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It's the beginning of August and, unexpectedly, I've been bitten by the bug again. People, don't start building guitars if you're not prepared to live with the lifelong virus.
The motto of my IV is “RED meets WHITE”.
The entire guitar is made from two types of wood:
Padouk and maple, with one tiny little exception.
Click here for the BUILDING REPORT...

CURRENT AND IMPORTANT

Probably the greatest composer and producer of our time, set out to meet J. S. Bach at the age of 91.

QUINCY JONES
Deceased on 03.11.2024.

A person with an outstanding understanding of music, as everyone 100 years. With his worldwide fame, he has always remained one of us.
It's almost banal to mention that he is with Thriller the most popular album ever.
A person with a passion for musicians, special wristwatches
and beautiful women!
THANK YOU QUINCY ...
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SICCAS GUITAR and their silence in the forest...
We have already asked Siccas several times via email.
NOTHING, none of our questions were answered.
Apparently they only answer when it comes to money?
If their service for their guitars is just as ignorant,
then we are glad not to buy guitars from them.
MuBu recommendation: Those who remain silent judge themselves.
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Folks, with all the madness that Mr. Putin is doing to his and the neighboring people. Let us not forget the great Russian artists.
Here Lulo Reinhardt and Yuliya Lonskaya in Michaelshoven - Cologne!
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HELLO KIDS - WANT TO PLAY GUITAR :-)
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Two funny, exciting and instructive pages for making music!
WDR Sound Box
Four orchestras of the WDR, as well as all together and the MAUS.
With different instruments you can create 15 motifs together
and play together.
And you can get to know the musicians.
You can also make your own sounds.
There are two games and a great quiz about Instrmente.
There is much to discover!
Singing Horses
Click on the horses, each sings in a different pitch.

ON OUR OWN BEHALF

To make the contents of the MukerBude accessible even faster,
the entire MukerBude will be cleaned up by the end of 2024.

- All links are checked for consistency and updated if necessary.
- All JPG, PNG images and PDF text files are compressed to a maximum.
- All HTML files are optimized in their programming.

This project can be described as follows:
Imagine you want to repaint your house. Outside, inside and
everything that is in it, with the brush and the paint for fingernails.

All ongoing projects will continue as before.
Please forgive us if there is a delay somewhere.
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First visible corrections of the clean-up work at the MukerBude:
The section of the MukerBude "GUITARS",
splits into three separate divisions:
FOR MUSICIANS
WORKSHOP INSIDES and BUILDING REPORTS
FOR LUTHIERS
and there is a new section
INNOVATIVE GUITAS
Of course, we can't avoid AI either
- look under SOFTWARE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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All musicians in the Guitar & Piano sections Guitarists & Pianists
are up to date as of 01.04.2024. Many musicians are comes new.
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YOU ASKED US/ME:

Two music stations are among my absolute favorites.
RADIO SWISS JAZZ 24/7 - SRG SSR - MUSIC. PURE.
and of course my absolute favorite station.
Smooth_Jazz.COM GLOBAL
If you don't know the style. As the name suggests, it is smoothed-out jazz harmonies without distorting them, with a Dash of soul and a touch of ambient... (my definition)

Die-hard jazz musicians also refer to smooth jazz as jazz pop.
I can live well with that. Just like Klaus Doldinger, whose music has been described as jazz commercialism for decades.
Someone called SmoothJazz department store music, which I called high praise. If music is able to create a buying mood, first and foremost, it creates a good mood !
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We at MukerBude, especially myself, deal with almost
all the musical styles of the planet. We probably have a
much wider range of music than all radio music presenters.
That's why we don't like all channels that only serve one genre
they quickly get on your nerves.
A pleasant exception is the broadcast in the evening program,
die Greatest hits of all time on BREMEN 1
Because the music is chosen by the listeners, it covers a wide spectrum.
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SmoothJazz - Presented at the end of the year 23 Top 100 Album Chart
Friends we love this music.
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Instructions - Back to 6-Hole Knotting Block - Without Drilling (PDF)
News from the field of tying technique for nylon and carbon strings for concert guitars. Without fiddly drilling on the knot block and the associated problems for some.
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Young people play homemade instruments made from waste,
Their sound is amazingly good!
The Garbage Orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with Garbage Orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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David Rauterberg had this interesting idea 10 years ago.
RUDELSINGEN
However, we wonder why no sponsors have been found yet
have to be able to offer such a great idea for free?
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Hello concert guitar lovers, there is hope!
We all know that forums are dying, especially when it comes to things Concert guitar. According to Bernd C. Hoffmann on January 20, 2023 unexpectedly died "God have him blessed" is also the last with him German-speaking forum for concert guitars.
Harald and Peter, two enthusiasts have set out on a new one Forum-Klassikgitarre Exchange on classical and flamenco guitar
to send on your journey! MuBu says thank you!

BOOKS

"Peter's little notes and harmony"
What everyone needs to know about music - 121 pages.
Book - Harmony-Teaching as an Electronic Book (PDF)
- With jump marks for quick scrolling.
Book - Harmony-Teaching for printing (PDF)
- Pages oriented for printing.
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Book presentations:
Instruments, composition, theory and handcraft (PDF)

INVENTIONS

Invention - Piano mechanics (PDF)
- The modest attempt to simplify the piano mechanics.
- We were thankfully supported by KAWAI Europe which supports
  us - as the only one of the major A- and E-piano manufacturers -
  an "action sample" of the latest generation of keys, their Grand Feel
  III keyboard free of charge.
  MILLE GRAZIE to KAWAI
  - JAPAN
  - EUROPE & GERMANY

The project has been put on hold for the time being after I worked out three working variants, all of which are no less complex than the original. Of course, I will continue to think about improving them...

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation - MukerBude Favourite Songs (PDF)
- On several requests, I let myself be persuaded to do so.
  Songs - Albums - Vocals - SingerSongwriter - Concerts - Film
  Music - Instrumentalists and Composers to list.
  To remember the great songs was fun!

REPORTS

Report - Learning piano and notes (PDF)
- My experience report to learn to play the keyboard properly
  and teach you the basics of musical notation
  The elaboration shows diagrams of scales and chords
  and is supported by extensively researched links
  - on the topic - competently extended by Franz Itscher.

THEORY

Theory - MusicDurchblick Videos ascending (PDF)
- In agreement with MusikDurchblick, MukerBude has their
  meanwhile well over 100 videos, in the order of their
  Release date, listed for better findability.
Theory - Learning notes with music perspective (PDF)
- Here is the MukerBude version, which contains the first-class of
  MusikDurchblick YT videos, to a chronologically continuous
  digital textbook.
  - This is only a first presentation of the project,
    in the further course of development, its optical design
    and aims to significantly improve handling.

G U I T A R S   ↑

Classical Nylons and modern Steelstrings ...

ALL NEWS

Here is my favorite music, musicians and instruments ...
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And suddenly my III. Classical-Guitar is finished !
I call it: "TRIANGLE MEETS SQUARE"
CONSTRUCTION REPORT (PDF)
BRIDGE EXPLOSION (PDF)
PICTURE SERIES (PDF)
SURFACE TREATMENT (PDF)

BUILDINGREPORTS

GUITARS
Construction report of my FOURTH - Red meets White (PDF)
- Practice in dealing with old tools - 86 pages.
Construction report of my THIRD - Square meets triangle (PDF)
- A detailed building construction report comes with 117 pages.
Construction report of my SECOND - Round meets square (PDF)
- A detailed building instruction and construction report - 203 pages.
Construction report of my FIRST - Guitar met travelers (PDF)
- Practice in dealing with old tools - 86 pages.

INSTRUCTIONS of my own Guitars

Instructions - Back to 6-hole knotting block (PDF)
- Without problematic drilling on the knotting block!
- Optimal contact pressure of the strings!
- Simple winding and loosening of the strings!
Instruction - 12 hole knot block (PDF)
- Here we show you how to easily remove the bridge
  Expand your guitar by six holes.
Instruction - Rebonding of a concert guitar (PDF)
- You will have all the necessary tools in the household.
Instruction - Easy Guitar body construction (PDF)
- We reveal a well-kept secret !
  How to easily change the body shape of
  Concert guitars determined and draws.
  There was even an attempt to prohibit us from
  publishing this report.

LUTHIERS

Find a LUTHIER
JEDI - World's most comprehensive finder for female guitar builders
JEDI - World's most comprehensive finder for guitar builders
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CLASSIC GUITARS
Stephan Connor - The American builds outstanding concert guitars
Christina Kobler - Haslach Austria - Guitar making with passion
Bernhard Kresse - Cologne FRG - Concert & Historical Guitar Workshop
Antonio & José Marin - Granada Spain - Classical Flamenco Guitars
Paul McGill - Vermont USA - Modern interpreted concert guitars
Theodoro & Beatriz & Sergio Pérez - Madrid Spain - At its best !
Masaki Sakurai - Tokyo Japan - Guitars developed with high technology
Smallman & Sons - Esperance Australien - Build for John Williams
Carolin & Max Strohmer - Nuremberg FRG - 4th generation guitars
My Strohmer will be 50 year, and her sound is better than ever !
Zebulon Turentine - An American who builds good concert guitars
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Andreas Cuntz - 1a guitar builder so also his guitars
Greenfield Guitars - With very own look and sound
Rin Hayase - Japanische Steelstrings in an classof its own
Christiina Kobler - Dreamlike beautiful and well clioning guitars
Kraushaar - Project Europe is one of the best guitars ever
Joel Michaud is Michaud Made - Finest guitars from Canada
Petros Guitars - Dream-Steelstring-Guitars from Kaukauna USA
Daisy Tempest - Luthier from London builds finest Steelstrings
Joe Veillette - His electric & acoustic guitars are very special
Daniel Zucali - Österreich - Tradition interpreted in a modern way
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LUTHIERs OF THE QUARTER
Daisy Tempest - YouTube-Channel




                   LOGO
She imparts a lot of luthier knowledge in her videos!
Especialy in the parts "Making a Premium Akoustic Guitar"
Daisy Tempest builds first-class steel string guitars,
why they cost $36,000 is beyond me.


A commendable counterpart to Daisy Tempest - London- GBR
Rin Hayase - Takeda City - JAPAN


Rin Hayase - YouTube-Channel




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A sound sample of the guitar we saw being built!
Rin Hayase R-F.V.-CW BR

As a follower of Soren Aabye Kierkegaard's philosophy
Rin represents a life motto.

HE WANTS TO LIVE SLOWER!

The sound of his guitars and the craftsmanship
are among the absolute top class worldwide.
Rin practices solid craftsmanship, it couldn't be better!

Construction report in the summary, runs approx. 50 min.
Detailed construction report, over four months, more than 2 hours.

Now someone explain to me why Daisy Tempest's guitars are
10 times more expensive than Rin Hayase's?
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REPARATURES
A Colombian YouTube channel specialized in the construction of various stringed instruments !
Reparatures - DREAM MUSIC ESCUELA
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BIG MISTAKES
Driftwood Western & E-Gitarren
The guys at Driftwood have first-class CNC milling machines that they can't operate properly. See their video.
They can't saw a simple miter, or they can't see their mistakes when gluing.



This guitar costs $20,000.
They're not telling us how it sounds because they don't have any references.
Is that American craftsmanship?
Cobbled together with a high gloss finish...
MuBu recommendation... NO GO

EVENTS and GUITAR-FESTIVALS

GUITAR SUMMIT 24 - 27. - 29. Sep. - EU bigest Guitarshow
Antwerpen Gitaar Festival - 15. to 17. November 2024
Hamburger Gitarrentage - All Events in the Year 2024
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Guitar Show - 18. and 19. Mai 2024 in Padova Italien
EGB European Guitar Builders - Symposium 16. & 17. 05. Padova IT
Roma Expo Guitars - from 15. to 17. März 2024
NAMM 2024 25. to 28. Januar
NAMM 2024 25. to 28. Januar - bonedo berichtete ... !

FORUMS

We hope that the only German forum for concert guitars
Forum-Klassikgitarre can convince through knowledge!
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After the forum "Learn to Play the Guitar" was discontinued,
it has torn a hole in the German guitar teacher landscape.
We recommend a long-standing forum:
Gitarrenboard - The German-language guitar forum
For the sole reason:
Because there is the first-class guitar and music theorist
MJCHAEL offers his knowledge in the subforum Music Theory !
You know his guitar knowledge or you can find it in the extensive
Campfire Diploma

GUITARS

GUITAR OF THE QUARTER

Danny Lewis - YouTube-Channel



Danny Lewis builds, among others, this fantastic looking and very good sounding steel string guitar.
Completely from a (Euro) pallet. Unfortunately with a few major errors.
But he will surely fix them over time.
Keep it up!
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DESIGNS - Kasha Guitar
The ideas of the two great luthiers (inventors) Johann Georg Stauffer and I incorporated both of them into my second construction project. A first serious development since then, is the guitar of Prof. Michael Kasha, who approached the development of this guitar purely mathematically.

Current representatives of this interesting construction method are:
Thomas Ochs - I was able to learn a lot from him - thank you
Jay Rosenblatt - Who deals and works with the Kasha models
Christas Mehner - Explains rudimentarily the Kasha guitar
Thomas Eichert - Builds Kasha concert guitars, among others

Elkayam Boaz and George Majkowski build Kasha guitars
Richard Schneider plays his Kasha model built in 1992
A review of the Richard Schneider model from 1992
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GUITAR TEACHER
Superprof - Private lessons near you, more than 1100 teachers
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CLASSICAL-GUITARS from MANUFACTURES
A. Augustine - Distributes only four concert guitars - MuBu Referral
Antonio Calida - Wholesaler also manufactures in China
Salvador Cortez - Builds cheap and good concert guitars
Duke Guitars - Basic and Student are two MuBu recommendations
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS from MANUFACTURES
Cort - First class guitar manufacture from South Korea
Framus - Classic, with the most advanced manufacturing methods
Furch - By tradition first class steelstring guitars
Godin - Their nylon electric guitars have become the world standard
Ibanez - Good guitars off the shelf with a lot of inovative development
Lakewood - German manufacturer that matures to the world's best
Martin & Co - Who does not know them, has missed the guitar sound
Maton - Australian extra class built for the world
Takamine - No stage without Takamine - Premium by Ibanez
Taylor - The sonorous basses among the steelstrings

INSTRUMENTS

MUSICIANS

Dik De Heer - Large collection of musician biographies!

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
POPKULTUR - The 150 best Rocksongs of the 1970er Years
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52 years of exchanging information and inspiration for string instrument makers
Guild of American String Instrument Makers
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The magazine musikmachen.de deals among other things with
many aspects of making music yourself. From childhood to
to the advanced musician age.
Making music increases intelligence!
Making music with children and creating self-confidence
Making music in the family because it's just great
Fun with music the best homemade
Actively making music the most beautiful thing in the world
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PODCAST
The Fellowship of Acoustics NL very interesting and informative talks about A-guitars
Leif de Leeuw for The Fellowship of Acoustics
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RollingStone TOP 100 Guitarists - A FAKE - MuBu clarifies
With a few exceptions, the really good guitarists are missing?
RollingStone's reports only purely commercially oriented.
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TESTER
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!


BUSCAR instrumentos - Concentrated knowledge about all guitar types

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project
The Petrucci Music Library is a comprehensive music sheet music database! Thanks to the kind reader who sent us this link :-)
GUITARTABMAKER - Extensive collection for different styles

SHOPS

Guitar Concert Classic - Paris France - Selected Classical Guitars
Guitars International Armin Kelly - World finest Classic-Guitars
Guitars Salon International - Santa Monica USA - Finest guitars
Guitarras de Luthiers - Madrid Spain - Spanish guitar noble store
Kent Guitar Classics - Chipstead England - England Guitars Address
La Guitarra Flamenca - Wiesloch FRG & Sevilla Spain - Very dedicated
Mundo Flamenco - Freiburg FRG - Well Assorted Flamenco Guitars
Siccas Guitars - Karlsruhe FRG - ConcertGuitars of the extra class
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USED-EQUIPMENT
Reverb - Used and new music equipment - buy and sell
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GUITAR PARTS and ACCESSOIERES
Rall Guitars & Tools - First-class assorted guitar parts and accessories !
Rockinger - Instruments - Kits - Parts and much more
TONE MATTERS - Extensive accessories for electric guitars
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OVERVIEWs
Overview - Strings - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of string manufacturers, history & brief evaluation.
Overview - Tuning Mechanisms - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of tuning mechanisms for concert guitars.

SOFTWARE

ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE
Stuttgarter News - May 23 - Composing music with AI
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AI Musicpreneur - 4 AI-Text-zu-Song-Generators - 1 prompt
AI Musicpreneur - Explore the best 8 AI music generators
AI Musicpreneur - The best AI Tools in Music-Production
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Databass AI - Imagine - Create - Inspire
Mubert - Human AI Music Generator
MyEdit - Online sound effect generator & audio tool
STACCATO.AI - Can improve uploaded music and more !
Suno - Log in, enter keywords, listen to the composition !
udio beta - AI Music Generator of its own kind

SONGBOOKS

Songbook for guitar accompaniment by Matthias Ossmann

THEORY

WIKIBOOKS - Campfire diploma - A diploma of a total of 15 + 1
The book "Guitare" was criated from Red Rooster
and is now being managed by MJCHAEL
Mjchael you can ask questions in the Forums - Gitarre Spielen Lernen
All diplomas together, form a comprehensive as well as informative textbook for learning to play the guitar.
MukerBude RECOMMENDATION !

SOUND EGENEERING

SengpielAudio - Large elaboration of sound engineering terms

KNOWLEDGE

GITARRAD - Guitar types - overview with pictures, nice overview
GUITAR-RESOURCE - Guitar resources on the Internet a collection
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Michael Ruhe Gitarren - Builds guitars with patented scale
Boulder Creek Guitars - Patented Bracing-System
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Knowledge - FretCalculator (ODS)
- Excel spreadsheet in Open Data format - download starts on click.
Knowledge - Scores of the mensuration (PDF)
- A look at the guitar scale, all notes in b-bes and #-as.
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Rick Beato 1. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1929 - 1969
Rick Beato 2. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1970 - 1979
Rick Beato 3. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1980 - 1989
Rick Beato 4. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1990 - 1999

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Macyn Taylor



Macyn fascinates with the carefree looseness of her playing.
Playing the guitar is better than doing the dishes!

