The Twelfth Fret music school is participating in the “6th Annual “Teach Music Week” event taking place Monday March 16-22, 2020. Teach Music Week helps to create more awareness for music education and the importance of music. We are offering a FREE introductory music lesson to new students who book during Teach Music Week! This annual week-long action invites musicians, music schools, music stores and other music organizations to offer a free lesson or class to new students (kids &
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Join us to celebrate the 3rd Annual “Kids Music Day” kick off – Friday October 5th, 2018. We are jumping in on the international action and placing a spotlight on the importance of including music in children’s education. There will be approximately 800 to 1,000 locations joining in worldwide over Kids Music Day weekend, kicking off Friday 5 October. In celebration we are offering a special incentive lesson package promotion – FIVE LESSONS FOR THE PRICE OF FOUR – and profiling
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Travis picking is a great tool that every fingerpicker should have in their bag. It’s the backbone to many popular songs both past and present and offers the player almost endless variations. This article will just begin to scratch the surface of how to take simple alternating thumb patterns and turn them into more interesting ideas. Here is what I would consider to be about the most basic Travis style pattern. We will be using a first position C major
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Most of the photos seen on The Twelfth Fret’s website are taken in a room next to the Repair Shop’s intake desk, usually the room I often spend time in. One of the most common requests I over hear is to replace tuning gears because the guitar won’t stay in tune. However, the parts are usually fine – the problem is that the guitar isn’t set up properly and can’t get in tune at all! There are situations where parts
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You know from the very beginning when something is called “dead thumb” it’s going to be cool! The dead thumb technique is very old and many of the oldest blues and roots recordings feature it fully or in some variant form. People interested in older blues styles will know the sound of this technique right away, but lately a number of newer, popular artists are revisiting it with great success and bringing it to a wider audience. The artist Hozier
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If you’ve been getting the feeling you’re stuck in a rut, playing the same old chords, in the same old rhythms – on your ukulele, this article is for you. The ukulele is a surprisingly fun little instrument which plays much like a guitar. It’s super convenient to travel with, and even easier to grab for an outdoor summertime tune. It’s also fun to just strum chords – for a while. I frequently see students on both the guitar and
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