Sheet Music, Guitars, and Drums

Guitars, Drums, and sheet music are just a few of the focuses of Gaffmusic.com. The focus of this site is to be a reliable resource for musicians of all levels of experience.

Even if you are simply here as researcher of music as opposed to a musician, we hope to meet your needs. Rather than existing as a music store, we simply aim to provide unbiased information related to many relevant topics. So relax and enjoy our site without feeling pressured to make any purchase.

Our learning center covers many individual topics in careful detail. If you don't know where to start, however, continue reading to gain a general understanding what this site is about.

Just as music comes in many genres, musical instruments come in countless shapes, sizes, and designs. Instruments are much like the tools of other forms of art, tattoo guns or art supplies like paints: they are necessary to produce the art we know as music, but they are not the art themselves, that honorific belongs to the artist. Some instruments are meant for specific styles of music while others are able to cross such borders with ease. The variety of instruments available today gives the modern composer a nearly infinite palette of options.


Guitars come in a wide variety of designs; acoustic, electric, and hybrids of the two. Nearly every genre of modern music has incorporated the instrument and its popularity continues to increase.

Acoustic guitars are descendents of the old world Spanish guitar. Using steel strings instead of nylon gives these instruments a louder brighter sound.

On the other hand, the electric guitar is possibly the most popular instrument in music today. It can be found in nearly every style of popular music and has maintained the appeal since its invention. Bass guitars are slightly larger, four-stringed versions of the electric guitar; although these instruments can also be acoustic. They are relatively new to popular music, only dating back to the mid 20th century.

Guitar strings are essential to the sound of a guitar. A large array of different designs and gauges make personal taste an important factor when purchasing them. The type of guitar used will also determine which strings to buy, as acoustic and electric strings are quite different.

A digital piano can give you the sound of a real piano, is stringless, so you do not have to get it tuned, and can be listened to by headphones. This is great when a child is practicing. You can find these in a piano store.

Drums and drum sets are also an essential part of today's popular music. They can be as big or small as desired. A wide variety of accessories can be added for differing musical effects. The versatility of the instrument is only limited by the performance of the musician. Jazz, rock, blues and country all rely upon the drummer as a means of keeping time and establishing style.

The bass drum is designed to produce low frequency sounds. They are played with a mallet, either by hand or by attaching one to a foot pedal. They come in a variety of sizes and are used in most musical genres.

The snare drum is the heart of the drum set. The diversity of sizes and styles offers the drummer an opportunity to personalize his or her sound. These instruments are often used in concert and marching ensembles as well.

Drum kits range in size from very small "trap" kits to enormous collections of percussion instruments. Most drummers use a bass drum, snare drum, hi-hat and a few cymbals as a basis, and then add different accessories as needed.

Sheet Music is very popular today. Anything from popular songs to large-scale musical works can be purchased in this medium. Most local music stores will have a variety of such items.

 

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