VIRTUOSES and VIRTUOSES on the CLASSIC GUITAR

TOP GUITARISTS
Here is our top ranking of Classic-Guitarists:

Girls:
Margarita Escarpa.......FIGG 2021
Stephanie Jones.........Latin Fingerstyle
Julia Lange.............Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Yenne Lee...............Autumn Leaves
Anabel Montesinos.......Altamira Home Concert
Edith Pageaud...........Oblivion
Ana Vidovich............Live in Baden Baden
Alexandra Whittingham...Danza Brasilera
Elena Zucchini..........Prelude I Villa Lobos

Guys:
Brandon Acker...........Carillon
Ruben Diaz..............Rio de la Miel
Duo Cafe del Mundo......Symphonic
Eliot Fisk..............Bachs Cello Suite VI
Amir John Haddad........Dos Palomas Vuelan
Cecil Refik Kaya........Reyna von Daughters
Miroslav Tadic..........Livingroom Concert
Marc Teicholz...........Bach Rodeau BWV 826
John Williams...........Concierto de Aranjurez

VIRTUOSOS of FINGERPICKING

By the way, we in the MukerBude also like finger-picking!
Björn Berge.............Give it away
Peter Finger............Maple leaf Rag
Barbara Gräsle..........Walkin' Shoes
Stefan Grossman.........Mississippi Blues
Michael Lucarelli.......The Entertainer
Igor Presnyakov.........The Entertainer
Richard Smith...........Beatles Medley
Daisy Taylor............Sweet home Chicago

K E Y B O A R D S   und   P I A N O S   ↑

BUILDING-REPORT

BÖSENDORFER
Since 1828 - Made by hand and finished with heart - History
World-renowned pianists refer to Bösendorfer pianos as the ROLLS-ROYCE of concert grand pianos.
Baubericht - Klavierbau bei Bösendorfer - Deutsch
Baubericht - The Making Of a Boesendorfer - Englisch
We wonder why such a mature grand piano sound, is predominantly used in jazz?
Anyone have an explanation for this? Please let us know ...!

EVENTS

World class meets enthusiasm at Berghaus Oberbölchen CH
We played along in front of the monitor and had a lot of fun.
Brendan Kavanagh offers a unique forum for this

FORUMS

Forums - Dealing with keyboards and pianos
clavio - Forum for Piano and Keyboard - Has competent answers
Keyboard Academy - Forum - Blog - Software - Video Courses and Help
Keyboarder_forum by Musiker Lanze - Current topics - Well attended
mt MUSIKTREFF Klavier-Forum - Very up-to-date and well attended
musikerforum - Musicians' Forum in cooperation with MusicStore
TAMINO-KlassikForum - Forum für Barock - Klassik - Romantik etc.
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Magazine - Who run a forum and deal with keys
RECORDING - The community of music makers - Part of the magazine
SEQUENCER - Sequencer & synthesizer forum - Lot of interesting things
TONSTUDIO FORUM - Information for musicians and sound engineers

KEYBOARDS and E-PIANOS

After the extensive keyboard research in 22/23,
we are currently playing two master keyboards in the MukerBude.
M-AUDIO 61 MK3

With 61 precise semi-weighted keys, for a nylon guitarist
like me, just the right board! Of course I play the KAWAI GS-60 Estate Grand LE by Production Voice.
Of course, this board is also available with 88 keys.
PartyKnowledge:
In classical music, there are only three composers who perform piano pieces for more than 61 keys !
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M-AUDIO Hammer 88


For our pianist, whose seemingly outdated electric piano after 16 years has started to refuse to work some buttons.
Verdict of the repair expert: "Total economic loss."

"After 16 years of playing by a trained pianist, is an upper-class digital piano supposed to have been played too scrap ?"
Whoever believes it ... also knows Santa Claus.

Instead of a repair that brought the once high-quality electric piano up to the standard in terms of sound. of the noughties, we have decided, for much less money, than the cost of repairing a MIDI keyboard with the sound variety of all piano samples of the world.
Now the collage plays an M-Audio Hammer 88, with which all of us - especially him - preferred sound of the KAWAI GS-60 sample from Producion Voice.

His verdict, after two months of playing the M-Audio:
"Plays quite well and sounds really decent :-)"
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At the beginning of 2024, a KAWAI ES 120 arrived. Unfortunately, my modest piano knowledge is not a benchmark for judging fully weighted keys - they are too heavy for me - but the sound can be heard!
Of the devices I've tested, it comes down to the clearly
more expensive jingle boxes from Kork and Roland.
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KAWAI ES 120
For the price of round about 600, - Euro, a recommendation - MuBu 1
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OVERVIEWS
Several lists to simplify the purchasing decision.
This is how you can easily find the boards with the features
that are important to you.
Overview - Controller Keyboards up to 500 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of low-cost controllers/master keyboards.
Overview - Digital pianos up to 500 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Digital pianos from 500 to 1000 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Keyboard Manufacturers - VST & SFZ - Reviews (PDF)
- Listing of keyboards in BRD - VST & SFZ - External Reviews.
Overview - Electric KeysInstruments & Piano Samples
- A compilation of the most important keyboards in Germany.
  These include: Digital pianos - Electric organs - Keyboards
  (including workstations) - MIDI controllers - stage pianos
  and synthesizers.
  Of course, the piano samples should not be missing here, which
  together with a cost-effective MIDI controller for first-class
  sounds worry. With mostly better sound than expensive stage pianos.
Overview - Electric Piano Recommendations (PDF)
- Which sounds better, modeling or sampling?
  A counter-transfer of current sounds.
  Extensive research and comparison of electric pianos
  with MIDI controllers and VST with SFZ samples.
Overview - Piano samples that we play ourselves (PDF)
- The Experience - FAZIOLI F308 - An acoustic enrichment.
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Also take a look at the advice of Melanie - who forbade us to give her last name.
Melanie - Buying an electric piano, what you should pay attention to
delamar - An overview that can hardly be more complete
The most complex electric piano overview that can currently be found on the net.

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
NAMM Show - Of the year 2024
bonedo.de presents all the news and highlights worth knowing
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Young people play instruments made from waste.
And it sounds really good!
The garbage orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with garbage orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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Magazines for music and musicians
Jazz-Fun - Magazine for Jazz Music - With a lot of info around
Smooth Jazz-Fun Network - USA Magazin for Smooth-Jazz
TheUrbanMusicScene.com - TUMS from USA is very extensive
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Magazines for instruments
bonedo - The Musicians' Portal - All from the world of music
BuenasIdeas - Music Production and Homerecording - Well done!
clavio - A piano portal in German - A lot of interesting things
Delmar - (independent?) Fachmagazin für Musiker - Berichte etc.
KEYBOARDS - Electronic. Music. Instruments. - Reviews and more
PIANOO - Guide portal for digital piano and piano - Well done!
RECORDING - News - Reviews - Interviews - Workshop and Forum
RONDO - Das Klassik- und Jazz-Magazin - in German
SEQUENCER - Synthesizer, Sequencer, Nerdic Walking, Forum
Tastenwelt - News - Reviews - Practice - And a lot more
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Even if most magazines have some form of Sponsor in it and/or behind it, it is at Amazona quite Obviously, managing director is Hans Thomann. In this, although not badly made sales magazine remains natural - an objective evaluation of the products - on the track.
Amazona - By Thomann - Interesting sales magazine
So always let a good portion of skepticism prevail.
The global instrument trade is a shark tank,
into which no shark would dare to enter.
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TESTS
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!

PIANO finder - Comprehensive reports on everything that has buttons
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Six testers - four in English - have our appreciation!
When we are undecided with our opinion, we consult these
four/five specialists for advice, who also usually have answers.
Simeon Amburgey - PraiseTracks - Experienced instrument tester


Stu Harrison - From Merriam Music - Tests very detailed !

Guys, one thing you can't do, is show Stu to your wives :-|

Jeremy See - Independent - Buys all boards from own money


James Pavel Shawcross - Is ThePianoForever - Milan Record Studio


Jörg Sunderkötter & Yacine Khorchi - For PIANOO

The guys, make with their expertise really fun !

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

Klassika - Here you will find what you are looking for

SHOPS and REPAIRS

MANUFACTURER
A overview of well-known grand piano builders, will be expand...
Bechstein - Since 1853 and largest piano manufacturer in Europe
KAWAI Germany - Grand - Pianos - Hybrid & Digital Pianos
KAWAI dealer locator - in German-speaking countries - AT - CH - DE
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DEALER
Bauer-Music - 50 years of keyboard experience near Offenbach
Bechstein Cologne - In the newly renovated Bechstein Centrum
Bonners-Music - The renowned piano dealer in United Kingdom
Piano Faust - Celebrates 125th Anniversary - Well Sorted A&E Pianos
KAWAI Pianohaus Hamburg - First-class expertise over three floors
Piano Kreisel - Since 1864 well sorted and extremely competent
Piano Lang - Aachen area - An expert with passion for the piano
Piano Schmitz - Recommends "Play yourselves happy" - Well sorted
People, stay away from private Internet sellers who have nothing withdraw. Also, we do not recommend NoName products, also If they are advertised so full-bodied.
Where China is on it, there is usually cheap production in it.
The house brands of the big German dealers are mostly of decent quality, even if they (except for the often cheap price) have hardly anything special to offer.
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REPAIR and RESTORATION
Die Klaviermachermeister - Letuha & Müller Piano maker in Vienna
Klavier-Atelier - Gert Hecher - Restores historic pianos
Jonas and Bruno Kaiser are piano makers - With sound in the blood
Piano Lang - piano shop and master workshop for pianos
Piano Lang - Sensational YouTube-Channel - They are helped
PIANOVA - Blümke & Sund bring people and pianos together
PIANOVUM - M. Thron Master piano builder builds and restores pianos
Tobias J. Schmidt and son are KlavierAtelier - Piano Restauration
KlavierAtelier YT-Channel with reports from repair & restoration
RotheDesign - Jendrik Rothe repairs and restores pianos
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PIANO LANG
Piano expert - in the Aachen area

Piano Maker - Book Author - Composer - Pianist -
YT-Channel Operators and Website Developers
and much more ...



YouTube-Channel
Piano Lang 279 Videos - und - The other entry into the channel
Elaborations by Stefan Lang - Books

PIANO LANG

SOFTWARE

Instructions - Cost-effective installation of a SoftWare piano
It takes a computer, an audio interface a proper keyboard and headphones or speakers. Because the keyboards called MIDI controllers do not produce their own sound, which is also their great advantage. Even the most expensive keyboards can hardly compete with the digitized sounds.
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Report - Current FreeWare DAWs with a short description
From the originally intended comparative test, in the course of the Research an installation and experience report about CakeWalk because it turns out to be a top-notch FreeWare DAW !
As we've learned, the Reaper DAW will be able to can continue to be activated free of charge.
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CakeWalk - By BandLab - FreeWare DAW in a class of its own
Cakewalk Documentation - Help like others hardly offer
MusikSoftware - Home Recording Software Portal - You will find it
sforzando - Very powerful SFZ player easy to use

SONGs

The European idea - Claudio versus Putin !
Remarkable song by Claudio Roncaldi that we would like to receive!
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We thought critical singer-songwriters would be in before himself
degenerating, western world extinct, or of her
complete stupefaction fall victim by comedy.
H. D. Hüsch, G. Kreisler, R. May, H. Wader and others.
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Hagen Rether - With his program LOVE:
Much more than just intelligent humor!
His razor-sharp Logig, is not for education-deniers. < br > One of the few who still dares to call people and things by their names!
44 Performances
Liebe - Program 1 - 5
By the way, a first-class pianist!
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Bodo Wartke:
The country in which I want to live - We would join them
Das Grundgesetz, ganz im Stil von The BlueSpand
Jetzt oder Sinfonie! with the WDR Funkorchester
Slipped into commercial kitsch with "Barbaras Rabarberbar".

THEORY and TEACHERS

ARRANGEMENT
YouTube Channel - Marti Tom Fischer
  HomePage
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YouTube-Channel - Prof. Dr. Andreas Kissenbeck
  HomePage
Here you can find Education & Science
Arranging and arranging the crahs course !
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COMPOSITION and NOTES
Understanding music - experiencing music! with a clear view

                 Fabian          Sebastian        Christine

... learn refreshingly colourful notes with MusikDurchblick

MukerBude chimes in:
We put their videos in order (PDF)
We are developing their videos into a music textbook (PDF)
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Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Meanwhile already a real FreeWare classic!
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American researchers have figured out the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts about 10 seconds long, then playing them and 10 seconds. does not play. In this 10 - 10 rhythm play through all the individual parts of the piece. Allegedly, what has been learned solidifies faster and more intensively.
It seems to work if only I wasn't so lazy...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Scientists explain how to practice piano correctly
Bayrischer Rundfunk Klassik
- Practice properly - Tips from professionals
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TEACHER
Piano teachers, of the many we looked at, convince us the most because of their good didactics.
Of course, there are other qualified piano teachers.
However, we have only looked in more detail at those which
which provide the widest possible free introduction to their
Provide lessons.

Fanny Engelhart - Piano School - Large YouTube video collection

Guys, practicing with Fanny is pure joy.
Try it out and you'll find out what I mean.

Thomas Forschbach - werdemusiker - Crash course & YouTube videos


Brendan Kavanagh is Dr K - 1. Class not only Boogie Woogie teacher


Learn piano with Melanie - On Saturdays there are new videos


Thorsten Schuchardt - His YT channel is a real treasure trove


Franz Titscher - YT Channel - Learn how to play the piano with fun

We at MukerBude are enthusiastic about his teaching method !
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PIANO-THEORIE
Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Mittlerweile schon ein echter FreeWare Klassiker!
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Davide Di Bello is Dave Wave - Musiktheorie am Piano erklärt !

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American researchers have discovered the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts lasting about 10 seconds, then playing them and not playing for 10 seconds. not playing. Play through all the individual parts of the piece in this 10-10 rhythm. Allegedly, this helps you to consolidate what you have learned faster and more intensively.
It seems to work, if only I wasn't so lazy....
Zürcher Zeitung - Scientists explain how to practise the piano properly
Bayrischer Rundfunk - Practicing correctly - tips from professionals

AUDIO ENGINEERING

Small overview for orientation how good samples sound
10 Excellent Grand Piano Samples in comparison
Piano Samples compared to Steinway A188 - 1925
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Three piano samples from Production Voice in a class of their own:
First-class entry for a few bucks with only 11 GB
Estate Grand LE - KAWAI GS-60
The same piano KAWAI GS 60 with more extensive adjustment options for a small 59 dollars
Estate Grasnd Piano - KAWAI GS-60
The large version from Production Voice - Concert Grand Complete recorded with nine microphone perpectives, 24Bit - 96kB and 3D Ambisonic Sound. With 1.1 TB unfortunately not for every computer configuration. $329 for the full version of the Steinway D New York 9' are not too much.

Sound sample of the Yamaha C7 by Production Voices.
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube-Report by Production Voice

Concert Grand Complete Full Version - STEINWAY D New York 9'
Concert Grand LE - Simeon Amburgey - A Testimonial
At the bottom of the page there are sound samples of the micropositions
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube report by Production Voice
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Digital FreeWare SoundSamples in SFZ and VST formats
SFZ...
A_PIANO - 12 official sounding SFZ piano samples
FreePats - Akkustig Grand Pianos - Keep your ears open
MUSICAL ARTIFACTS - Piano samples in usable quality
POLYPHONE - Software instrument collection in good quality
PRODUCTION VOICES - Estate Grand a Kawai GS 60 SFZ Sample
VST...
Piano Dremers - A detailed list of VST pianos
Plugins4free - Instruments - Effects - MIDI - Hosts etc.
Not to mention the gigantic mass of VST plugins, of which
we said goodbye in 2022 to become 100% FreeWare!

KNOWLEDGE

Complex Theme - Hammer Mechanism of Piano Keyboards
clavio - Answers to the keystroke of the acoustic piano
Schimmel explains its mechanism in detail - PDF loads at click
Thomann - Explains SAMPLES in detail in eight chapters
WIKI - Explains piano, hammer and touch mechanics
WIKI - Explains the aftertouch on keyboards - The other mechanics
WIKI - Keyboard - A mechanism developed over centuries
WIKI - Stroke Piano - TouchTypes and Interesting Facts
WIKI - VelocityDynamics with many links

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Ahmad Jamal



Poinciana - Olympia Paris 2012
Ahmad's playing has fascinated me all my life.
Poinciana has fascinated me since I was young.

VIRTUOSOS ON THE PIANO

Martha Argerich........Scarlati Sonate 141
Hélène Grimaud.........Beethoven Nr, 4 Op. 58
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Lynne Arriale..........Mountain of the Night
Khatia Buniatishvili...Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Anna Fedorova..........Piano Recital
Vanessa Gnaegi LaDyva..Ladyva's Stomp
Keiko Matsui...........Forever Varations
Maria João Pires.......Schubert Fantasy Op. 103
Rosalía Gómez Lasheras.Beethoven Piano Nr. 5
Hania Rani.............Live im Studio S2
Yuja Wang..............Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Younee.................My Piano - Classic & Jazz

... click here for the ARCHIVES ...

The JoSeBas

M U K E R B U D E   ↑

MY OWN WORK

MUKERBUDE DEVELOPS FOR THE WORLD

For the guitar hobbyists among you, I have developed a small aid,
which makes it very easy to construct the body of guitars.
It can be constructed in 8 steps with the simplest geometry.



It's really kids easy!



My III. Guitar is finished

Several months of calculation and 1/2 year of woodworking

Construction Report of the THIRD - Its Name is
"Triangle meets Square"" (PDF)

The construction of my SECOND has finished...

