably modern classical guitars are to be seen. [2]
Batam, officially the City of Batam (Indonesian: Kota Batam, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang and Galang (collectively called Barelang ), as well as Bulang to the west and ...
Metro was established as an autonomous city (kota) with the passing of Law Number 12 of 1999 on 27 April 1999, [19] with Gunungsugih becoming the capital of Central Lampung. [20] The first mayor after Metro's establishment as an autonomous city was Mozes Herman, with Lukman Hakim as vice-mayor. [21]
A Famosa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ faˈmɔzɐ]) was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, circa 1512.The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole. [1]