Top 10 Guitar Brands

The best guitar brands are not about the price but it is all about the quality that will satisfy our customers. There are a lot of guitar brands in the world but there are the ones that stand out.

Here are the top 10 guitar brands in the world.

10. Martin

Martin is highly regarded for its steel-string guitars and is a leading manufacturer of flat top guitars. Martin guitar is suitable for acoustic music lovers and it is affordable for those who are just starting.

9. Taylor

Taylor guitar is an American manufacturer. It is the number 2 manufacturer of guitars in the U.S. Taylor guitars also specialize in acoustic and semi-hollow electric guitars.

8. Yamaha

The finest hand-selected tonewoods and traditional craftsmanship together with subtle new construction finish and wood technologies give Yamaha acoustic guitars incredible sound, flawless playability and stunning looks.

7. ESP

a Japanese guitar manufacturer, primarily focused on the production of electric guitars and basses. They are based in both Tokyo, Japan and Los Angeles, California, United States, with two distinct product lines for each respective market.

6. Jackson

From the earliest beginnings until the present day, Jackson Guitars is known for its slender, elegant designs, and feature aggressive motifs that are popular with hard rock and metal musicians.

5. Epiphone

Epiphone is an American musical instrument manufacturer founded by Anastasios Stathopoulos, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.

4. Paul Reed Smith

PRS has a reputation as a manufacturer of high end electric guitars made in the US, and they are known for their custom shop instruments.

3. Ibanez

a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass-produce the seven-string guitar and eight-string guitar.

2. Fender

Fender is known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, such as the Stratocaster (also known as the "Strat"), Telecaster (also known as the "Tele").

1. Gibson

Gibson offers consumer electronics through its subsidiaries Gibson Innovations. Although it’s expensive, it assures that it can satisfy you with its qualities.

References

https://www.thetoptens.com/best-guitar-brands/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Guitars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Guitar_Corporation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation

How to Tune a Guitar

What’s the first thing you should do every time you pick up a guitar? Resist the urge to shred for a moment, and make sure you are in tune. Knowing how to tune a guitar properly will ensure that you always sound your best when you play. If you’re just beginning to play guitar, an out-of-tune instrument can be incredibly frustrating and make every note sound like a mistake. Learn how to tune a guitar like a pro and pretty soon you’ll be playing like one, too. Here are some simple instructions that explain the most commonly used guitar tuning.

Step 1: The 6th String - E (thickest)

Tune the bottom E String, as accurately as you can. If you don’t have a tuner you can use our handy guitar tuning app.You can also use other reference tones such as a Piano or any other musical instrument that is handy. What's important is that you have a reference tone.

Step 2: The 5th String - A

Place your index finger on the fifth fret of the bottom E string. That’s an A note. Keep your finger on that fret. Now pick the open fifth string and fretted six string in turn, gently adjusting the fifth string tuning peg until the two notes are in harmony. Tightening the peg will make the pitch higher, loosening the peg will make the pitch lower.

Step 3: The 4th String - D

Place your index finger on the the fifth fret of the A string. That’s a D note. Pluck the fretted 5th string and the open 4th string together or alternating between them and adjust the 4th string tuning peg until the pitch of the 4th string matches the pitch of the 5th fret of the 5th string.

Step 4: The 3rd String - G

Place your index finger on the fifth fret of the D string. That’s a G note. Pluck or alternate pick the fretted 4th and open 3rd strings, adjusting the 3rd string tuning peg until the 3rd string is in harmony with the 5th fret of the 4th string.

Step 5: The 2nd String - B

Place your index finger on the fourth fret of the G string. That's a B. Tune your 2nd string to that note.

References:

http://takelessons.com/blog/how-to-tune-a-guitar

https://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/tuning/how-to-tune/

https://www.fender.com/online-guitar-tuner/

Top 10 Music Stores Around the Philippines

Dreaming of becoming a musician someday? Or planning to serenade a special occasion? Why not? Go ahead and give it a try. But first: prepare the things you will need to reach that goal. There are some stores you can visit here in the Philippines.

1. JB MUSIC - is one of the best known music stores in the Philippines. It is easily accessible to the public with branches in most SM malls around Metro Manila as well as in Cebu and Davao City.
   
2. PERFECT PITCH -is owned by G.A. YUPANGCO & Co.,the same company that owns the YAMAHA SCHOOL OF MUSIC PHILIPPINES, INC. It has branches at malls around Metro Manila, as well as in Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo and Cebu City
   
3. RUBEN LUMANOG ENTERPRISES Support local by strumming Lumanog Guitars. Crafted in Pampanga, this brand of guitars give you quality sans the sky-high prices of instruments made abroad.
4. RJ GUITAR- RJ Guitar started as a small guitar repair shop. Founded by Ramon “RJ” Jacinto in the 1980’s, RJ Guitar Center is now one of the top guitar stores in the Metro with 14 branches scattered all over the Philippines. their branch at SM City North EDSA.
   