Two months of planning and one year of woodworking

Construction-Report of the SECOND - "Round Meets Agular" (PDF)





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Most important first

Book - Piano & learning - Notes - Theory - Scales - Chords (PDF)
Instruction - Install SoftWare Grand Piano (PDF)
Recommendation - Digital Pianos - Keyboards - MIDI Controllers (PDF)
Report - CakeWalk DAW with preview of other DAWs (PDF)

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Instruction - Building report - THE THIRD is ready(PDF)
Instructions - Building an exact fit piano bench (PDF)
Instruction - Simple construction aid for corpus determination (PDF)
Instruction - Building report - THE SECOND - Is ready (PDF)
Invention - The country needs functioning tuning cranks (PDF)
Done in June of the year 2019 - Photo taken from a bicycle (PDF)
Instruction - Report of an full-acoustic travel guitar (PDF)
Invention - Fold cutter - Holding device for Dremel (PDF)
Calculation - Frets Distance from nut and fret width (ODS)
Book - Peters small notes and harmony teaching - E-Book (PDF)
Book - Peters small notes and harmony teaching - PaperBook (PDF)
Instruction - Building an acoustic lap steel string guitar (PDF)
Instruction - Drill yourself 12-hole knottingblock easy (PDF)
Instruction - Replace frets of your classic guitar yourself (PDF)
Instruction - Stratocaster becomes a nylon guitar (PDF)
Recommendation - Best classic guitars under 1000€ (PDF)

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Instruction - Construction of a guitar from vegetable boxes (PDF)
Instruction - Construction of a drill stand made of wood (PDF)
Instruction - Downsize a guitar neck made very simple (PDF)
Calculation - Pressure force of strings on the bridge (PDF)
Report - Cort NTL 20 F - Western Guitar in Jumbo style (PDF)
Report - Salvador Cortez CS-205 - petite concert guitar (PDF)
Report - Ibanez MASA SX72 - little western guitar (PDF)
Book - A fairy tale - My Concert aunt tells her life (PDF)
Recommendation - To learn guitar, theory & sheet music (PDF)
Recommendation - New nylons - long neck, narrow body (PDF)
Invention - Arm pad for small acoustic guitars (PDF)
Invention - Cajon - with tuning and disconnectable snare (PDF)
Invention - Chords TABs for piano with link to download txt-file
SoftWare - Installation Guide - Guitar Pro 6 lite (PDF)
Studio - Example for a HomeRecording Studio (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar techniques - trying to list them (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar fretboard notes for sharp # and flat b (PDF)
Knowledge - Circle of fifths in two tables Major and Minor (PDF)

2024 - III. QUARTER

... SUMMER 2024 ...

July August September

New reports on guitars and keyboards

Directly to   G U I T A R S

Directly to   K E Y B O A R D S

Directly to   M U K E R B U D E

Order of topics here in the content:
ACTUALITIES
GUITARS
KEYBOARDS
MUKERBUDE
The homepage is the showcase of current topics.
After publication, the articles are moved to the sections.





Sometimes it comes differently...

On the last Tuesday of May, I took the Fingertip of the right index finger detached. After 14 days, the touches were all around the fingertip, again without stabbing pain.
However, whether I will ever again be painless in the strings, or in the Keyboard keys can grab, will show up with time!

ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WILL BE INTERRUPTED.







HELLO KIDS - WANT TO PLAY GUITAR :-)
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Two funny, exciting and instructive pages for making music!
WDR Sound Box
Four orchestras of the WDR, as well as all together and the MAUS.
With different instruments you can create 15 motifs together
and play together.
And you can get to know the musicians.
You can also make your own sounds.
There are two games and a great quiz about Instrmente.
There is much to discover!
Singing Horses
Click on the horses, each sings in a different pitch.



ACTUALITIES

WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US

The history of the third guitar on the right in the picture:
Two first-class guitar makers made this guitar,
to donate to the ZEITZ Foundation.
You can win them with a ticket for 25 euros

Leo Striebel - Andreas Cuntz - and the inlay designer Kian Farzar



The Zeitz Foundation, founded by Jochen Zeitz takes care of reforestation and the provision of clean drinking water in Afrike.

Except for masses of beautiful colorful pictures, there is neither a
Annual Report or other independent data on the activities of the
of the Zeitz Foundation, which provides concrete information about the seriousness of Jochen Zeitz.

Quote: Melitta 2019
"JOCHEN ZEITZ is an economic manager, strategist and author. He's President and CEO of Harley-Davidson Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Directors Board of Directors of Harley-Davidson. In addition, the former CEO of Puma SE, founder of the Zeitz Foundation. He dedicates himself to the Numerous sustainability projects within the framework of various foundations."

Unfortunately, the requested documents do not work out of a real one evidence of the activities of the Zeitz Foundation. Many claims, no verifiable evidence...

We at MukerBude keep our hands off the project because it is unfortunately too There are many fraudsters in this foundation segment.
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INTERESSANTE SONGS:
ROGER WILLEMSEN - Manfred Zapatka spricht - WER WIR WAREN
HEINZ RUDOLF KUNZE - In Gedenken an BORYS ROMANTSCHENKO
HAGEN RETHER - Verwechselt Nord Korea mit Nord Amerika ... nicht
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SchönenGutenA-Band - DAS GRUNDGESETZ
BandName, SongStyle and Video, in the style of the Chris Grey & The BlueSpand , with their authentic song Mammas Marmalaid!
The country I want to live in - Nice but completely irrational idea

ON OUR OWN BEHALF

To make the contents of the MukerBude accessible even faster,
the entire MukerBude will be cleaned up by the end of 2024.

- All links are checked for consistency and updated if necessary.
- All JPG, PNG images and PDF text files are compressed to a maximum.
- All HTML files are optimized in their programming.

This project can be described as follows:
Imagine you want to repaint your house. Outside, inside and
everything that is in it, with the brush and the paint for fingernails.

All ongoing projects will continue as before.
Please forgive us if there is a delay somewhere.
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First visible corrections of the clean-up work at the MukerBude:
The section of the MukerBude "GUITARS",
splits into three separate divisions:
FOR MUSICIANS
WORKSHOP INSIDES and BUILDING REPORTS
FOR LUTHIERS
and there is a new section
INNOVATIVE GUITAS
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All musicians in the Guitar & Piano sections Guitarists & Pianists
are up to date as of 01.04.2024. Many musicians are comes new.
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My III. Classic-Guitar is ready!
MY OWN DREAMGUITAR



CONSTRUCTION REPORT (PDF)
BRIDGE-EXPLOSION (PDF)
PICTURES SERIES (PDF)
VARNISHING (PDF)
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YOU ASKED US/ME:

Two music stations are among my absolute favorites.
RADIO SWISS JAZZ 24/7 - SRG SSR - MUSIC. PURE.
and of course my absolute favorite station.
Smooth_Jazz.COM GLOBAL
If you don't know the style. As the name suggests, it is smoothed-out jazz harmonies without distorting them, with a Dash of soul and a touch of ambient... (my definition)

Die-hard jazz musicians also refer to smooth jazz as jazz pop.
I can live well with that. Just like Klaus Doldinger, whose music has been described as jazz commercialism for decades.
Someone called SmoothJazz department store music, which I called high praise. If music is able to create a buying mood, first and foremost, it creates a good mood !
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We at MukerBude, especially myself, deal with almost
all the musical styles of the planet. We probably have a
much wider range of music than all radio music presenters.
That's why we don't like all channels that only serve one genre
they quickly get on your nerves.
A pleasant exception is the broadcast in the evening program,
die Greatest hits of all time on BREMEN 1
Because the music is chosen by the listeners, it covers a wide spectrum.
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SmoothJazz - Presented at the end of the year 23 Top 100 Album Chart
Friends we love this music.
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Instructions - Back to 6-Hole Knotting Block - Without Drilling (PDF)
News from the field of tying technique for nylon and carbon strings for concert guitars. Without fiddly drilling on the knot block and the associated problems for some.
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Young people play homemade instruments made from waste,
Their sound is amazingly good!
The Garbage Orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with Garbage Orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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David Rauterberg had this interesting idea 10 years ago.
RUDELSINGEN
However, we wonder why no sponsors have been found yet
have to be able to offer such a great idea for free?
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Hello concert guitar lovers, there is hope!
We all know that forums are dying, especially when it comes to things Concert guitar. According to Bernd C. Hoffmann on January 20, 2023 unexpectedly died "God have him blessed" is also the last with him German-speaking forum for concert guitars.
Harald and Peter, two enthusiasts have set out on a new one Forum-Klassikgitarre Exchange on classical and flamenco guitar
to send on your journey! MuBu says thank you!

BOOKS

"Peter's little notes and harmony"
What everyone needs to know about music - 121 pages.
Book - Harmony-Teaching as an Electronic Book (PDF)
- With jump marks for quick scrolling.
Book - Harmony-Teaching for printing (PDF)
- Pages oriented for printing.
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Book presentations:
Instruments, composition, theory and handcraft (PDF)

INVENTIONS

Invention - Piano mechanics (PDF)
- The modest attempt to simplify the piano mechanics.
- We were thankfully supported by KAWAI Europe which supports
  us - as the only one of the major A- and E-piano manufacturers -
  an "action sample" of the latest generation of keys, their Grand Feel
  III keyboard free of charge.
  MILLE GRAZIE to KAWAI
  - JAPAN
  - EUROPE & GERMANY

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation - MukerBude Favourite Songs (PDF)
- On several requests, I let myself be persuaded to do so.
  Songs - Albums - Vocals - SingerSongwriter - Concerts - Film
  Music - Instrumentalists and Composers to list.
  To remember the great songs was fun!

REPORTS

Report - Learning piano and notes (PDF)
- My experience report to learn to play the keyboard properly
  and teach you the basics of musical notation
  The elaboration shows diagrams of scales and chords
  and is supported by extensively researched links
  - on the topic - competently extended by Franz Itscher.

THEORY

Theory - MusicDurchblick Videos ascending (PDF)
- In agreement with MusikDurchblick, MukerBude has their
  meanwhile well over 100 videos, in the order of their
  Release date, listed for better findability.
Theory - Learning notes with music perspective (PDF)
- Here is the MukerBude version, which contains the first-class of
  MusikDurchblick YT videos, to a chronologically continuous
  digital textbook.
  - This is only a first presentation of the project,
    in the further course of development, its optical design
    and aims to significantly improve handling.

G U I T A R S   ↑

Classical Nylons and modern Steelstrings ...

ALL NEWS

Here is my favorite music, musicians and instruments ...
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And suddenly my III. Classical-Guitar is finished !
I call it: "TRIANGLE MEETS SQUARE"
CONSTRUCTION REPORT (PDF)
BRIDGE EXPLOSION (PDF)
PICTURE SERIES (PDF)
SURFACE TREATMENT (PDF)

BUILDINGREPORTS

GUITARS
Construction report of my FIRST - Guitar met travelers (PDF)
- Practice in dealing with old tools - 86 pages.
Construction report of my SECOND - Round meets square (PDF)
- A detailed building instruction and construction report - 203 pages.
Construction report of my THIRD - Square meets triangle (PDF)
- A detailed building construction report comes with 117 pages.

INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions - Back to 6-hole knotting block (PDF)
- Without problematic drilling on the knotting block!
- Optimal contact pressure of the strings!
- Simple winding and loosening of the strings!
Instruction - 12 hole knot block (PDF)
- Here we show you how to easily remove the bridge
  Expand your guitar by six holes.
Instruction - Rebonding of a concert guitar (PDF)
- You will have all the necessary tools in the household.
Instruction - Easy Guitar body construction (PDF)
- We reveal a well-kept secret !
  How to easily change the body shape of
  Concert guitars determined and draws.
  There was even an attempt to prohibit us from
  publishing this report.

LUTHIERS

Find a LUTHIER
JEDI - World's most comprehensive finder for female guitar builders
JEDI - World's most comprehensive finder for guitar builders
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CLASSIC GUITARS
Stephan Connor - The American builds outstanding concert guitars
Christina Kobler - Haslach Austria - Guitar making with passion
Bernhard Kresse - Cologne FRG - Concert & Historical Guitar Workshop
Antonio & José Marin - Granada Spain - Classical Flamenco Guitars
Paul McGill - Vermont USA - Modern interpreted concert guitars
Theodoro & Beatriz & Sergio Pérez - Madrid Spain - At its best !
Masaki Sakurai - Tokyo Japan - Guitars developed with high technology
Smallman & Sons - Esperance Australien - Build for John Williams
Carolin & Max Strohmer - Nuremberg FRG - 4th generation guitars
My Strohmer will be 50 year, and her sound is better than ever !
Zebulon Turentine - An American who builds good concert guitars
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Andreas Cuntz - 1a guitar builder so also his guitars
Greenfield Guitars - With very own look and sound
Christiina Kobler - Dreamlike beautiful and well clioning guitars
Kraushaar - Project Europe is one of the best guitars ever
Joe Veillette - His electric & acoustic guitars are very special
Daniel Zucali - Österreich - Tradition interpreted in a modern way

EVENTS and GUITAR-FESTIVALS

GUITAR SUMMIT 24 - 27. - 29. Sep. - EU bigest Guitarshow
Antwerpen Gitaar Festival - 15. to 17. November 2024
Hamburger Gitarrentage - All Events in the Year 2024
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Guitar Show - 18. and 19. Mai 2024 in Padova Italien
EGB European Guitar Builders - Symposium 16. & 17. 05. Padova IT
Roma Expo Guitars - from 15. to 17. März 2024
NAMM 2024 25. to 28. Januar
NAMM 2024 25. to 28. Januar - bonedo berichtete ... !

FORUMS

We hope that the only German forum for concert guitars
Forum-Klassikgitarre can convince through knowledge!
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After the forum "Learn to Play the Guitar" was discontinued,
it has torn a hole in the German guitar teacher landscape.
We recommend a long-standing forum:
Gitarrenboard - The German-language guitar forum
For the sole reason:
Because there is the first-class guitar and music theorist
MJCHAEL offers his knowledge in the subforum Music Theory !
You know his guitar knowledge or you can find it in the extensive
Campfire Diploma

GUITARS

PRESENTATION OF THE QUARTER "LAVA ME 4 Spruce"



A truly innovative evolution of the guitar!
Acoustics meets electronics !
The largest is 104 cm long and corresponds to a concert guitar.
The electronics can be compared to those of an Aranger keyboard.
Different sounds of the guitar, presented by Julia Lange
The prices, including the large model, are really moderate.
Carl Wockner shows more of the built-in electronics
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DESIGNS - Kasha Guitar
The ideas of the two great luthiers (inventors) Johann Georg Stauffer and I incorporated both of them into my second construction project. A first serious development since then, is the guitar of Prof. Michael Kasha, who approached the development of this guitar purely mathematically.

Current representatives of this interesting construction method are:
Thomas Ochs - I was able to learn a lot from him - thank you
Jay Rosenblatt - Who deals and works with the Kasha models
Christas Mehner - Explains rudimentarily the Kasha guitar
Thomas Eichert - Builds Kasha concert guitars, among others

Elkayam Boaz and George Majkowski build Kasha guitars
Richard Schneider plays his Kasha model built in 1992
A review of the Richard Schneider model from 1992
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GUITAR TEACHER
Superprof - Private lessons near you, more than 1100 teachers
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CLASSICAL-GUITARS
A. Augustine - Distributes only four concert guitars - MuBu Referral
Antonio Calida - Wholesaler also manufactures in China
Salvador Cortez - Builds cheap and good concert guitars
Duke Guitars - Basic and Student are two MuBu recommendations
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Cort - First class guitar manufacture from South Korea
Framus - Classic, with the most advanced manufacturing methods
Furch - By tradition first class steelstring guitars
Godin - Their nylon electric guitars have become the world standard
Ibanez - Good guitars off the shelf with a lot of inovative development
Lakewood - German manufacturer that matures to the world's best
Martin & Co - Who does not know them, has missed the guitar sound
Maton - Australian extra class built for the world
Takamine - No stage without Takamine - Premium by Ibanez
Taylor - The sonorous basses among the steelstrings

INSTRUMENTS

MUSICIANS

Dik De Heer - Large collection of musician biographies!

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
POPKULTUR - The 150 best Rocksongs of the 1970er Years
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52 years of exchanging information and inspiration for string instrument makers
Guild of American String Instrument Makers
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The magazine musikmachen.de deals among other things with
many aspects of making music yourself. From childhood to
to the advanced musician age.
Making music increases intelligence!
Making music with children and creating self-confidence
Making music in the family because it's just great
Fun with music the best homemade
Actively making music the most beautiful thing in the world
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RollingStone TOP 100 Guitarists - A FAKE - MuBu clarifies
With a few exceptions, the really good guitarists are missing?
RollingStone's reports only purely commercially oriented.
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TESTER
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!


BUSCAR instrumentos - Concentrated knowledge about all guitar types

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project
The Petrucci Music Library is a comprehensive music sheet music database! Thanks to the kind reader who sent us this link :-)
GUITARTABMAKER - Extensive collection for different styles

SHOPS

Guitar Concert Classic - Paris France - Selected Classical Guitars
Guitars International Armin Kelly - World finest Classic-Guitars
Guitars Salon International - Santa Monica USA - Finest guitars
Guitarras de Luthiers - Madrid Spain - Spanish guitar noble store
Kent Guitar Classics - Chipstead England - England Guitars Address
La Guitarra Flamenca - Wiesloch FRG & Sevilla Spain - Very dedicated
Mundo Flamenco - Freiburg FRG - Well Assorted Flamenco Guitars
Siccas Guitars - Karlsruhe FRG - ConcertGuitars of the extra class
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USED-EQUIPMENT
Reverb - Used and new music equipment - buy and sell
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GUITAR PARTS and ACCESSOIERES
Rall Guitars & Tools - First-class assorted guitar parts and accessories !
Rockinger - Instruments - Kits - Parts and much more
TONE MATTERS - Extensive accessories for electric guitars
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OVERVIEWs
Overview - Strings - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of string manufacturers, history & brief evaluation.
Overview - Tuning Mechanisms - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of tuning mechanisms for concert guitars.

SOFTWARE

SONGBOOKS

THEORY

WIKIBOOKS - Campfire diploma - A diploma of a total of 15 + 1
The book "Guitare" was criated from Red Rooster
and is now being managed by MJCHAEL
Mjchael you can ask questions in the Forums - Gitarre Spielen Lernen
All diplomas together, form a comprehensive as well as informative textbook for learning to play the guitar.
MukerBude RECOMMENDATION !!!

SOUND EGENEERING

KNOWLEDGE

GITARRAD - Guitar types - overview with pictures, nice overview
GUITAR-RESOURCE - Guitar resources on the Internet a collection
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Michael Ruhe Gitarren - Builds guitars with patented scale
Boulder Creek Guitars - Patented Bracing-System
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Knowledge - FretCalculator (ODS)
- Excel spreadsheet in Open Data format - download starts on click.
Knowledge - Scores of the mensuration (PDF)
- A look at the guitar scale, all notes in b-bes and #-as.
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Rick Beato 1. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1929 - 1969
Rick Beato 2. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1970 - 1979
Rick Beato 3. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1980 - 1989
Rick Beato 4. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1990 - 1999

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Judith Beckedorf



Judith fascinates with her virtuosity of the instruments,
as well as her voice! In addition.
Judith is a first-class singer-songwriter and music educator.

