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How to buy yourself a quality guitar

The excitement to want to pick up your guitar for practice partially depends on the quality of your guitar. In this post, you will discover what to look out for when you want to buy yourself a quality guitar.

This post covers almost all types of guitars. I mean the electric rhythm guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, semi acoustic guitar. The semi acoustic guitar is a type of guitar that can work as an acoustic guitar and can also be amplified through the speakers with a jack cable.

How to buy yourself a quality guitar

The quality of materials used to build a guitar is what will determine the life span of the guitar. If a guitar is built with a low quality wood; you can be sure that sooner or later the guitar neck will begin to bend which will make the strings of the guitar to be far away from the fret board.

Buy a guitar with a good/low action

We call the distance between the strings and the fret board “action”. When the distance between the strings and the fret board very wide, we can say that the action of the guitar is high. The higher the action, the more difficult it is to play the guitar, the lower the action, the more easier it becomes to play. That is the reason why I said it earlier on that the quality of your guitar will determine your interest in picking up the guitar for practice.

When low quality wood is used to construct or build a guitar, the guitar will begin to bend when it is exposed to harsh weather conditions. Sometimes if the strings are too tight, it could also contribute to making the guitar bend.

The image below will show you a guitar with a high action.

So whenever you want to get yourself a guitar, you need to check the action, if it is high. If it is, then you should make sure that you do not pick the guitar.

If you’re going to be getting a fairly used guitar:

Make sure you do not get a guitar that has signs of it being sprayed on the neck or any part of it.

This point is based on personal experience. The seller might have a broken guitar; He would then glue it back, smoothen it with a sand paper and spray it with a spray paint to cover the operation marks on the guitar. Then you’d innocently buy the guitar and after a slight hit, the neck falls off.

You won’t be able to return it, its a fairly used guitar and not brand new.

Avoid cheap guitars.

Cheap guitars are definitely made of less quality materials. If you can afford the big ones. Then buy it. It’s worth it.

Buy Guitars with a rod that strikes through the fret board.

Its very difficult to see guitars that have rods in them bend, and even if they do, they can easily be adjusted to straighten them back. This rod is called a “truss rod”.

How do you identify a guitar with a truss rod. There is always a hole at the top of the neck of any guitar that has this truss rod. Sometimes the hole is covered with a small plate with small screws keeping the plate firm. Look at the image below for an illustration. In the picture below you would see that an L allen key is used to adjust the truss rod.

Different guitars have their own different methods by which the truss rod can be adjusted. When you buy a brand new guitar; it might come with the required tool for the adjustment.

This post will be updated with more things you should look out for when you want to purchase your own guitar

Tonic solfa of “You are yahweh” by Steve crown

This is the solfa notation of “You are yahweh” by Steve crown

Backing Track of “You are Yahweh” by Steve Crown

This a backing track that you can use to play the song here, watch the vide of the backing track below:
You are the Lord                                  m m s l

Who was, Who is, and is to come       s l t d t l s m

Jesus, Jesus                                          m r d m m

And in You I trust, my life is in Your hands.      m s l s l t d t l s m

Jesus, You are the miracle-working God.           m r r r m f f m r r d

chorus:

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                                   s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                     s s f s s

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                      s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                      l l f s s

You are Yahweh                                      m m s r

Alpha and Omega                                   m d s d f m

You are Yahweh                                      m m s r

Alpha and Omega.                                  m d s m r d

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                      s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                      s s f s s

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                       s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                      l l  f s s

You are Yahweh                                      m m s r

Alpha and Omega                                   m d s d f m

You are Yahweh                                      m m s r

Alpha and Omega.                                  m d s m r d

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                      s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                     l l f s s

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                      s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                     s s f s s

You are Yahweh                                     m m s r

Alpha and Omega                                   m d s d f m

You are Yahweh                                      m m s r

Alpha and Omega.                                  m d s m r d

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                       s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                      l l f s s

You are Yahweh, eh eh eh                       s s d t l t d

You are Yahweh                                      l l f s s

You are Yahweh                                      m m s r

Alpha and Omega                                   m d s d f m

You are Yahweh                                      m m s r

Alpha and Omega.                                  m d s m r d

Chord progression of “Yeshua Hamashiach” by Nathaniel Bassey in solfa

This is the chord progression in tonic solfa of “Yeshua Hamashiach” by Nathaniel Bassey.

