A Step-By-Step Lesson On How to Change Your Guitar Strings

Written by Kathy Unruh


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2. Line uprepparttar string with any grooves inrepparttar 116026 pin. Insertrepparttar 116027 pin intorepparttar 116028 hole, making sure it is secure.

3. Takerepparttar 116029 other end and insert intorepparttar 116030 hole onrepparttar 116031 capstan.

4. Pullrepparttar 116032 string through leaving a fair amount of slack betweenrepparttar 116033 capstan andrepparttar 116034 bridge.

5. Bendrepparttar 116035 string atrepparttar 116036 point it comes throughrepparttar 116037 capstan to keep it secure.

6. Watching out for your eyes, begin turningrepparttar 116038 key with your left hand. Once you get it started it may be easier to userepparttar 116039 string winder. (For safety reasons, you might want to cut off any excess string. I usually wait until after they're all on to do this).

7. As you are winding, apply some tension torepparttar 116040 string with your right hand to help keep it taught. Make sure you are winding inrepparttar 116041 right direction! Onrepparttar 116042 bass strings you will be winding counter-clockwise (away from you). Onrepparttar 116043 treble strings you will gorepparttar 116044 opposite direction.

8. Continue to wind each string until allrepparttar 116045 slack is taken up. Do not worry about tuning yet.

9. Cut off all excess string length.

Classic Nylon String Guitar-

1. Putrepparttar 116046 string throughrepparttar 116047 top ofrepparttar 116048 hole found just belowrepparttar 116049 bridge.

2. Pull about 3 inches through.

3. Bringingrepparttar 116050 string up overrepparttar 116051 tie block, pass it underneath itself atrepparttar 116052 original point of entry.

4. Come down overrepparttar 116053 tie block again and wraprepparttar 116054 end ofrepparttar 116055 string around itself in a figure eight type pattern.

5. Insertrepparttar 116056 other end ofrepparttar 116057 string down throughrepparttar 116058 hole onrepparttar 116059 capstan.

6. Wraprepparttar 116060 string aroundrepparttar 116061 back and then underneath itself in order to secure it in place.

7. As described above, begin turningrepparttar 116062 key with your left hand while maintaining some tension withrepparttar 116063 other until allrepparttar 116064 slack is taken up. With a classical guitar you will wind clockwise onrepparttar 116065 bass strings andrepparttar 116066 treble strings.

8. Keeprepparttar 116067 string as straight as possible as it continues fromrepparttar 116068 capstan throughrepparttar 116069 nut and down ontorepparttar 116070 neck.

9. You should not have any excess string length, but if you do, cut it off.

Electric Guitar-

Followrepparttar 116071 same procedure as described forrepparttar 116072 acoustic steel string guitar.

If you need help re-tuning your guitar please see my free guitar lesson which covers this subject in detail.

I hope you found this information to be helpful. Remember, establishing a good guitar care routine will insure many long years of musical fun and enjoyment!

Kathy Unruh is a singer/songwriter and webmaster of ABC Learn Guitar. She has been writing songs and providing guitar lessons to students of all ages for over 20 years. For free guitar lessons, plus tips and resources on songwriting, recording and creating a music career, please visit: www.abclearnguitar.com


The Key to Getting More Magic Shows Booked Online

Written by J.L. Siefers


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Another important feature of Permission Marketing is that there are different levels of permission. Permission levels range from spam (no permission) to intravenous (sending products out to customers without him ordering them). As people give you their names and emails you start atrepparttar permission scale (just above spam). Your main task is to use your communications and services to move people uprepparttar 116025 permission scale. While you will never likely get permission to just show and do magic shows uninvited (intravenous), you can build a base of trusting and loyal customers.

Gaining Permission With Your Website

Your website will impact your ability to gain permission from visitors. Two general considerations are content and design. If you have not takenrepparttar 116026 free Master Course on Selling Services, I strongly encourage you to do so. The course coversrepparttar 116027 topics of contents and design in more detail. You will find material that you can use on your website right now.

People searchingrepparttar 116028 web are looking for good information. They will trust and reward those who give themrepparttar 116029 information they seek. Many will give you permission to contact them again. This opensrepparttar 116030 door to build trust and gain a loyal customer. What kinds of content shouldrepparttar 116031 site provide? The simple answer is whateverrepparttar 116032 person is looking for.

Let's assume a mother finds your website consideringrepparttar 116033 possibility of hiring a magician for her daughter's next birthday party. She doesn't care that you do gospel illusion shows or trade shows. In fact she might be put off by it. If this magician does all of these other things, how important is my daughter's birthday party going to be? You must view your content fromrepparttar 116034 visitor's perspective.

Provide content that she can use. For example, you can provide a general guide to hosting a magical birthday party. Let her know if she signs up with her name and email you will send her a detailed step by step guide to hostingrepparttar 116035 perfect magical birthday party. You could also put magic birthday party invitations on your site personalized to your magic show, but with space for it to be individualized to repparttar 116036 child and her birthday party.

With relevant and useful content you will begin to build trust. You will get her to give you her name and email. You provide even better content and increase her trust. You can contact her about how your magic show will make her daughter's birthday party one to be remembered always. The key to providing content is to over-deliver onrepparttar 116037 person's expectations. Remember this:

The goal of your website is turn strangers into friends, and friends into clients.

The design of your site is also important. Your site must be easily navigated. You want visitors to findrepparttar 116038 information they are seeking quickly and easily. Graphics add torepparttar 116039 site but can become clutter if you are not careful. It should have a clean look. Don't be afraid to use a plain white background. It looks good and text can be easily read. I would avoid reverse colors for text. Light text on dark background can strainrepparttar 116040 eyes if there is much material there.

An example of this approach is Learn-Great-MagicTricks.com. This new site is still growing. It is clean looking. Information is easily found. The content is useful for people learning to do magic. Within one month,repparttar 116041 site was listed in most search engines, had decent rankings, was getting newsletter subscriptions, and most importantlyrepparttar 116042 site was earning money. The point is that this advice works and I use it myself.

Copyright © 2005 J.L. Siefers, All rights reserved.

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