VIRTUOSES and VIRTUOSES on the CLASSIC GUITAR

TOP GUITARISTS
Here is our top ranking of Classic-Guitarists:

Girls:
Margarita Escarpa.......FIGG 2021
Stephanie Jones.........Latin Fingerstyle
Julia Lange.............Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Yenne Lee...............Autumn Leaves
Anabel Montesinos.......Altamira Home Concert
Edith Pageaud...........Oblivion
Ana Vidovich............Live in Baden Baden
Alexandra Whittingham...Danza Brasilera
Elena Zucchini..........Prelude I Villa Lobos

Guys:
Brandon Acker...........Carillon
Ruben Diaz..............Rio de la Miel
Duo Cafe del Mundo......Symphonic
Eliot Fisk..............Bachs Cello Suite VI
Amir John Haddad........Dos Palomas Vuelan
Cecil Refik Kaya........Reyna von Daughters
Miroslav Tadic..........Livingroom Concert
Marc Teicholz...........Bach Rodeau BWV 826
John Williams...........Concierto de Aranjurez

VIRTUOSOS of FINGERPICKING

By the way, we in the MukerBude also like finger-picking!
Björn Berge.............Give it away
Peter Finger............Maple leaf Rag
Barbara Gräsle..........Walkin' Shoes
Stefan Grossman.........Mississippi Blues
Michael Lucarelli.......The Entertainer
Igor Presnyakov.........The Entertainer
Richard Smith...........Beatles Medley

K E Y B O A R D S   und   P I A N O S   ↑

BUILDING-REPORT

BÖSENDORFER
Since 1828 - Made by hand and finished with heart - History
World-renowned pianists refer to Bösendorfer pianos as the ROLLS-ROYCE of concert grand pianos.
Baubericht - Klavierbau bei Bösendorfer - Deutsch
Baubericht - The Making Of a Boesendorfer - Englisch
We wonder why such a mature grand piano sound, is predominantly used in jazz?
Anyone have an explanation for this? Please let us know ...!

EVENTS

World class meets enthusiasm at Berghaus Oberbölchen CH
We played along in front of the monitor and had a lot of fun.
Brendan Kavanagh offers a unique forum for this

FORUMS

Forums - Dealing with keyboards and pianos
clavio - Forum for Piano and Keyboard - Has competent answers
Keyboard Academy - Forum - Blog - Software - Video Courses and Help
Keyboarder_forum by Musiker Lanze - Current topics - Well attended
mt MUSIKTREFF Klavier-Forum - Very up-to-date and well attended
musikerforum - Musicians' Forum in cooperation with MusicStore
TAMINO-KlassikForum - Forum für Barock - Klassik - Romantik etc.
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Magazine - Who run a forum and deal with keys
RECORDING - The community of music makers - Part of the magazine
SEQUENCER - Sequencer & synthesizer forum - Lot of interesting things
TONSTUDIO FORUM - Information for musicians and sound engineers

KEYBOARDS and E-PIANOS

After the extensive keyboard research in 22/23,
we are currently playing two master keyboards in the MukerBude.
M-AUDIO 61 MK3

With 61 precise semi-weighted keys, for a nylon guitarist
like me, just the right board! Of course I play the KAWAI GS-60 Estate Grand LE by Production Voice.
Of course, this board is also available with 88 keys.
PartyKnowledge:
In classical music, there are only three composers who perform piano pieces for more than 61 keys !
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M-AUDIO Hammer 88


For our pianist, whose seemingly outdated electric piano after 16 years has started to refuse to work some buttons.
Verdict of the repair expert: "Total economic loss."

"After 16 years of playing by a trained pianist, is an upper-class digital piano supposed to have been played too scrap ?"
Whoever believes it ... also knows Santa Claus.

Instead of a repair that brought the once high-quality electric piano up to the standard in terms of sound. of the noughties, we have decided, for much less money, than the cost of repairing a MIDI keyboard with the sound variety of all piano samples of the world.
Now the collage plays an M-Audio Hammer 88, with which all of us - especially him - preferred sound of the KAWAI GS-60 sample from Producion Voice.

His verdict, after two months of playing the M-Audio:
"Plays quite well and sounds really decent :-)"
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At the beginning of 2024, a KAWAI ES 120 arrived. Unfortunately, my modest piano knowledge is not a benchmark for judging fully weighted keys - they are too heavy for me - but the sound can be heard!
Of the devices I've tested, it comes down to the clearly
more expensive jingle boxes from Kork and Roland.
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KAWAI ES 120
For the price of round about 600, - Euro, a recommendation - MuBu 1
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OVERVIEWS
Several lists to simplify the purchasing decision.
This is how you can easily find the boards with the features
that are important to you.
Overview - Controller Keyboards up to 500 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of low-cost controllers/master keyboards.
Overview - Digital pianos up to 500 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Digital pianos from 500 to 1000 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Keyboard Manufacturers - VST & SFZ - Reviews (PDF)
- Listing of keyboards in BRD - VST & SFZ - External Reviews.
Overview - Electric KeysInstruments & Piano Samples
- A compilation of the most important keyboards in Germany.
  These include: Digital pianos - Electric organs - Keyboards
  (including workstations) - MIDI controllers - stage pianos
  and synthesizers.
  Of course, the piano samples should not be missing here, which
  together with a cost-effective MIDI controller for first-class
  sounds worry. With mostly better sound than expensive stage pianos.
Overview - Electric Piano Recommendations (PDF)
- Which sounds better, modeling or sampling?
  A counter-transfer of current sounds.
  Extensive research and comparison of electric pianos
  with MIDI controllers and VST with SFZ samples.
Overview - Piano samples that we play ourselves (PDF)
- The Experience - FAZIOLI F308 - An acoustic enrichment.
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Also take a look at the advice of Melanie - who forbade us to give her last name.
Melanie - Buying an electric piano, what you should pay attention to
delamar - An overview that can hardly be more complete
The most complex electric piano overview that can currently be found on the net.

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
NAMM Show - Of the year 2024
bonedo.de presents all the news and highlights worth knowing
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Young people play instruments made from waste.
And it sounds really good!
The garbage orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with garbage orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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Magazines for music and musicians
Jazz-Fun - Magazine for Jazz Music - With a lot of info around
Smooth Jazz-Fun Network - USA Magazin for Smooth-Jazz
TheUrbanMusicScene.com - TUMS from USA is very extensive
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Magazines for instruments
bonedo - The Musicians' Portal - All from the world of music
BuenasIdeas - Music Production and Homerecording - Well done!
clavio - A piano portal in German - A lot of interesting things
Delmar - (independent?) Fachmagazin für Musiker - Berichte etc.
KEYBOARDS - Electronic. Music. Instruments. - Reviews and more
PIANOO - Guide portal for digital piano and piano - Well done!
RECORDING - News - Reviews - Interviews - Workshop and Forum
RONDO - Das Klassik- und Jazz-Magazin - in German
SEQUENCER - Synthesizer, Sequencer, Nerdic Walking, Forum
Tastenwelt - News - Reviews - Practice - And a lot more
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Even if most magazines have some form of Sponsor in it and/or behind it, it is at Amazona quite Obviously, managing director is Hans Thomann. In this, although not badly made sales magazine remains natural - an objective evaluation of the products - on the track.
Amazona - By Thomann - Interesting sales magazine
So always let a good portion of skepticism prevail.
The global instrument trade is a shark tank,
into which no shark would dare to enter.
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TESTS
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!

PIANO finder - Comprehensive reports on everything that has buttons
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Six testers - four in English - have our appreciation!
When we are undecided with our opinion, we consult these
four/five specialists for advice, who also usually have answers.
Simeon Amburgey - PraiseTracks - Experienced instrument tester


Stu Harrison - From Merriam Music - Tests very detailed !

Guys, one thing you can't do, is show Stu to your wives :-|

Jeremy See - Independent - Buys all boards from own money


James Pavel Shawcross - Is ThePianoForever - Milan Record Studio


Jörg Sunderkötter & Yacine Khorchi - For PIANOO

The guys, make with their expertise really fun !

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

Klassika - Here you will find what you are looking for

SHOPS and REPAIRS

MANUFACTURER
A overview of well-known grand piano builders, will be expand...
Bechstein - Since 1853 and largest piano manufacturer in Europe
KAWAI Germany - Grand - Pianos - Hybrid & Digital Pianos
KAWAI dealer locator - in German-speaking countries - AT - CH - DE
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DEALER
Bauer-Music - 50 years of keyboard experience near Offenbach
Bechstein Cologne - In the newly renovated Bechstein Centrum
Bonners-Music - The renowned piano dealer in United Kingdom
Piano Faust - Celebrates 125th Anniversary - Well Sorted A&E Pianos
KAWAI Pianohaus Hamburg - First-class expertise over three floors
Piano Kreisel - Since 1864 well sorted and extremely competent
Piano Lang - Aachen area - An expert with passion for the piano
Piano Schmitz - Recommends "Play yourselves happy" - Well sorted
People, stay away from private Internet sellers who have nothing withdraw. Also, we do not recommend NoName products, also If they are advertised so full-bodied.
Where China is on it, there is usually cheap production in it.
The house brands of the big German dealers are mostly of decent quality, even if they (except for the often cheap price) have hardly anything special to offer.
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REPAIR and RESTORATION
Die Klaviermachermeister - Letuha & Müller Piano maker in Vienna
Klavier-Atelier - Gert Hecher - Restores historic pianos
Jonas and Bruno Kaiser are piano makers - With sound in the blood
Piano Lang - piano shop and master workshop for pianos
Piano Lang - Sensational YouTube-Channel - They are helped
PIANOVA - Blümke & Sund bring people and pianos together
PIANOVUM - M. Thron Master piano builder builds and restores pianos
Tobias J. Schmidt and son are KlavierAtelier - Piano Restauration
KlavierAtelier YT-Channel with reports from repair & restoration
RotheDesign - Jendrik Rothe repairs and restores pianos
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PIANO LANG
Piano expert - in the Aachen area

Piano Maker - Book Author - Composer - Pianist -
YT-Channel Operators and Website Developers
and much more ...



YouTube-Channel
Piano Lang 279 Videos - und - The other entry into the channel
Elaborations by Stefan Lang - Books

PIANO LANG

SOFTWARE

Instructions - Cost-effective installation of a SoftWare piano
It takes a computer, an audio interface a proper keyboard and headphones or speakers. Because the keyboards called MIDI controllers do not produce their own sound, which is also their great advantage. Even the most expensive keyboards can hardly compete with the digitized sounds.
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Report - Current FreeWare DAWs with a short description
From the originally intended comparative test, in the course of the Research an installation and experience report about CakeWalk because it turns out to be a top-notch FreeWare DAW !
As we've learned, the Reaper DAW will be able to can continue to be activated free of charge.
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CakeWalk - By BandLab - FreeWare DAW in a class of its own
Cakewalk Documentation - Help like others hardly offer
MusikSoftware - Home Recording Software Portal - You will find it
sforzando - Very powerful SFZ player easy to use

SONGs

The European idea - Claudio versus Putin !
Remarkable song by Claudio Roncaldi that we would like to receive!
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We thought critical singer-songwriters would be in before himself
degenerating, western world extinct, or of her
complete stupefaction fall victim by comedy.
H. D. Hüsch, G. Kreisler, R. May, H. Wader and others.
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Hagen Rether - With his program LOVE:
Much more than just intelligent humor!
His razor-sharp Logig, is not for education-deniers. < br > One of the few who still dares to call people and things by their names!
44 Performances
Liebe - Program 1 - 5
By the way, a first-class pianist!
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Bodo Wartke:
The country in which I want to live - We would join them
Das Grundgesetz, ganz im Stil von The BlueSpand
Jetzt oder Sinfonie! with the WDR Funkorchester
Slipped into commercial kitsch with "Barbaras Rabarberbar".

THEORY and TEACHERS

ARRANGEMENT
YouTube Channel - Marti Tom Fischer
  HomePage
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YouTube-Channel - Prof. Dr. Andreas Kissenbeck
  HomePage
Here you can find Education & Science
Arranging and arranging the crahs course !
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COMPOSITION and NOTES
Understanding music - experiencing music! with a clear view

                 Fabian          Sebastian        Christine

... learn refreshingly colourful notes with MusikDurchblick

MukerBude chimes in:
We put their videos in order (PDF)
We are developing their videos into a music textbook (PDF)
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Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Meanwhile already a real FreeWare classic!
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American researchers have figured out the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts about 10 seconds long, then playing them and 10 seconds. does not play. In this 10 - 10 rhythm play through all the individual parts of the piece. Allegedly, what has been learned solidifies faster and more intensively.
It seems to work if only I wasn't so lazy...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Scientists explain how to practice piano correctly
Bayrischer Rundfunk Klassik
- Practice properly - Tips from professionals
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TEACHER
Piano teachers, of the many we looked at, convince us the most because of their good didactics.
Of course, there are other qualified piano teachers.
However, we have only looked in more detail at those which
which provide the widest possible free introduction to their
Provide lessons.

Fanny Engelhart - Piano School - Large YouTube video collection

Guys, practicing with Fanny is pure joy.
Try it out and you'll find out what I mean.

Thomas Forschbach - werdemusiker - Crash course & YouTube videos


Brendan Kavanagh is Dr K - 1. Class not only Boogie Woogie teacher


Learn piano with Melanie - On Saturdays there are new videos


Thorsten Schuchardt - His YT channel is a real treasure trove


Franz Titscher - YT Channel - Learn how to play the piano with fun

We at MukerBude are enthusiastic about his teaching method !
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PIANO-THEORIE
Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Mittlerweile schon ein echter FreeWare Klassiker!
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Davide Di Bello is Dave Wave - Musiktheorie am Piano erklärt !

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American researchers have discovered the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts lasting about 10 seconds, then playing them and not playing for 10 seconds. not playing. Play through all the individual parts of the piece in this 10-10 rhythm. Allegedly, this helps you to consolidate what you have learned faster and more intensively.
It seems to work, if only I wasn't so lazy....
Zürcher Zeitung - Scientists explain how to practise the piano properly
Bayrischer Rundfunk - Practicing correctly - tips from professionals

AUDIO ENGINEERING

Small overview for orientation how good samples sound
10 Excellent Grand Piano Samples in comparison
Piano Samples compared to Steinway A188 - 1925
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Three piano samples from Production Voice in a class of their own:
First-class entry for a few bucks with only 11 GB
Estate Grand LE - KAWAI GS-60
The same piano KAWAI GS 60 with more extensive adjustment options for a small 59 dollars
Estate Grasnd Piano - KAWAI GS-60
The large version from Production Voice - Concert Grand Complete recorded with nine microphone perpectives, 24Bit - 96kB and 3D Ambisonic Sound. With 1.1 TB unfortunately not for every computer configuration. $329 for the full version of the Steinway D New York 9' are not too much.

Sound sample of the Yamaha C7 by Production Voices.
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube-Report by Production Voice

Concert Grand Complete Full Version - STEINWAY D New York 9'
Concert Grand LE - Simeon Amburgey - A Testimonial
At the bottom of the page there are sound samples of the micropositions
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube report by Production Voice
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Digital FreeWare SoundSamples in SFZ and VST formats
SFZ...
A_PIANO - 12 official sounding SFZ piano samples
FreePats - Akkustig Grand Pianos - Keep your ears open
MUSICAL ARTIFACTS - Piano samples in usable quality
POLYPHONE - Software instrument collection in good quality
PRODUCTION VOICES - Estate Grand a Kawai GS 60 SFZ Sample
VST...
Piano Dremers - A detailed list of VST pianos
Plugins4free - Instruments - Effects - MIDI - Hosts etc.
Not to mention the gigantic mass of VST plugins, of which
we said goodbye in 2022 to become 100% FreeWare!

KNOWLEDGE

Complex Theme - Hammer Mechanism of Piano Keyboards
clavio - Answers to the keystroke of the acoustic piano
Schimmel explains its mechanism in detail - PDF loads at click
Thomann - Explains SAMPLES in detail in eight chapters
WIKI - Explains piano, hammer and touch mechanics
WIKI - Explains the aftertouch on keyboards - The other mechanics
WIKI - Keyboard - A mechanism developed over centuries
WIKI - Stroke Piano - TouchTypes and Interesting Facts
WIKI - VelocityDynamics with many links

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Hagen Rether
A YouTube channel that, for once, isn't one.
Here are 44 videos of the social critic.
His piano playing is remarkably mature!



Hagen Rether embodies something that has (become) rare:
An attitude. He never evades, but takes a stand,
even if it is uncomfortable.
Quote: Tina Schlegel for Münchner Abendzeitung

VIRTUOSOS ON THE PIANO

Martha Argerich........Scarlati Sonate 141
Hélène Grimaud.........Beethoven Nr, 4 Op. 58
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Lynne Arriale..........Mountain of the Night
Khatia Buniatishvili...Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Anna Fedorova..........Piano Recital
Vanessa Gnaegi LaDyva..Ladyva's Stomp
Keiko Matsui...........Forever Varations
Maria João Pires.......Schubert Fantasy Op. 103
Rosalía Gómez Lasheras.Beethoven Piano Nr. 5
Hania Rani.............Live im Studio S2
Yuja Wang..............Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Younee.................My Piano - Classic & Jazz

... click here for the ARCHIVES ...

The JoSeBas

M U K E R B U D E   ↑

MY OWN WORK

MUKERBUDE DEVELOPS FOR THE WORLD

For the guitar hobbyists among you, I have developed a small aid,
which makes it very easy to construct the body of guitars.
It can be constructed in 8 steps with the simplest geometry.



It's really kids easy!



My III. Guitar is finished

Several months of calculation and 1/2 year of woodworking

Construction Report of the THIRD - Its Name is
"Triangle meets Square"" (PDF)

The construction of my SECOND has finished...

