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Hard-to-find free stuff for musicians

© Al Paton 6 June 2008

I like .org sites because they're non-profit and usually have decent content, rather than 'buy me' fluff of the dot coms. You don't have to register to view or download anything on these sites either.

For SINGERS

http://www.vocalist.org.uk

For GUITARISTS:

A very good place for beginners and pros alike:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guitar

Free desktop guitar tuner and some more stuff...
http://free-guitar.qarchive.org/

Nice screensaver
http://guitar-screensaver.fretcam-com.qarchive.org

2 free e-books (need winzip to extract)
http://the-secrets-of-caring-for-your-guitar.fretcam.qarchive.org/
http://how-to-strum-like-a-guitar-hero.fretcam.qarchive.org/

OK, this is a .com but it's got a nice free chord chart
http://www.completechords.com/

KEYBOARDISTS/PIANISTS:

http://pianoeducation.org/

Again, this is a .com but it's got a free chord chart
http://www.completechords.com/

DRUMMERS:

http://www.drumbook.org/index.html

Learning drum tablature:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_tablature

This is .com, but some inspiring high-quality videos
http://store.drumbum.com/drums/drum-videos-drummer-video.htm

BASS PLAYERS:

Start here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar A spoof of the wikipedia site, funny.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Why%3F:Play_Bass

This is a .com, but some amazing pics of weird bass guitars:
http://www.weirdomatic.com/weird-bass-guitars.html

FOR EVERYONE:

In the .com domain, Youtube is still the best site for video tutorials and more.

Fun fun fun!

Thanks for reading.
Al Paton.

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