 

 

Yeshua

          fah
Hamashiach
               doh
Lion of Judah
                 mii
Agunechemba
lah
Yeshua
reh
Hamashiach
               lah
Lion of Judah
                  mii
Agunechemba
                    lah

Tonic Solfa of “Yeshua Hamashiach” by Nathaniel Bassey

This is the solfa notation of “Yeshua Hamashiach” by Nathaniel Bassey.

Yeshua              m’ l’ l’

Hamashiach           t’ l ‘ s’ m’
Lion of Judah        t’ t’ l’ s’ m’
Agunechemba       d’ d’ t m’ l

Yeshua                   l r’ r’

Hamashiach           m’ r’ d’ l
Lion of Judah        m’ m’ r’ d’ t
Agunechemba       r’ r’ d’ t l

Tonic solfa of “you no dey use me play” by Ema

This is the tonic solfa notation of “you no dey use me play” by Ema

Key of A
Intro: m s l m r
s l d r

You carry me                       s d t l
When some carry their God               l s s s r m
You feed me, Lord,                       s d t l f
When some feed their God               l s s s r m
You fought for me                       s d s l
When some fight for their God d l l s r m
Jesus s l.
You no dey use me play oh m s m f m r d
Na Na Na Na Na m s l m r
You no dey use me play oh m s m f m r d

Life Giver s m d
Life Changer d l f
Jehovah s d t
The Covenant keeping God t d d d t l s
Destiny Helper s s s m d
Mountain Mover m r d l
Jehovah         l r t
The covenant keeping God t d d d t l s

Tonic solfa of Pak ‘n’ Go by Kiss Daniel

This is the tonic solfa notation of Pak ‘n’ Go by Kiss Daniel.

Key of G

s m m yo yo yo

d d t l l Baby girl you fine
l l you fine
d t d d s s Biko baby kany’ewu
d t d s l l f l Shey e no dey tire you ni?
d d d d t l l m s m m   s l Many, many people dey available, for you

l s l s l s f f If you call am pretty woman,
f l f l s m she say she no like am
l s l f s m Biko, park and go

f  l s l s m f f And if you call am Toyota
f l f l s m she say she want Honda
l s l f s m Biko, park and go

Tonic solfa of “Reason with me” by Rude Boy

This is the tonic solfa notation of “Reason with me” by Rude Boy.

Video of reason with me tonic solfa



d m m r d m She turn my love down low
d m m r d r r She talk say I dey gbo-gbo
d m m r d r r She wan know the koko
d yeah

m s l s m d m But I want to give you some love
d m m r d r r She talk say I dey gbo-gbo
d m m r d r r She still wan know the koko
d yeah

s d d t s If money no dey
m s s m l m na wetin she gain oh?
m s m f m m r m d She tell me say she go run away
m m f m m m r r She go run very far away
d yeah


s s d d t s As the raba don dey
m s m s m l m the baby come dey mellow
r m f f f m m r See the baby don come again
d m d r r r m r You don forget back in the days


r r r m r d d I been dey beg you to try
t t s l m Reason with me
d d l s m f r If I no get today
d d l s m f d I go get am tomorrow


r r r m r d d Abi you want make I die?
s d t s l l E no easy for me
d d l s m f r If I no get today
d d l s m f d I go get am tomorrow

Tonic solfa of “Redemption Song” intro by Bob Marley

This is the tonic solfa notation of the Intro of Redemption song by Bob Marley

Key of G

d r m d f l s m
d r m s
m f m r d

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Tonic solfa of “Africa Unite” intro by Bob Marley

This is the tonic solfa notation of “Africa Unite” by Bob Marley

Key of G

m s l s l
s l s m r m
m r m     r d t l s l

m s l s l
s l s m r m
m r m     r d t l s l

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