Two months of planning and one year of woodworking

Construction-Report of the SECOND - "Round Meets Agular" (PDF)





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Book - Piano & learning - Notes - Theory - Scales - Chords (PDF)
Instruction - Install SoftWare Grand Piano (PDF)
Recommendation - Digital Pianos - Keyboards - MIDI Controllers (PDF)
Report - CakeWalk DAW with preview of other DAWs (PDF)

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Instruction - Building report - THE THIRD is ready(PDF)
Instructions - Building an exact fit piano bench (PDF)
Instruction - Simple construction aid for corpus determination (PDF)
Instruction - Building report - THE SECOND - Is ready (PDF)
Invention - The country needs functioning tuning cranks (PDF)
Done in June of the year 2019 - Photo taken from a bicycle (PDF)
Instruction - Report of an full-acoustic travel guitar (PDF)
Invention - Fold cutter - Holding device for Dremel (PDF)
Calculation - Frets Distance from nut and fret width (ODS)
Book - Peters small notes and harmony teaching - E-Book (PDF)
Book - Peters small notes and harmony teaching - PaperBook (PDF)
Instruction - Building an acoustic lap steel string guitar (PDF)
Instruction - Drill yourself 12-hole knottingblock easy (PDF)
Instruction - Replace frets of your classic guitar yourself (PDF)
Instruction - Stratocaster becomes a nylon guitar (PDF)
Recommendation - Best classic guitars under 1000€ (PDF)

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Instruction - Construction of a guitar from vegetable boxes (PDF)
Instruction - Construction of a drill stand made of wood (PDF)
Instruction - Downsize a guitar neck made very simple (PDF)
Calculation - Pressure force of strings on the bridge (PDF)
Report - Cort NTL 20 F - Western Guitar in Jumbo style (PDF)
Report - Salvador Cortez CS-205 - petite concert guitar (PDF)
Report - Ibanez MASA SX72 - little western guitar (PDF)
Book - A fairy tale - My Concert aunt tells her life (PDF)
Recommendation - To learn guitar, theory & sheet music (PDF)
Recommendation - New nylons - long neck, narrow body (PDF)
Invention - Arm pad for small acoustic guitars (PDF)
Invention - Cajon - with tuning and disconnectable snare (PDF)
Invention - Chords TABs for piano with link to download txt-file
SoftWare - Installation Guide - Guitar Pro 6 lite (PDF)
Studio - Example for a HomeRecording Studio (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar techniques - trying to list them (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar fretboard notes for sharp # and flat b (PDF)
Knowledge - Circle of fifths in two tables Major and Minor (PDF)

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2024 - II. QUARTER

New reports on guitars and keyboards

Directly to   G U I T A R S

Directly to   K E Y B O A R D S

Directly to   M U K E R B U D E

Order of topics here in the content:
ACTUALITIES
GUITARS
KEYBOARDS
MUKERBUDE
The homepage is the showcase of current topics.
After publication, the articles are moved to the sections.





ACTUALITIES

WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US

Heinz Rudolf Kunze in memory of BORYS ROMANTSCHENKO
Manfred Zapatka speaks WHO WE WERE from Roger Willemsen
Bodo Wartke - The country where I want to live - Yes, we too.

ON OUR OWN BEHALF

To make the contents of the MukerBude accessible even faster,
the entire MukerBude will be cleaned up by the end of 2024.

- All links are checked for consistency and updated if necessary.
- All JPG, PNG images and PDF text files are compressed to a maximum.
- All HTML files are optimized in their programming.

This project can be described as follows:
Imagine you want to repaint your house. Outside, inside and
everything that is in it, with the brush and the paint for fingernails.

All ongoing projects will continue as before.
Please forgive us if there is a delay somewhere.
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First visible corrections of the clean-up work at the MukerBude:
The section of the MukerBude "GUITARS",
splits into three separate divisions:
Knowledge for MUSICIANS
Workshop Insights
Knowledge for LUTHIERS
:
All musicians in the Guitar & Piano sections Guitarists & Pianists
are up to date as of 01.04.2024. Many musicians are comes new.
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My III. Classic-Guitar is ready!
"TRIANGLE MEETS SQUARE"

CONSTRUCTION REPORT (PDF)
BRIDGE-EXPLOSION (PDF)
PICTURES SERIES (PDF)
VARNISHING (PDF)
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MukerBude T-Shirts are not for sale ...


... but, you can win one ...

YOU ASKED US/ME:

Two music stations are among my absolute favorites.
RADIO SWISS JAZZ 24/7 - SRG SSR - MUSIC. PURE.
and of course my absolute favorite station.
Smooth_Jazz.COM GLOBAL
If you don't know the style. As the name suggests, it is smoothed-out jazz harmonies without distorting them, with a Dash of soul and a touch of ambient... (my definition)

Die-hard jazz musicians also refer to smooth jazz as jazz pop.
I can live well with that. Just like Klaus Doldinger, whose music has been described as jazz commercialism for decades.
Someone called SmoothJazz department store music, which I called high praise. If music is able to create a buying mood, first and foremost, it creates a good mood !
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We at MukerBude, especially myself, deal with almost
all the musical styles of the planet. We probably have a
much wider range of music than all radio music presenters.
That's why we don't like all channels that only serve one genre
they quickly get on your nerves.
A pleasant exception is the broadcast in the evening program,
die Greatest hits of all time on BREMEN 1
Because the music is chosen by the listeners, it covers a wide spectrum.
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SmoothJazz - Presented at the end of the year 23 Top 100 Album Chart
Friends we love this music.
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Instructions - Back to 6-Hole Knotting Block - Without Drilling (PDF)
News from the field of tying technique for nylon and carbon strings for concert guitars. Without fiddly drilling on the knot block and the associated problems for some.
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Young people play homemade instruments made from waste,
Their sound is amazingly good!
The Garbage Orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with Garbage Orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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David Rauterberg had this interesting idea 10 years ago.
RUDELSINGEN
However, we wonder why no sponsors have been found yet
have to be able to offer such a great idea for free?
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Hello concert guitar lovers, there is hope!
We all know that forums are dying, especially when it comes to things Concert guitar. According to Bernd C. Hoffmann on January 20, 2023 unexpectedly died "God have him blessed" is also the last with him German-speaking forum for concert guitars.
Harald and Peter, two enthusiasts have set out on a new one Forum-Klassikgitarre Exchange on classical and flamenco guitar
to send on your journey! MuBu says thank you!

BOOKS

"Peter's little notes and harmony"
What everyone needs to know about music - 121 pages.
Book - Harmony-Teaching as an Electronic Book (PDF)
- With jump marks for quick scrolling.
Book - Harmony-Teaching for printing (PDF)
- Pages oriented for printing.
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Book presentations:
Instruments, composition, theory and handcraft (PDF)

BUILDINGREPORTS

PIANO
Invention - Piano mechanics (PDF)
- The modest attempt to simplify the piano mechanics.
- We were thankfully supported by KAWAI Europe which supports
  us - as the only one of the major A- and E-piano manufacturers -
  an "action sample" of the latest generation of keys, their Grand Feel
  III keyboard free of charge.
  MILLE GRAZIE to KAWAI
  - JAPAN
  - EUROPE & GERMANY

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation - MukerBude Favourite Songs (PDF)
- On several requests, I let myself be persuaded to do so.
  Songs - Albums - Vocals - SingerSongwriter - Concerts - Film
  Music - Instrumentalists and Composers to list.
  To remember the great songs was fun!

REPORTS

Report - Learning piano and notes (PDF)
- My experience report to learn to play the keyboard properly
  and teach you the basics of musical notation
  The elaboration shows diagrams of scales and chords
  and is supported by extensively researched links
  - on the topic - competently extended by Franz Itscher.

THEORY

Theory - MusicDurchblick Videos ascending (PDF)
- In agreement with MusikDurchblick, MukerBude has their
  meanwhile well over 100 videos, in the order of their
  Release date, listed for better findability.
Theory - Learning notes with music perspective (PDF)
- Here is the MukerBude version, which contains the first-class of
  MusikDurchblick YT videos, to a chronologically continuous
  digital textbook.
  - This is only a first presentation of the project,
    in the further course of development, its optical design
    and aims to significantly improve handling.

G U I T A R S   ↑
Classical Nylons and modern Steelstrings ...

ALL NEWS

Here is my favorite music, musicians and instruments ...
:
And suddenly my III. Classical-Guitar is finished !
I call it: "TRIANGLE MEETS SQUARE"
CONSTRUCTION REPORT (PDF)
PICTURE SERIES (PDF)
BRIDGE EXPLOSION (PDF)


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Guys, I would like to introduce you to a like-minded person in spirit: Christian Müller is passionate about building - and in our opinion - good guitars. He operates his website under the umbrella term:
DO IT YOURSELF !

BUILDINGREPORTS

GUITARS
Construction report of my FIRST - Guitar met travelers (PDF)
- Practice in dealing with old tools - 86 pages.
Construction report of my SECOND - Round meets square (PDF)
- A detailed building instruction and construction report - 203 pages.
Construction report of my THIRD - Square meets triangle (PDF)
- A detailed building construction report comes with 117 pages.

INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions - Back to 6-hole knotting block (PDF)
- Without problematic drilling on the knotting block!
- Optimal contact pressure of the strings!
- Simple winding and loosening of the strings!
Instruction - 12 hole knot block (PDF)
- Here we show you how to easily remove the bridge
  Expand your guitar by six holes.
Instruction - Rebonding of a concert guitar (PDF)
- You will have all the necessary tools in the household.
Instruction - Easy Guitar body construction (PDF)
- We reveal a well-kept secret !
  How to easily change the body shape of
  Concert guitars determined and draws.
  There was even an attempt to prohibit us from
  publishing this report.

LUTHIERS

Find a LUTHIER
JEDI - World's most comprehensive finder for female guitar builders
JEDI - World's most comprehensive finder for guitar builders
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CLASSIC GUITARS
Stephan Connor - The American builds outstanding concert guitars
Christina Kobler - Haslach Austria - Guitar making with passion
Bernhard Kresse - Cologne FRG - Concert & Historical Guitar Workshop
Antonio & José Marin - Granada Spain - Classical Flamenco Guitars
Paul McGill - Vermont USA - Modern interpreted concert guitars
Theodoro & Beatriz & Sergio Pérez - Madrid Spain - At its best !
Masaki Sakurai - Tokyo Japan - Guitars developed with high technology
Smallman & Sons - Esperance Australien - Build for John Williams
Carolin & Max Strohmer - Nuremberg FRG - 4th generation guitars
My Strohmer will be 50 year, and her sound is better than ever !
Zebulon Turentine - An American who builds good concert guitars

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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Andreas Cuntz - 1a guitar builder so also his guitars
Greenfield Guitars - With very own look and sound
Christiina Kobler - Dreamlike beautiful and well clioning guitars
Kraushaar - Project Europe is one of the best guitars ever
Joe Veillette - His electric & acoustic guitars are very special
Daniel Zucali - Österreich - Tradition interpreted in a modern way

EVENTS and GUITAR-FESTIVALS

NAMM 2024 25. bis 28. January
NAMM 2024 25. bis 28. January - bonedo reported ... !

Antwerpen Gitaar Festival - Dates for 2024 not yet known
EGB European Guitar Builders - Symposium 16. & 17. 05. Padova IT
Guitar Show - 18. und 19. Mai 2024 in Padova Italien
Hamburger GuitarDays - Top-class guitar event series
Roma Expo Guitars - from 15. to 17. March 2024

FORUMS

We hope that the only German forum for concert guitars
Forum-Klassikgitarre can convince through knowledge!
:
After the forum "Learn to Play the Guitar" was discontinued,
it has torn a hole in the German guitar teacher landscape.
We recommend a long-standing forum:
Gitarrenboard - The German-language guitar forum
For the sole reason:
Because there is the first-class guitar and music theorist
MJCHAEL offers his knowledge in the subforum Music Theory !
You know his guitar knowledge or you can find it in the extensive
Campfire Diploma

GUITARS

PRESENTATION OF THE QUARTER
Peter Breits III.   "TRIANGLE MEETS SQUARE"



Designed and built in the MukerBude, and of course again with a detailed build report.
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DESIGNS - Kasha Guitar
The ideas of the two great luthiers (inventors) Johann Georg Stauffer and I incorporated both of them into my second construction project. A first serious development since then, is the guitar of Prof. Michael Kasha, who approached the development of this guitar purely mathematically.

Current representatives of this interesting construction method are:
Thomas Ochs - I was able to learn a lot from him - thank you
Jay Rosenblatt - Who deals and works with the Kasha models
Christas Mehner - Explains rudimentarily the Kasha guitar
Thomas Eichert - Builds Kasha concert guitars, among others

Elkayam Boaz and George Majkowski build Kasha guitars
Richard Schneider plays his Kasha model built in 1992
A review of the Richard Schneider model from 1992
:
GUITAR TEACHER
Superprof - Private lessons near you, more than 1100 teachers
:
CLASSICAL-GUITARS
A. Augustine - Distributes only four concert guitars - MuBu Referral
Antonio Calida - Wholesaler also manufactures in China
Salvador Cortez - Builds cheap and good concert guitars
Duke Guitars - Basic and Student are two MuBu recommendations
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Cort - First class guitar manufacture from South Korea
Framus - Classic, with the most advanced manufacturing methods
Furch - By tradition first class steelstring guitars
Godin - Their nylon electric guitars have become the world standard
Ibanez - Good guitars off the shelf with a lot of inovative development
Lakewood - German manufacturer that matures to the world's best
Martin & Co - Who does not know them, has missed the guitar sound
Maton - Australian extra class built for the world
Takamine - No stage without Takamine - Premium by Ibanez
Taylor - The sonorous basses among the steelstrings

INSTRUMENTS

MUSICIANS

Dik De Heer - Large collection of musician biographies!

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
POPKULTUR - The 150 best Rocksongs of the 1970er Years
:
52 years of exchanging information and inspiration for string instrument makers
Guild of American String Instrument Makers
:
Andreas Niegel - Operates the guitar portal - STIMMT SO ...
Buying advice, alternative facts, tips and tricks for the acoustic guitar.
A private site on the subject of acoustic guitars, with sense and understanding !
Andreas Niegel, also asks unusual/uncomfortable questions.
We give "THAT'S RIGHT..." our MuBu recommendation!
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The magazine musikmachen.de deals among other things with
many aspects of making music yourself. From childhood to
to the advanced musician age.
Making music increases intelligence!
Making music with children and creating self-confidence
Making music in the family because it's just great
Fun with music the best homemade
Actively making music the most beautiful thing in the world
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RollingStone TOP 100 Guitarists - A FAKE - MuBu clarifies
With a few exceptions, the really good guitarists are missing?
RollingStone's reports only purely commercially oriented.
:
TESTER
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!


BUSCAR instrumentos - Concentrated knowledge about all guitar types

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project
The Petrucci Music Library is a comprehensive music sheet music database! Thanks to the kind reader who sent us this link :-)
GUITARTABMAKER - Extensive collection for different styles

SHOPS

Guitar Concert Classic - Paris France - Selected Classical Guitars
Guitars International Armin Kelly - World finest Classic-Guitars
Guitars Salon International - Santa Monica USA - Finest guitars
Guitarras de Luthiers - Madrid Spain - Spanish guitar noble store
Kent Guitar Classics - Chipstead England - England Guitars Address
La Guitarra Flamenca - Wiesloch FRG & Sevilla Spain - Very dedicated
Mundo Flamenco - Freiburg FRG - Well Assorted Flamenco Guitars
Siccas Guitars - Karlsruhe FRG - ConcertGuitars of the extra class
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USED-EQUIPMENT
Reverb - Used and new music equipment - buy and sell
:
GUITAR PARTS and ACCESSOIERES
Rall Guitars & Tools - First-class assorted guitar parts and accessories !
Rockinger - Instruments - Kits - Parts and much more
TONE MATTERS - Extensive accessories for electric guitars
:
OVERVIEWs
Overview - Strings - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of string manufacturers, history & brief evaluation.
Overview - Tuning Mechanisms - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of tuning mechanisms for concert guitars.

SOFTWARE

SONGBOOKS

THEORY

WIKIBOOKS - Campfire diploma - A diploma of a total of 15 + 1
The book "Guitare" was criated from Red Rooster
and is now being managed by MJCHAEL
Mjchael you can ask questions in the Forums - Gitarre Spielen Lernen
All diplomas together, form a comprehensive as well as informative textbook for learning to play the guitar.
MukerBude RECOMMENDATION !!!

SOUND EGENEERING

KNOWLEDGE

GITARRAD - Guitar types - overview with pictures, nice overview
GUITAR-RESOURCE - Guitar resources on the Internet a collection
:
Michael Ruhe Gitarren - Builds guitars with patented scale
Boulder Creek Guitars - Patented Bracing-System
:
Knowledge - FretCalculator (ODS)
- Excel spreadsheet in Open Data format - download starts on click.
Knowledge - Scores of the mensuration (PDF)
- A look at the guitar scale, all notes in b-bes and #-as.
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Rick Beato 1. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1929 - 1969
Rick Beato 2. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1970 - 1979
Rick Beato 3. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1980 - 1989
Rick Beato 4. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1990 - 1999

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Cecil Refik Kaya



The Turkish-born American fascinates
with the playing of his guitar.

VIRTUOSES and VIRTUOSES on the CLASSIC GUITAR

TOP GUITARS
Here is our top ranking of Classic-Guitarists:

Girls:
Margarita Escarpa.......FIGG 2021
Stephanie Jones.........Latin Fingerstyle
Julia Lange.............Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Yenne Lee...............Autumn Leaves
Anabel Montesinos.......Altamira Home Concert
Edith Pageaud...........Oblivion
Ana Vidovich............Live in Baden Baden
Alexandra Whittingham...Danza Brasilera
Elena Zucchini..........Prelude I Villa Lobos

Guys:
Brandon Acker...........Carillon
Ruben Diaz..............Rio de la Miel
Duo Cafe del Mundo......Symphonic
Eliot Fisk..............Bachs Cello Suite VI
Amir John Haddad........Dos Palomas Vuelan
Cecil Refik Kaya........Reyna von Daughters
Miroslav Tadic..........Livingroom Concert
Marc Teicholz...........Bach Rodeau BWV 826
John Williams...........Concierto de Aranjurez

VIRTUOSOS of FINGERPICKING

By the way, we in the MukerBude also like finger-picking!
Björn Berge.............Give it away
Peter Finger............Maple leaf Rag
Barbara Gräsle..........Walkin' Shoes
Stefan Grossman.........Mississippi Blues
Michael Lucarelli.......The Entertainer
Igor Presnyakov.........The Entertainer
Richard Smith...........Beatles Medley

K E Y B O A R D S   und   P I A N O S   ↑

BUILDING-REPORT

BÖSENDORFER
Since 1828 - Made by hand and finished with heart - History
World-renowned pianists refer to Bösendorfer pianos as the ROLLS-ROYCE of concert grand pianos.
Baubericht - Klavierbau bei Bösendorfer - Deutsch
Baubericht - The Making Of a Boesendorfer - Englisch
We wonder why such a mature grand piano sound, is predominantly used in jazz?
Anyone have an explanation for this? Please let us know ...!