5. LAZER MUSIC- In their SM North City EDSA branch, they offer many percussion and band instruments such as guitars, drum sets, amplifiers, speakers, etc. and other instruments like ukeleles, violins, saxophone, clarinet, pipe chimes. Their instruments are affordable and in good shape.
   
6. SOUND ESSENTIALS-'Big things come in small packages”, as they say. Sound Essentials is a small chain of small music stores but with big passion in providing service to their customers. They provide many international branded items of good quality. And offer musical items that are hard to find and not available in leading music stores.
7. SWEE LEE-Recognising the impact music has on people, we were inspired to introduce this slice of western culture to colonial Singapore.
   
8. JDS LABS MANILA -We began with a small selection of brass and woodwind instruments supplied to the British military band but quickly expanded into more contemporary offerings such as guitars and drums.
9. RADIOSPARX - Music, technology, and the retail landscape continue to rapidly evolve based on ever-changing consumer desires. RadioSparx helps clients use music media to entertain and stimulate customers, in-store and beyond.
   
10. THE D & D STORE- our store is located at Mall of Asia Branch & Glorietta 5 Branch Pasay City, Philippines

References:

http://www.wheninmanila.com/musicians-101-where-to-find-musical-instruments-in-the-metro/ 

https://www.sweelee.com.sg/ 

https://musiciansguide.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/top-music-stores-philippines/

Famous Successful Asian Singers

Music is an important part in people's life. Music is also a therapy. It can change people's mood and makes everyone bring out emotions. With the blessed and talented performers around the globe, singers help people express their feelings. With their golden voices, they make themselves successful and also their countries to be known.

  

Here are some successful Asian singers

 Lata Mangeshkar

Lata is an Indian playback singer and occasional-composer. born on September 28, 1929 in Indore, British India and started her career in the year 1942 and spanned over seven decades. Over thousand songs of Hindi Films was recorded by Lata and sung over thirty-six regional Indian and foreign languages. Dadasaheb Phalke Award, which is the highest award in India was awarded to Lata.

COCO Lee

COCO is a Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Born on January 17, 1975 in Hong Kong, China. Her career started in Hong Kong and expanded in Taiwan until some of her songs entered America. As a Chinese American, COCO is the first and only person of Chinese ethnicity to perform at the Oscars.

Tata Young

Amita Marie known as Tata Young  is a sensational Thai-American star known for her vocal prowess and sensuous style. Born on December 14, 1980 in Bangkok, Thailand. At age 11, she won at her first national talent contest, the Nissan Awards Thailand Junior Singing Contest. By the time she was 14, she had signed her first professional contract and released her debut million selling album in 1995. This led to her winning multiple awards at the Thai Radio Vote Awards in 1996.

Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga is a Filipina singer and actress known for her best roles in music theatre. Born on February 22, 1971 in Manila, Philippines. Lea originated the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon. Lea won the Olivier and Theatre World Awards, and became the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award.  She is the first Filipino artist to sign with an international record label called Atlantic Records in 1993. Lea was the first actress of Asian descent to play the roles of Éponine and Fantine in the musical Les Misérables. She also portrayed Éponine and Fantine during the 10th and 25th  concerts in London. She provided the singing voices of two official Disney Princesses, Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan.

Kwon Bo-Ah

BoA is a Korean singer and actress active in South Korea and also in Japan. Born on November 5, 1986 in Guri, Gyeonggi  Province, South Korea. She is known to as Queen of Korean Pop. She was discovered by SM Entertainment when she was 11. She is the only foreign artist to have three albums selling more than one million copies in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since she was 18.

These people really achieved milestones in an industry full of competition from the other side of the world.  With talents overflowing around the world, Asians are known to be the most talented people in the whole wide world.  So, if music runs in your blood you are encouraged to join our team to find new and fresh musicians.

Referrences:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Lee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Young

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Salonga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoA

How We Understand Music Genres

A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.It is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably.

Music can be divided into different genres in many different ways. The artistic nature of music means that these classifications are often subjective and controversial, and some genres may overlap. There are even varying academic definitions of the term genre itself.

There is a huge mess in music genre, especially now that people are mixing genres. Some genres are possible to tell easily but others are a little bit more complicated.

For another example, let's define two genres. I'll just use over-simplified definitions to make the point clearer.

• ·      Techno: Little harmonic and melodic movement (if at all). Emphasis in rhythm and percussive instruments. There is small variation through the song (no climax, no distinctive sections, for example).
• ·      Trance: Both melodic and harmonic movement. Emphasis on bass, and time-based effects like reverb and delay. Sometimes features string-ensemble-like synthesizers (known as pads). There is variation through the song (it has well-defined intro, break-down, climax, and other sections).
• ·      Both Techno and Trance: Loop-based electronic music, based on samplers and synthesizers, carved for the dance floor.

Since musicians can be very creative, not all songs have a specific and defined genre. Some are a combination of many, others present a new pattern with no associated genre at all. In contrast, there are songs that share well-defined patterns and are easier to catalog.