EVENTS

World class meets enthusiasm at Berghaus Oberbölchen CH
We played along in front of the monitor and had a lot of fun.
Brendan Kavanagh offers a unique forum for this

FORUMS

Forums - Dealing with keyboards and pianos
clavio - Forum for Piano and Keyboard - Has competent answers
Keyboard Academy - Forum - Blog - Software - Video Courses and Help
Keyboarder_forum by Musiker Lanze - Current topics - Well attended
mt MUSIKTREFF Klavier-Forum - Very up-to-date and well attended
musikerforum - Musicians' Forum in cooperation with MusicStore
TAMINO-KlassikForum - Forum für Barock - Klassik - Romantik etc.
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Magazine - Who run a forum and deal with keys
RECORDING - The community of music makers - Part of the magazine
SEQUENCER - Sequencer & synthesizer forum - Lot of interesting things
TONSTUDIO FORUM - Information for musicians and sound engineers

KEYBOARDS and E-PIANOS

After the extensive keyboard research in 22/23,
we are currently playing two master keyboards in the MukerBude.
M-AUDIO 61 MK3

With 61 precise semi-weighted keys, for a nylon guitarist
like me, just the right board! Of course I play the KAWAI GS-60 Estate Grand LE by Production Voice.
Of course, this board is also available with 88 keys.
PartyKnowledge:
In classical music, there are only three composers who perform piano pieces for more than 61 keys !
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M-AUDIO Hammer 88


For our pianist, whose seemingly outdated electric piano after 16 years has started to refuse to work some buttons.
Verdict of the repair expert: "Total economic loss."

"After 16 years of playing by a trained pianist, is an upper-class digital piano supposed to have been played too scrap ?"
Whoever believes it ... also knows Santa Claus.

Instead of a repair that brought the once high-quality electric piano up to the standard in terms of sound. of the noughties, we have decided, for much less money, than the cost of repairing a MIDI keyboard with the sound variety of all piano samples of the world.
Now the collage plays an M-Audio Hammer 88, with which all of us - especially him - preferred sound of the KAWAI GS-60 sample from Producion Voice.

His verdict, after two months of playing the M-Audio:
"Plays quite well and sounds really decent :-)"
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At the beginning of 2024, a KAWAI ES 120 arrived. Unfortunately, my modest piano knowledge is not a benchmark for judging fully weighted keys - they are too heavy for me - but the sound can be heard!
Of the devices I've tested, it comes down to the clearly
more expensive jingle boxes from Kork and Roland.

KAWAI ES 120

For the price of approx. 600,- Euro a recommendation - MuBu 1
Currently Big T offers the SC-2 Bag ! - This is advertising

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OVERVIEWS
Several lists to simplify the purchasing decision.
This is how you can easily find the boards with the features
that are important to you.
Overview - Controller Keyboards up to 500 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of low-cost controllers/master keyboards.
Overview - Digital pianos up to 500 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Digital pianos from 500 to 1000 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Keyboard Manufacturers - VST & SFZ - Reviews (PDF)
- Listing of keyboards in BRD - VST & SFZ - External Reviews.
Overview - Electric KeysInstruments & Piano Samples
- A compilation of the most important keyboards in Germany.
  These include: Digital pianos - Electric organs - Keyboards
  (including workstations) - MIDI controllers - stage pianos
  and synthesizers.
  Of course, the piano samples should not be missing here, which
  together with a cost-effective MIDI controller for first-class
  sounds worry. With mostly better sound than expensive stage pianos.
Overview - Electric Piano Recommendations (PDF)
- Which sounds better, modeling or sampling?
  A counter-transfer of current sounds.
  Extensive research and comparison of electric pianos
  with MIDI controllers and VST with SFZ samples.
Overview - Piano samples that we play ourselves (PDF)
- The Experience - FAZIOLI F308 - An acoustic enrichment.
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Also take a look at the advice of Melanie - who forbade us to give her last name.
Melanie - Buying an electric piano, what you should pay attention to
delamar - An overview that can hardly be more complete
The most complex electric piano overview that can currently be found on the net.

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
NAMM Show - Of the year 2024
bonedo.de presents all the news and highlights worth knowing
:
Young people play instruments made from waste.
And it sounds really good!
The garbage orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with garbage orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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Magazines for music and musicians
Jazz-Fun - Magazine for Jazz Music - With a lot of info around
Smooth Jazz-Fun Network - USA Magazin for Smooth-Jazz
TheUrbanMusicScene.com - TUMS from USA is very extensive
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Magazines for instruments
bonedo - The Musicians' Portal - All from the world of music
BuenasIdeas - Music Production and Homerecording - Well done!
clavio - A piano portal in German - A lot of interesting things
Delmar - (independent?) Fachmagazin für Musiker - Berichte etc.
KEYBOARDS - Electronic. Music. Instruments. - Reviews and more
PIANOO - Guide portal for digital piano and piano - Well done!
RECORDING - News - Reviews - Interviews - Workshop and Forum
RONDO - Das Klassik- und Jazz-Magazin - in German
SEQUENCER - Synthesizer, Sequencer, Nerdic Walking, Forum
Tastenwelt - News - Reviews - Practice - And a lot more
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Even if most magazines have some form of Sponsor in it and/or behind it, it is at Amazona quite Obviously, managing director is Hans Thomann. In this, although not badly made sales magazine remains natural - an objective evaluation of the products - on the track.
Amazona - By Thomann - Interesting sales magazine
So always let a good portion of skepticism prevail.
The global instrument trade is a shark tank,
into which no shark would dare to enter.
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TESTS
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!

PIANO finder - Comprehensive reports on everything that has buttons
:
Six testers - four in English - have our appreciation!
When we are undecided with our opinion, we consult these
four/five specialists for advice, who also usually have answers.
Simeon Amburgey - PraiseTracks - Experienced instrument tester


Stu Harrison - From Merriam Music - Tests very detailed !

Guys, one thing you can't do, is show Stu to your wives :-|

Jeremy See - Independent - Buys all boards from own money


James Pavel Shawcross - Is ThePianoForever - Milan Record Studio


Jörg Sunderkötter & Yacine Khorchi - For PIANOO

The guys, make with their expertise really fun !

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

Klassika - Here you will find what you are looking for

SHOPS and REPAIRS

MANUFACTURER
A overview of well-known grand piano builders, will be expand...
Bechstein - Since 1853 and largest piano manufacturer in Europe
KAWAI Germany - Grand - Pianos - Hybrid & Digital Pianos
KAWAI dealer locator - in German-speaking countries - AT - CH - DE
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DEALER
Bauer-Music - 50 years of keyboard experience near Offenbach
Bechstein Cologne - In the newly renovated Bechstein Centrum
Bonners-Music - The renowned piano dealer in United Kingdom
Piano Faust - Celebrates 125th Anniversary - Well Sorted A&E Pianos
KAWAI Pianohaus Hamburg - First-class expertise over three floors
Piano Kreisel - Since 1864 well sorted and extremely competent
Piano Lang - Aachen area - An expert with passion for the piano
Piano Schmitz - Recommends "Play yourselves happy" - Well sorted
People, stay away from private Internet sellers who have nothing withdraw. Also, we do not recommend NoName products, also If they are advertised so full-bodied.
Where China is on it, there is usually cheap production in it.
The house brands of the big German dealers are mostly of decent quality, even if they (except for the often cheap price) have hardly anything special to offer.
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REPAIR and RESTORATION
Die Klaviermachermeister - Letuha & Müller Piano maker in Vienna
Klavier-Atelier - Gert Hecher - Restores historic pianos
Jonas and Bruno Kaiser are piano makers - With sound in the blood
Piano Lang - piano shop and master workshop for pianos
Piano Lang - Sensational YouTube-Channel - They are helped
PIANOVA - Blümke & Sund bring people and pianos together
PIANOVUM - M. Thron Master piano builder builds and restores pianos
Tobias J. Schmidt and son are KlavierAtelier - Piano Restauration
KlavierAtelier YT-Channel with reports from repair & restoration
RotheDesign - Jendrik Rothe repairs and restores pianos
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Piano tuners and piano makers - Grossraum Köln & Bergisches Land
Kaiser Pianoforte - Manufacture are
Piano & Harpsichord Maker Bruno Kaiser and Son Jonas

Arts and crafts piano building

YouTube-Channel
Kaiser Pianoforte Manufacture

WDR presents master piano builder Bruno Kaiser
The WDR piano expert and piano tuner !

Bruno Kaiser Pianos

SOFTWARE

Instructions - Cost-effective installation of a SoftWare piano
It takes a computer, an audio interface a proper keyboard and headphones or speakers. Because the keyboards called MIDI controllers do not produce their own sound, which is also their great advantage. Even the most expensive keyboards can hardly compete with the digitized sounds.
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Report - Current FreeWare DAWs with a short description
From the originally intended comparative test, in the course of the Research an installation and experience report about CakeWalk because it turns out to be a top-notch FreeWare DAW !
As we've learned, the Reaper DAW will be able to can continue to be activated free of charge.
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CakeWalk - By BandLab - FreeWare DAW in a class of its own
Cakewalk Documentation - Help like others hardly offer
MusikSoftware - Home Recording Software Portal - You will find it
sforzando - Very powerful SFZ player easy to use

SONGs

The European idea - Claudio versus Putin !
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BODO WARTKE that much has to be said ...
- We thought critical songwriters were extinct in the
  degenerating western world, or fallen victim to the
  total dumbing down by comedy.
The country I want tolive in
- Bodo, we would like to go to this country.
Now or Symphony!
- Bodo with the WDR Funkhaus-Orchester,
  a concert of a very special kind!
Bodos YouTube-Channel
Bodos HomePage
- Guys, we're threatening you that we can get a lot more out of
  Bodo's work.

THEORY and TEACHERS

THEORY
Understanding music - experiencing music! with a clear view

                 Fabian          Sebastian        Christine

... learn refreshingly colourful notes with MusikDurchblick

MukerBude chimes in:
We put their videos in order (PDF)
We are developing their videos into a music textbook (PDF)
:
Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Meanwhile already a real FreeWare classic!
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American researchers have figured out the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts about 10 seconds long, then playing them and 10 seconds. does not play. In this 10 - 10 rhythm play through all the individual parts of the piece. Allegedly, what has been learned solidifies faster and more intensively.
It seems to work if only I wasn't so lazy...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Scientists explain how to practice piano correctly
Bayrischer Rundfunk Klassik
- Practice properly - Tips from professionals
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TEACHER
Piano teachers, of the many we looked at, convince us the most because of their good didactics.
Of course, there are other qualified piano teachers.
However, we have only looked in more detail at those which
which provide the widest possible free introduction to their
Provide lessons.

Fanny Engelhart - Piano School - Large YouTube video collection


Thomas Forschbach - werdemusiker - Crash course & YouTube videos


Brendan Kavanagh is Dr K - 1. Class not only Boogie Woogie teacher


Learn piano with Melanie - On Saturdays there are new videos


Thorsten Schuchardt - His YT channel is a real treasure trove


Franz Titscher - YT Channel - Learn how to play the piano with fun

We at MukerBude are enthusiastic about his teaching method !

AUDIO ENGINEERING

Small overview for orientation how good samples sound
10 Excellent Grand Piano Samples in comparison
Piano Samples compared to Steinway A188 - 1925
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Three piano samples from Production Voice in a class of their own:
First-class entry for a few bucks with only 11 GB
Estate Grand LE - KAWAI GS-60
The same piano KAWAI GS 60 with more extensive adjustment options for a small 59 dollars
Estate Grasnd Piano - KAWAI GS-60
The large version from Production Voice - Concert Grand Complete recorded with nine microphone perpectives, 24Bit - 96kB and 3D Ambisonic Sound. With 1.1 TB unfortunately not for every computer configuration. $329 for the full version of the Steinway D New York 9' are not too much.

Sound sample of the Yamaha C7 by Production Voices.
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube-Report by Production Voice

Concert Grand Complete Full Version - STEINWAY D New York 9'
Concert Grand LE - Simeon Amburgey - A Testimonial
At the bottom of the page there are sound samples of the micropositions
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube report by Production Voice
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Digital FreeWare SoundSamples in SFZ and VST formats
SFZ...
A_PIANO - 12 official sounding SFZ piano samples
FreePats - Akkustig Grand Pianos - Keep your ears open
MUSICAL ARTIFACTS - Piano samples in usable quality
POLYPHONE - Software instrument collection in good quality
PRODUCTION VOICES - Estate Grand a Kawai GS 60 SFZ Sample
VST...
Piano Dremers - A detailed list of VST pianos
Plugins4free - Instruments - Effects - MIDI - Hosts etc.
Not to mention the gigantic mass of VST plugins, of which
we said goodbye in 2022 to become 100% FreeWare!

KNOWLEDGE

Complex Theme - Hammer Mechanism of Piano Keyboards
clavio - Answers to the keystroke of the acoustic piano
Schimmel explains its mechanism in detail - PDF loads at click
Thomann - Explains SAMPLES in detail in eight chapters
WIKI - Explains piano, hammer and touch mechanics
WIKI - Explains the aftertouch on keyboards - The other mechanics
WIKI - Keyboard - A mechanism developed over centuries
WIKI - Stroke Piano - TouchTypes and Interesting Facts
WIKI - VelocityDynamics with many links

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Brendan Kavanagh

 DR K's Boogie Woogie Street Music

 HomePage

In Germany, we would recommend Brendan because of his
Academic education and scientific education
Work with Prof. Dr. Dr.
Brendan Kavanaghs scientific education
In Britania, it's important how you present yourself,
Not what you learned or didn't learn.
We think Brendan's presentation is great!

Brendan's YouTube channel is down with 462 million views
the world's absolute largest institution of BoogieWoogie.

Brendan is about to reach 1/2 billion with his channel
mark. Brendan is probably also one of the best BoogieWoogie Players worldwide, or do you know someone who plays more Boggie?

VIRTUOSOS ON THE PIANO

Martha Argerich........Scarlati Sonate 141
Hélène Grimaud.........Beethoven Nr, 4 Op. 58
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Lynne Arriale..........Mountain of the Night
Khatia Buniatishvili...Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Anna Fedorova..........Piano Recital
Vanessa Gnaegi LaDyva..Ladyva's Stomp
Keiko Matsui...........Forever Varations
Maria João Pires.......Schubert Fantasy Op. 103
Rosalía Gómez Lasheras.Beethoven Piano Nr. 5
Hania Rani.............Live im Studio S2
Yuja Wang..............Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Younee.................My Piano - Classic & Jazz

... click here for the ARCHIVES ...

The JoSeBas

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MY OWN WORK

MUKERBUDE DEVELOPS FOR THE WORLD

For the guitar hobbyists among you, I have developed a small aid,
which makes it very easy to construct the body of guitars.
It can be constructed in 8 steps with the simplest geometry.



It's really kids easy!



My III. Guitar is finished

Several months of calculation and 1/2 year of woodworking

Construction Report of the THIRD - Its Name is
"Triangle meets Square"" (PDF)

The construction of my SECOND has finished...

Two months of planning and one year of woodworking

Construction-Report of the SECOND - "Round Meets Agular" (PDF)





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Most important first

Book - Piano & learning - Notes - Theory - Scales - Chords (PDF)
Instruction - Install SoftWare Grand Piano (PDF)
Recommendation - Digital Pianos - Keyboards - MIDI Controllers (PDF)
Report - CakeWalk DAW with preview of other DAWs (PDF)

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Instruction - Building report - THE THIRD is ready(PDF)
Instructions - Building an exact fit piano bench (PDF)
Instruction - Simple construction aid for corpus determination (PDF)
Instruction - Building report - THE SECOND - Is ready (PDF)
Invention - The country needs functioning tuning cranks (PDF)
Done in June of the year 2019 - Photo taken from a bicycle (PDF)
Instruction - Report of an full-acoustic travel guitar (PDF)
Invention - Fold cutter - Holding device for Dremel (PDF)
Calculation - Frets Distance from nut and fret width (ODS)
Book - Peters small notes and harmony teaching - E-Book (PDF)
Instruction - Building an acoustic lap steel string guitar (PDF)
Instruction - Drill yourself 12-hole knottingblock easy (PDF)
Instruction - Replace frets of your classic guitar yourself (PDF)
Instruction - Stratocaster becomes a nylon guitar (PDF)
Recommendation - Best classic guitars under 1000€ (PDF)

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Instruction - Construction of a guitar from vegetable boxes (PDF)
Instruction - Construction of a drill stand made of wood (PDF)
Instruction - Downsize a guitar neck made very simple (PDF)
Calculation - Pressure force of strings on the bridge (PDF)
Report - Cort NTL 20 F - Western Guitar in Jumbo style (PDF)
Report - Salvador Cortez CS-205 - petite concert guitar (PDF)
Report - Ibanez MASA SX72 - little western guitar (PDF)
Book - A fairy tale - My Concert aunt tells her life (PDF)
Recommendation - To learn guitar, theory & sheet music (PDF)
Recommendation - New nylons - long neck, narrow body (PDF)
Invention - Arm pad for small acoustic guitars (PDF)
Invention - Cajon - with tuning and disconnectable snare (PDF)
Invention - Chords TABs for piano with link to download txt-file
SoftWare - Installation Guide - Guitar Pro 6 lite (PDF)
Studio - Example for a HomeRecording Studio (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar techniques - trying to list them (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar fretboard notes for sharp # and flat b (PDF)
Knowledge - Circle of fifths in two tables Major and Minor (PDF)

2023 - IV. QUARTER

MOTTO 2023 - KEYBOARDS and GUITARS

Different guitars and keyboards every quarter

Directly to the   K E Y B O A R D S


Directly to the   G U I T A R S

We have the appearance of the MukerBude - on multiple
Wish of the regular readers - changed.
Thank you for that. It saves us a lot of formal work.

The two themes GUITAR and PIANO are no longer alternately displayed at the top and bottom, but now have a permanent place.

Top - MUKERBUDE own contributions
Middle - KEYBOARDS & Pianos
Below - GUITARS - Nylons & Steelstrings

In the topics, everything runs as before in alphabetical order.
The blue line, as usual, separates the subject areas.





MUKERBUDE CONTRIBUTIONS


Manfred Zapatka speaks WHO WE WERE from Roger Willemsen
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Bodo Wartke - The country where I want to live - Yes, we too.


The Construction of my III. Concert Guitar going forward (PDF)
The construction of my THIRD is continuing as announced.
New pictures and explanations in the construction report every day...
The anger caused by the errors in the software "Libre-Office Writer" The interruption caused will hopefully be limited for all readers!
The completely redesigned construction report is nearing completion!
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Instructions - Back to 6-Hole Knotting Block - Without Drilling (PDF)
News from the field of tying technique for nylon and carbon strings for concert guitars. Without fiddly drilling on the knot block and the associated problems for some.
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Young people play homemade instruments made from waste,
Their sound is amazingly good!
The Garbage Orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with Garbage Orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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David Rauterberg had this interesting idea 10 years ago.
RUDELSINGEN
However, we wonder why no sponsors have been found yet
have to be able to offer such a great idea for free?
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Hello concert guitar lovers, there is hope!
We all know that forums are dying, especially when it comes to things Concert guitar. According to Bernd C. Hoffmann on January 20, 2023 unexpectedly died "God have him blessed" is also the last with him German-speaking forum for concert guitars.
Harald and Peter, two enthusiasts have set out on a new one Forum-Klassikgitarre Exchange on classical and flamenco guitar
to send on your journey! MuBu says thank you!
Check out the guitars under the FORUMS section below...
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The first T-shirt of the MukerBude, will not be available for purchase.
We give it away to dedicated helpers and/or other people,
who are particularly committed to the MukerBude.


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Hello friends of blues music:
Blues Art Radio - a chat room where blues music plays.

ATTENTION BE CAREFUL, THE TRANSMITTER SCANS YOUR IP ADDRESSES!
Of course, what they do with it remains their secret.

Listeners via IP are not wanted by the moderators.
Says the Friday presenter every week, Martina A. (Toni)
Two weeks later, this same presenter took over sorry, verbally attacked the listeners over IP again. Clear case of “red card”

Mr. Franz Seidemann (Mulehead), the operator of the station, introduces himself clueless and attempts to violate the GDPR of EU law, belittling people with embarrassingly stupid jokes.
He doesn't even know what his own terms and conditions say.

Dear readers, you know that we at MukerBude won't let something like this go...

The entire recording, spoken and written, is available to MukerBude and can be requested.

If you are looking for a blues station with quality:
No IP scanning, no interruptions and no insults!
SwissJazz_Room 1 - Radio Swiss - 24/7 SRG SSR !

BOOKS

"Peter's little notes and harmony"
What everyone needs to know about music - 121 pages.
Book - Harmony-Teaching as an Electronic Book (PDF)
- With jump marks for quick scrolling.
Book - Harmony-Teaching for printing (PDF)
- Pages oriented for printing.
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Book presentations:
3 Instruments, composition, theory and handcraft (PDF)

BUILDINGREPORTS

GUITARS
Construction report of my FIRST - Guitar met travelers (PDF)
- Practice in dealing with old tools - 86 pages.
Construction report of my SECOND - Round meets square (PDF)
- A detailed building instruction and construction report - 203 pages.
Construction report of my THIRD - Square meets triangle (PDF)
- It continues in the summer !
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PIANOS
Invention - Piano mechanics (PDF)
- The modest attempt to simplify the piano mechanics.
- We were thankfully supported by KAWAI Europe which supports
  us - as the only one of the major A- and E-piano manufacturers -
  an "action sample" of the latest generation of keys, their Grand Feel
  III keyboard free of charge.
  MILLE GRAZIE to KAWAI
  - JAPAN
  - EUROPE & GERMANY

OVERVIEWs

Overview - Strings - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of string manufacturers, history & brief evaluation.
Overview - Tuning Mechanisms - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of tuning mechanisms for concert guitars.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation - MukerBude Favourite Songs (PDF)
- On several requests, I let myself be persuaded to do so.
  Songs - Albums - Vocals - SingerSongwriter - Concerts - Film
  Music - Instrumentalists and Composers to list.
  To remember the great songs was fun!

REPORTS

Report - Learning piano and notes (PDF)
- My experience report to learn to play the keyboard properly
  and teach you the basics of musical notation
  The elaboration shows diagrams of scales and chords
  and is supported by extensively researched links
  - on the topic - competently extended by Franz Itscher.

THEORY

Theory - MusicDurchblick Videos ascending (PDF)
- In agreement with MusikDurchblick, MukerBude has their
  meanwhile well over 100 videos, in the order of their
  Release date, listed for better findability.
Theory - Learning notes with music perspective (PDF)
- Here is the MukerBude version, which contains the first-class of
  MusikDurchblick YT videos, to a chronologically continuous
  digital textbook.
  - This is only a first presentation of the project,
    in the further course of development, its optical design
    and aims to significantly improve handling.

K E Y B O A R D S   und   P I A N O S   ↑

BUILDING-REPORT

BÖSENDORFER
Since 1828 - Made by hand and finished with heart - History
World-renowned pianists refer to Bösendorfer pianos as the ROLLS-ROYCE of concert grand pianos.
Baubericht - Klavierbau bei Bösendorfer - Deutsch
Baubericht - The Making Of a Boesendorfer - Englisch
We wonder why such a mature grand piano sound, is predominantly used in jazz?
Anyone have an explanation for this? Please let us know ...!

EVENTS

World class meets enthusiasm at Berghaus Oberbölchen CH
We played along in front of the monitor and had a lot of fun.
Brendan Kavanagh offers a unique forum for this

FORUMS

Forums - Dealing with keyboards and pianos
clavio - Forum for Piano and Keyboard - Has competent answers
Keyboard Academy - Forum - Blog - Software - Video Courses and Help
Keyboarder_forum by Musiker Lanze - Current topics - Well attended
mt MUSIKTREFF Klavier-Forum - Very up-to-date and well attended
musikerforum - Musicians' Forum in cooperation with MusicStore
TAMINO-KlassikForum - Forum für Barock - Klassik - Romantik etc.
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Magazine - Who run a forum and deal with keys
RECORDING - The community of music makers - Part of the magazine
SEQUENCER - Sequencer & synthesizer forum - Lot of interesting things
TONSTUDIO FORUM - Information for musicians and sound engineers

KEYBOARDS and E-PIANOS

After the extensive keyboard research in 22/23,
we are currently playing two master keyboards in the MukerBude.
M-AUDIO 61 MK3

With 61 precise semi-weighted keys, for a nylon guitarist
like me, just the right board! Of course I play the KAWAI GS-60 Estate Grand LE by Production Voice.
Of course, this board is also available with 88 keys.
PartyKnowledge:
In classical music, there are only three composers who perform piano pieces for more than 61 keys !
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M-AUDIO Hammer 88


For our pianist, whose seemingly outdated electric piano after 16 years has started to refuse to work some buttons.
Verdict of the repair expert: "Total economic loss."

"After 16 years of playing by a trained pianist, is an upper-class digital piano supposed to have been played too scrap ?"
Whoever believes it ... also knows Santa Claus.

Instead of a repair that brought the once high-quality electric piano up to the standard in terms of sound. of the noughties, we have decided, for much less money, than the cost of repairing a MIDI keyboard with the sound variety of all piano samples of the world.
Now the collage plays an M-Audio Hammer 88, with which all of us - especially him - preferred sound of the KAWAI GS-60 sample from Producion Voice.

His verdict, after two months of playing the M-Audio:
"Plays quite well and sounds really decent :-)"
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OVERVIEWS
Several lists to simplify the purchasing decision.
This is how you can easily find the boards with the features
that are important to you.
Overview - Controller Keyboards up to 500 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of low-cost controllers/master keyboards.
Overview - Digital pianos up to 500 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Digital pianos from 500 to 1000 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Keyboard Manufacturers - VST & SFZ - Reviews (PDF)
- Listing of keyboards in BRD - VST & SFZ - External Reviews.
Overview - Electric KeysInstruments & Piano Samples
- A compilation of the most important keyboards in Germany.
  These include: Digital pianos - Electric organs - Keyboards
  (including workstations) - MIDI controllers - stage pianos
  and synthesizers.
  Of course, the piano samples should not be missing here, which
  together with a cost-effective MIDI controller for first-class
  sounds worry. With mostly better sound than expensive stage pianos.
Overview - Electric Piano Recommendations (PDF)
- Which sounds better, modeling or sampling?
  A counter-transfer of current sounds.
  Extensive research and comparison of electric pianos
  with MIDI controllers and VST with SFZ samples.
Overview - Piano samples that we play ourselves (PDF)
- The Experience - FAZIOLI F308 - An acoustic enrichment.
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Also take a look at the advice of Melanie - who forbade us to give her last name.
Melanie - Buying an electric piano, what you should pay attention to
delamar - An overview that can hardly be more complete
The most complex electric piano overview that can currently be found on the net.

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
NAMM SHOW MUSICALINSTRUMENTSFAIR from April '23
bonedo.de presents all the news and highlights worth knowing
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Magazines for music and musicians
Jazz-Fun - Magazine for Jazz Music - With a lot of info around
Smooth Jazz-Fun Network - USA Magazin for Smooth-Jazz
TheUrbanMusicScene.com - TUMS from USA is very extensive
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Magazines for instruments
bonedo - The Musicians' Portal - All from the world of music
BuenasIdeas - Music Production and Homerecording - Well done!
clavio - A piano portal in German - A lot of interesting things
Delmar - (independent?) Fachmagazin für Musiker - Berichte etc.
KEYBOARDS - Electronic. Music. Instruments. - Reviews and more
PIANOO - Guide portal for digital piano and piano - Well done!
RECORDING - News - Reviews - Interviews - Workshop and Forum
RONDO - Das Klassik- und Jazz-Magazin - in German
SEQUENCER - Synthesizer, Sequencer, Nerdic Walking, Forum
Tastenwelt - News - Reviews - Practice - And a lot more
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Even if most magazines have some form of Sponsor in it and/or behind it, it is at Amazona quite Obviously, managing director is Hans Thomann. In this, although not badly made sales magazine remains natural - an objective evaluation of the products - on the track.
Amazona - By Thomann - Interesting sales magazine
So always let a good portion of skepticism prevail.
The global instrument trade is a shark tank,
into which no shark would dare to enter.
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TESTS
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!

PIANO finder - Comprehensive reports on everything that has buttons
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Six testers - four in English - have our appreciation!
When we are undecided with our opinion, we consult these
four/five specialists for advice, who also usually have answers.
Simeon Amburgey - PraiseTracks - Experienced instrument tester


Stu Harrison - From Merriam Music - Tests very detailed !

Guys, one thing you can't do, is show Stu to your wives :-|

Jeremy See - Independent - Buys all boards from own money


James Pavel Shawcross - Is ThePianoForever - Milan Record Studio


Jörg Sunderkötter & Yacine Khorchi - For PIANOO

The guys, make with their expertise really fun !

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

Klassika - Here you will find what you are looking for

SHOPS and REPAIRS

MANUFACTURER
A overview of well-known grand piano builders, will be expanded
Bechstein - Since 1853 and largest piano manufacturer in Europe
KAWAI Germany - Grand - Pianos - Hybrid & Digital Pianos
KAWAI dealer locator - in German-speaking countries - AT - CH - DE
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DEALER
Bauer-Music - 50 years of keyboard experience near Offenbach
Bechstein Cologne - In the newly renovated Bechstein Centrum
Bonners-Music - The renowned piano dealer in United Kingdom
Piano Faust - Celebrates 125th Anniversary - Well Sorted A&E Pianos
KAWAI Pianohaus Hamburg - First-class expertise over three floors
Piano Kreisel - Since 1864 well sorted and extremely competent
Piano Lang - Aachen area - An expert with passion for the piano
Piano Schmitz - Recommends "Play yourselves happy" - Well sorted
People, stay away from private Internet sellers who have nothing withdraw. Also, we do not recommend NoName products, also If they are advertised so full-bodied.
Where China is on it, there is usually cheap production in it.
The house brands of the big German dealers are mostly of decent quality, even if they (except for the often cheap price) have hardly anything special to offer.
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REPAIR and RESTORATION
Die Klaviermachermeister - Letuha & Müller Piano maker in Vienna
Klavier-Atelier - Gert Hecher - Restores historic pianos
Jonas and Bruno Kaiser are piano makers - With sound in the blood
Piano Lang - piano shop and master workshop for pianos
Piano Lang - Sensational YouTube-Channel - They are helped
PIANOVA - Blümke & Sund bring people and pianos together
PIANOVUM - M. Thron Master piano builder builds and restores pianos
Tobias J. Schmidt and son are KlavierAtelier - Piano Restauration
KlavierAtelier YT-Channel with reports from repair & restoration
RotheDesign - Jendrik Rothe repairs and restores pianos
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Piano tuners and piano makers - Grossraum Köln & Bergisches Land
Kaiser Pianoforte - Manufacture are
Piano & Harpsichord Maker Bruno Kaiser and Son Jonas

Arts and crafts piano building

YouTube-Channel
Kaiser Pianoforte Manufacture

WDR presents master piano builder Bruno Kaiser
The WDR piano expert and piano tuner !

Bruno Kaiser Pianos

SOFTWARE

Instructions - Cost-effective installation of a SoftWare piano
It takes a computer, an audio interface a proper keyboard and headphones or speakers. Because the keyboards called MIDI controllers do not produce their own sound, which is also their great advantage. Even the most expensive keyboards can hardly compete with the digitized sounds.
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Report - Current FreeWare DAWs with a short description
From the originally intended comparative test, in the course of the Research an installation and experience report about CakeWalk because it turns out to be a top-notch FreeWare DAW !
There is a new crucial insight to the Reaper-DAW !
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CakeWalk - By BandLab - FreeWare DAW in a class of its own
Cakewalk Documentation - Help like others hardly offer
MusikSoftware - Home Recording Software Portal - You will find it
sforzando - Very powerful SFZ player easy to use

SONGs

The European idea - Claudio versus Putin
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BODO WARTKE that much has to be said ...
- We thought critical songwriters were extinct in the
  degenerating western world, or fallen victim to the
  total dumbing down by comedy.
The country I want tolive in
- Bodo, we would like to go to this country.
Now or Symphony!
- Bodo with the WDR Funkhaus-Orchester,
  a concert of a very special kind!
Bodos YouTube-Channel
Bodos HomePage
- Guys, we're threatening you that we can get a lot more out of
  Bodo's work.

THEORY and TEACHERS

THEORY
Understanding music - experiencing music! with a clear view

                 Fabian          Sebastian        Christine

... learn refreshingly colourful notes with MusikDurchblick

MukerBude chimes in:
We put their videos in order (PDF)
We are developing their videos into a music textbook (PDF)
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Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Meanwhile already a real FreeWare classic!
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American researchers have figured out the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts about 10 seconds long, then playing them and 10 seconds. does not play. In this 10 - 10 rhythm play through all the individual parts of the piece. Allegedly, what has been learned solidifies faster and more intensively.
It seems to work if only I wasn't so lazy...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Scientists explain how to practice piano correctly
Bayrischer Rundfunk Klassik
- Practice properly - Tips from professionals
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TEACHER
Piano teachers, of the many we looked at, convince us the most because of their good didactics.
Of course, there are other qualified piano teachers.
However, we have only looked in more detail at those which
which provide the widest possible free introduction to their
Provide lessons.

Fanny Engelhart - Piano School - Large YouTube video collection


Thomas Forschbach - werdemusiker - Crash course & YouTube videos


Brendan Kavanagh is Dr K - 1. Class not only Boogie Woogie teacher


Learn piano with Melanie - On Saturdays there are new videos


Thorsten Schuchardt - His YT channel is a real treasure trove


Franz Titscher - YT Channel - Learn how to play the piano with fun

We at MukerBude are enthusiastic about his teaching method !

AUDIO ENGINEERING

Small overview for orientation how good samples sound
10 Excellent Grand Piano Samples in comparison
Piano Samples compared to Steinway A188 - 1925
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Three piano samples from Production Voice in a class of their own:
First-class entry for a few bucks with only 11 GB
Estate Grand LE - KAWAI GS-60
The same piano KAWAI GS 60 with more extensive adjustment options for a small 59 dollars
Estate Grasnd Piano - KAWAI GS-60
The large version from Production Voice - Concert Grand Complete recorded with nine microphone perpectives, 24Bit - 96kB and 3D Ambisonic Sound. With 1.1 TB unfortunately not for every computer configuration. $329 for the full version of the Steinway D New York 9' are not too much.
Concert Grand Complete Full Version - STEINWAY D New York 9'
Concert Grand LE - Simeon Amburgey - A Testimonial
At the bottom of the page there are sound samples of the micropositions
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube report by Production Voice
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Digital FreeWare SoundSamples in SFZ and VST formats
SFZ...
A_PIANO - 12 official sounding SFZ piano samples
FreePats - Akkustig Grand Pianos - Keep your ears open
MUSICAL ARTIFACTS - Piano samples in usable quality
POLYPHONE - Software instrument collection in good quality
PRODUCTION VOICES - Estate Grand a Kawai GS 60 SFZ Sample
VST...
Piano Dremers - A detailed list of VST pianos
Plugins4free - Instruments - Effects - MIDI - Hosts etc.
Not to mention the gigantic mass of VST plugins, of which
we said goodbye in 2022 to become 100% FreeWare!

KNOWLEDGE

Complex Theme - Hammer Mechanism of Piano Keyboards
clavio - Answers to the keystroke of the acoustic piano
Schimmel explains its mechanism in detail - PDF loads at click
Thomann - Explains SAMPLES in detail in eight chapters
WIKI - Explains piano, hammer and touch mechanics
WIKI - Explains the aftertouch on keyboards - The other mechanics
WIKI - Keyboard - A mechanism developed over centuries
WIKI - Stroke Piano - TouchTypes and Interesting Facts
WIKI - VelocityDynamics with many links

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Brendan Kavanagh

 DR K's Boogie Woogie Street Music

 HomePage

In Germany, we would recommend Brendan because of his
Academic education and scientific education
Work with Prof. Dr. Dr.
Brendan Kavanaghs scientific education
In Britania, it's important how you present yourself,
Not what you learned or didn't learn.
We think Brendan's presentation is great!

VIRTUOSOS ON THE PIANO

Martha Argerich........Scarlati Sonate 141
Hélène Grimaud.........Beethoven Nr, 4 Op. 58
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Lynne Arriale..........Mountain of the Night
Khatia Buniatishvili...Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Anna Fedorova..........Piano Recital
Vanessa Gnaegi LaDyva..Ladyva's Stomp
Keiko Matsui...........Forever Varations
Maria João Pires.......Schubert Fantasy Op. 103
Rosalía Gómez Lasheras.Beethoven Piano Nr. 5
Hania Rani.............Live im Studio S2
Yuja Wang..............Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Younee.................My Piano - Classic & Jazz

G U I T A R S   ↑
Classical Nylons and modern Steelstrings ...

NEWS

Andreas Niegel - STIMMT SO ...
Upgrade and revision of acoustic guitars & information on buying used
Purchasing advice, alternative facts, tips and tricks for western guitars.
A private page on the subject of western guitars, with sense and understanding!
Andreas Niegel, also asks unusual questions.
We give our recommendation ! - That's right...
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Dream concert guitars by Stephan Connors !
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Anabel Montesinos:                              Eliot Fisk:
Introduces us to their                           Get a different sound
Connor guitar.                                        out of the Connor.

It must not always be guitars from Spain !
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RollingStone TOP 100 Guitarists - A FAKE - MuBu clarifies
We have asked RollingStone several times for comment.
Without feedback, as is the case with commercial practice.
We are in the process of forcing "Rolling Stone" to comment!
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Here my favorite music, musicians and instruments ...

INSTRUCTIONS

Instruction - 12 hole knot block (PDF)
- Here we show you how to easily remove the bridge
  Expand your guitar by six holes.
Instruction - guitar body construction (PDF)
- We reveal a well-kept secret !
  How to easily change the body shape of
  Concert guitars determined and draws.
  There was even an attempt to prohibit us from
  publishing this report.
Instruction - Refounding of a concert guitar (PDF)
- You will have all the necessary tools in the household.

LUTHIERS

Christina Kobler - Haslach Austria - Guitar making with passion
Bernhard Kresse - Cologne FRG - Concert & Historical Guitar Workshop
Antonio & José Marin - Granada Spain - Classical Flamenco Guitars
Paul McGill - Vermont USA - Modern interpreted concert guitars
Theodoro & Beatriz & Sergio Pérez - Madrid Spain - At its best !
Masaki Sakurai - Tokyo Japan - Guitars developed with high technology
Smallman & Sons - Esperance Australien - Build for John Williams
Carolin & Max Strohmer - Nuremberg FRG - 4th generation guitars
My Strohmer will be 50 year, and her sound is better than ever !
Daniel Zucali - Haag Austria - Tradition interpreted in a modern way
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Andreas Cuntz - 1a guitar builder so also his guitars
Greenfield Guitars - With very own look and sound
Christiina Kobler - Dreamlike beautiful and well clioning guitars
Kraushaar - Project Europe is one of the best guitars ever
Joe Veillette - His electric & acoustic guitars are very special
Daniel Zucali - Österreich - Tradition interpreted in a modern way

EVENTS and GUITAR-FESTIVALS

Antwerpen Gitaar Festival - With first-class line-ups since 2011
Hamburger GuitarDays - Top-class guitar event series
Roma Expo Guitars - 24. bis 26.03 - Date for 24 is not known

FORUMS

We only take care of German forums.

GUITARS

CLASSICAL-GUITARS
A. Augustine - Distributes only four concert guitars - MuBu Referral
Salvador Cortez - Builds cheap and good concert guitars
Duke Guitars - Basic and Student are two MuBu recommendations
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Cort - First class guitar manufacture from South Korea
Framus - Classic, with the most advanced manufacturing methods
Furch - By tradition first class steelstring guitars
Godin - Their nylon electric guitars have become the world standard
Ibanez - Good guitars off the shelf with a lot of inovative development
Lakewood - German manufacturer that matures to the world's best
Martin & Co - Who does not know them, has missed the guitar sound
Maton - Australian extra class built for the world
Takamine - No stage without Takamine - Premium by Ibanez
Taylor - The sonorous basses among the steelstrings

INSTRUMENTS

MUSICIANS

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
The magazine musikmachen.de deals among other things with
many aspects of making music yourself. From childhood to
to the advanced musician age.
Making music increases intelligence!
Making music with children and creating self-confidence
Making music in the family because it's just great
Fun with music the best homemade
Actively making music the most beautiful thing in the world
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TESTER
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!


BUSCAR instrumentos - Concentrated knowledge about all guitar types

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

SHOPS

Guitar Concert Classic - Paris France - Selected Classical Guitars
Guitars Salon International - Santa Monica USA - Finest guitars
Guitarras de Luthiers - Madrid Spain - Spanish guitar noble store
Kent Guitar Classics - Chipstead England - England Guitars Address
La Guitarra Flamenca - Wiesloch FRG & Sevilla Spain - Very dedicated
Mundo Flamenco - Freiburg FRG - Well Assorted Flamenco Guitars
Siccas Guitars - Karlsruhe FRG - ConcertGuitars of the extra class

SOFTWARE

SONGBOOKS

THEORY

WIKIBOOKS - Campfire diploma - A diploma of a total of 15 + 1
The book "Guitare" was criated from Red Rooster
and is now being managed by MJCHAEL
Mjchael you can ask questions in the Forums - Gitarre Spielen Lernen
All diplomas together, form a comprehensive as well as informative textbook for learning to play the guitar.
MukerBude RECOMMENDATION !!!

SOUND EGENEERING

KNOWLEDGE

Michael Ruhe Gitarren - Builds guitars with patented scale
Boulder Creek Guitars - Patented Bracing-System
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Knowledge - BundCalculator (ODS)
- Excel spreadsheet in Open Data format - download starts on click.
Knowledge - Scores of the mensuration (PDF)
- A look at the guitar scale, all notes in b-bes and #-as.
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Rick Beato 1. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1929 - 1969
Rick Beato 2. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1970 - 1979
Rick Beato 3. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1980 - 1989
Rick Beato 4. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1990 - 1999

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Alexandra Whittingham

Alexandra Whittingham

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VIRTUOSES and VIRTUOSES on the CLASSIC GUITAR

TOP GUITARS
Here are our top 15 concert guitars!
The names are listed alphabetically:

Brandon Acker...........Carillon
Ruben Diaz..............Rio de la Miel
Duo Cafe del Mundo......Symphonic
Margarita Escarpa.......FIGG 2021
Amir John Haddad........Dos Palomas Vuelan
Stephanie Jones.........Latin Fingerstyle
Julia Lange.............Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Yenne Lee...............Autumn Leaves
Anabel Montesinos.......Altamira Home Concert
Miroslav Tadic..........Livingroom Concert
Marc Teiholz...... .....Bach Rodeau BWV 826
Ana Vidovich............Live in Baden Baden
Alexandra Whittingham...Danza Brasilera
John Williams...........Concierto de Aranjurez
Elena Zucchini..........Prelude I Villa Lobos

... click here for the ARCHIVES ...

The JoSeBas

My own Work

MukerBude develops for the world...

For the guitar hobbyists among you, I have developed a small aid, which makes it very easy to construct the body of concert and western guitars. can be constructed. In just a few steps with the simplest geometry.



It's really easy for children!

The construction of my SECOND has finished...

Two months of planning and one year of woodworking

Construction-Report of the SECOND - "Round Meets Agular" (PDF)




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Most important first

Book - Piano & learning - Notes - Theory - Scales - Chords (PDF)
Instruction - Install SoftWare Grand Piano (PDF)
Recommendation - Digital Pianos - Keyboards - MIDI Controllers (PDF)
Report - CakeWalk DAW with preview of other DAWs (PDF)

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Instructions - Building an exact fit piano bench (PDF)
Instruction - Building report - THE THIRD under construction(PDF)
Instruction - Simple construction aid for corpus determination (PDF)
Instruction - Building report - THE SECOND - Is ready (PDF)
Invention - The country needs functioning tuning cranks (PDF)
Done in June of the year 2019 - Photo taken from a bicycle (PDF)
Instruction - Report of an full-acoustic travel guitar (PDF)
Invention - Fold cutter - Holding device for Dremel (PDF)
Calculation - Frets Distance from nut and fret width (ODS)
Book - Peters small notes and harmony teaching - E-Book (PDF)
Instruction - Building an acoustic lap steel string guitar (PDF)
Instruction - Drill yourself 12-hole knottingblock easy (PDF)
Instruction - Replace frets of your classic guitar yourself (PDF)
Instruction - Stratocaster becomes a nylon guitar (PDF)
Recommendation - Best classic guitars under 1000€ (PDF)

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Instruction - Construction of a guitar from vegetable boxes (PDF)
Instruction - Construction of a drill stand made of wood (PDF)
Instruction - Downsize a guitar neck made very simple (PDF)
Calculation - Pressure force of strings on the bridge (PDF)
Report - Cort NTL 20 F - Western Guitar in Jumbo style (PDF)
Report - Salvador Cortez CS-205 - petite concert guitar (PDF)
Report - Ibanez MASA SX72 - little western guitar (PDF)
Book - A fairy tale - My Concert aunt tells her life (PDF)
Recommendation - To learn guitar, theory & sheet music (PDF)
Recommendation - New nylons - long neck, narrow body (PDF)
Invention - Arm pad for small acoustic guitars (PDF)
Invention - Cajon - with tuning and disconnectable snare (PDF)
Invention - Chords TABs for piano with link to download txt-file
SoftWare - Installation Guide - Guitar Pro 6 lite (PDF)
Studio - Example for a HomeRecording Studio (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar techniques - trying to list them (PDF)
Knowledge - Guitar fretboard notes for sharp # and flat b (PDF)
Knowledge - Circle of fifths in two tables Major and Minor (PDF)

install for free - Important - Note the check marks !

2023 - III. QUARTER

... Hier gehts ins ARCHIV ...

Die JoSeBas

Eigene Arbeiten

MukerBude entwickelt für die Welt...

Für die GitarrenBastler unter Euch habe ich eine kleine Hilfe entwickelt, mit der sich sehr leicht der Korpus von Konzert- und Western-Gitarren konstruieren lässt. In wenigen Schritten mit einfachster Geometrie.



Es ist wirklich Kinder leicht!

Der Bau meiner ZWEITEN ist abgeschlossen...

Zwei Monate Planung und ein Jahr Woodworking

BauBericht der ZWEITEN - Ihr Name "Rund trifft Eckig" (PDF)




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Aktuelles zuerst

Übersicht - E-Piano Empfehlungen - Alternativen zum A-Piano (PDF) Anleitung - Baubericht meiner DRITTEN - Oval trifft Dreieck (PDF) Anleitung - SoftWare Flügel installieren (PDF)
Bericht - CakeWalk DAW mit Vorbericht anderer DAWs (PDF)
Buch - Klavierspielen und Noten lernen leicht gemacht (PDF)
Übersicht - Digital Pianos - Keyboards - MIDI-Controller (PDF)

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Anleitung - Bau einer exakt passenden Piano Sitzbank (PDF)
Anleitung - Simple KonstruktionsHilfe zur KorpusBestimmung (PDF)
Anleitung - Baubericht meiner ZWEITEN - Rund trifft Eckig (PDF)
Erfindung - Funktionierende Kurbeln braucht das Land (PDF)
Erzählung - Das Ding aus einem anderen Universum (PDF)
Anleitung - Baubericht einer vollakustischen Reise-Gitarre (PDF)
Erfindung - BindingFraese - HalteVorrichtung für Dremel (PDF)
Berechnung - Bünde Entfernung vom Sattel und Bundbreite (ODS)
Anleitung - Bau einer akustischen Lap-Steelstring-Gitarre (PDF)
Anleitung - 12-Loch KnüpfBlock problemlos selber bohren (PDF)
Anleitung - NeuBundierung einer KonzertGitarre - simpel (PDF)
Anleitung - Stratocaster wird zur NylonGitarre - Stratylon (PDF)
Buch - Peters kleine Noten und HarmonieLehre - E-Book (PDF)
Empfehlung - KonzertGitarren unter 1000€ in 4 Kategorien (PDF)

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Anleitung - Bau einer KonzertGitarre aus GemüseKisten(PDF)
Anleitung - Bau eines senkrecht Bohrständers aus Holz (PDF)
Anleitung - Einfach konstruierte KlavierBank mit Notenfach (PDF)
Anleitung - GitarrenHals verschlanken leicht gemacht (PDF)
Anleitung - Headstock Stimmgerät verstehen - Für Kinder (PDF)
Berechnung - DruckKraft der Saiten auf Steg und Decke (PDF)
Bericht - Cort NTL 20 F - WesternGitarre in Jumbo Bauform (PDF)
Bericht - Salvador Cortez CS-205 - zierliche KonzertGitarre (PDF)
Bericht - Ibanez MASA SX72 - kleine WesternGitarre (PDF)
Buch - Ein Märchen - Meine KonzerTante erzählt ihr Leben (PDF)
Empfehlung - LehrBücher - Gitarre - Theorie und Noten (PDF)
Empfehlung - New Nylons - langer Hals, schmaler Korpus (PDF)
Erfindung - Akkorde TABs für Klavier mit Link zum download TXT
Erfindung - ArmAuflage für kleine akustische Gitarren (PDF)
Erfindung - Cajon - mit stimm- und abschaltbarem Snare (PDF)
SoftWare - InstallationsAnleitung - Guitar Pro 6 lite (PDF)
Studio - Konfiguration - HomeRecording Studio - Beispiel (PDF)
Wissen - GitarrenTechniken - der Versuch sie zu Listen (PDF)
Wissen - GriffBrett alle Noten für fis # als auch bes b (PDF)
Wissen - QuintenZirkel in zwei Tabellen DUR und MOLL (PDF)

kostenfrei installieren - Wichtig - Beachte die Häkchen !

2023 - III. QUARTER

MOTTO 2023 - KEYBOARDS and GUITARS

Different guitars and keyboards every quarter

Directly to the   K E Y B O A R D S


Directly to the   G U I T A R S

We have the appearance of the MukerBude - on multiple
Wish of the regular readers - changed.
Thank you for that. It saves us a lot of formal work.

The two themes GUITAR and PIANO are no longer alternately displayed at the top and bottom, but now have a permanent place.

Top - MUKERBUDE own contributions
Middle - KEYBOARDS & Pianos
Below - GUITARS - Nylons & Steelstrings

In the topics, everything runs as before in alphabetical order.
The blue line, as usual, separates the subject areas.





MUKERBUDE CONTRIBUTIONS




The first T-shirt of the MukerBude, will not be available for purchase.
We give it away to dedicated helpers and/or other people,
who are particularly committed to the MukerBude.


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Young people play instruments they make themselves from rubbish.
And it sounds really good!
The Garbage Orchestra from Cateura Paraguay - Deutschlandfunk
Concert with Garbage Orchestra from Paraguay - BSR Stadtreinigung
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Report on the new guitar of Cort GOLD Passion (PDF)
- Two first-class guitars from the new Cort GOLD series,
  the Steelstring Gold Passion and the Nylon Gold-OC8,
  both count among our summer quarter 23 guitars!

BOOKS

"Peter's little notes and harmony"
What everyone needs to know about music - 121 pages.
Book - Harmony-Teaching as an Electronic Book (PDF)
- With jump marks for quick scrolling.
Book - Harmony-Teaching for printing (PDF)
- Pages oriented for printing.
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Book presentations:
3 Instruments, composition, theory and handcraft (PDF)

BUILDINGREPORTS

GUITARS
Construction report of my FIRST - Guitar met travelers (PDF)
- Practice in dealing with old tools - 86 pages.
Construction report of my SECOND - Round meets square (PDF)
- A detailed building instruction and construction report - 203 pages.
Construction report of my THIRD - Oval meets triangle (PDF)
- It continues in the summer, or later ...
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PIANOS
Invention - Piano mechanics (PDF)
- The modest attempt to simplify the piano mechanics.
- We were thankfully supported by KAWAI Europe which supports
  us - as the only one of the major A- and E-piano manufacturers -
  an "action sample" of the latest generation of keys, their Grand Feel
  III keyboard free of charge.
  MILLE GRAZIE to KAWAI
  - JAPAN
  - EUROPE & GERMANY

OVERVIEWs

Overview - Strings - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of string manufacturers, history & brief evaluation.
Overview - Tuning Mechanisms - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of tuning mechanisms for concert guitars.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation - MukerBude Favourite Songs (PDF)
- On several requests, I let myself be persuaded to do so.
  Songs - Albums - Vocals - SingerSongwriter - Concerts - Film
  Music - Instrumentalists and Composers to list.
  To remember the great songs was fun!

REPORTS

Report - Learning piano and notes (PDF)
- My experience report to learn to play the keyboard properly
  and teach you the basics of musical notation
  The elaboration shows diagrams of scales and chords
  and is supported by extensively researched links
  - on the topic - competently extended by Franz Itscher.

THEORY

Theory - MusicDurchblick Videos ascending (PDF)
- In agreement with MusikDurchblick, MukerBude has their
  meanwhile well over 100 videos, in the order of their
  Release date, listed for better findability.
Theory - Learning notes with music perspective (PDF)
- Here is the MukerBude version, which contains the first-class of
  MusikDurchblick YT videos, to a chronologically continuous
  digital textbook.
  - This is only a first presentation of the project,
    in the further course of development, its optical design
    and aims to significantly improve handling.

K E Y B O A R D S   und   P I A N O S   ↑

BUILDING-REPORT

BÖSENDORFER
Since 1828 - Made by hand and finished with heart - History
World-renowned pianists refer to Bösendorfer pianos as the ROLLS-ROYCE of concert grand pianos.
Baubericht - Klavierbau bei Bösendorfer - Deutsch
Baubericht - The Making Of a Boesendorfer - Englisch
We wonder why such a mature grand piano sound, is predominantly used in jazz?
Anyone have an explanation for this? Please let us know ...!

EVENTS

iF GOLD AWARD 23 15.05. for CASIO Privia PX-7000 Keyboard !
Guys, we at MukerBude feel confirmed in our consistently positive assessment of CASIO digital pianos and keyboards.
The trade journal - delamar - confirms our impression in the test
However, we wonder, did Casio have to raise the prices first to be recognized by the premium sector and to be lifted to the throne.
Once again our recommendations:
Casio keyboards of the CT-X, WK and the entire Privia series.
Here is an overview of the entire Casio Keyboard & Piano family
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World class meets enthusiasm at Berghaus Oberbölchen CH
We played along in front of the monitor and had a lot of fun.
Brendan Kavanagh offers a unique forum for this

FORUMS

Forums - Dealing with keyboards and pianos
clavio - Forum for Piano and Keyboard - Has competent answers
Keyboard Academy - Forum - Blog - Software - Video Courses and Help
Keyboarder_forum by Musiker Lanze - Current topics - Well attended
mt MUSIKTREFF Klavier-Forum - Very up-to-date and well attended
musikerforum - Musicians' Forum in cooperation with MusicStore
TAMINO-KlassikForum - Forum für Barock - Klassik - Romantik etc.
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Magazine - Who run a forum and deal with keys
RECORDING - The community of music makers - Part of the magazine
SEQUENCER - Sequencer & synthesizer forum - Lot of interesting things
TONSTUDIO FORUM - Information for musicians and sound engineers

KEYBOARDS and E-PIANOS

After the extensive keyboard research in 22/23,
we are currently playing two master keyboards in the MukerBude.
M-AUDIO 61 MK3

With 61 precise semi-weighted keys, for a nylon guitarist
like me, just the right board! Of course I play the KAWAI GS-60 Estate Grand LE by Production Voice.
Of course, this board is also available with 88 keys.
PartyKnowledge:
In classical music, there are only three composers who perform piano pieces for more than 61 keys !
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M-AUDIO Hammer 88


For our pianist, whose seemingly outdated electric piano after 16 years has started to refuse to work some buttons.
Verdict of the repair expert: "Total economic loss."

"After 16 years of playing by a trained pianist, is an upper-class digital piano supposed to have been played too scrap ?"
Whoever believes it ... also knows Santa Claus.

Instead of a repair that brought the once high-quality electric piano up to the standard in terms of sound. of the noughties, we have decided, for much less money, than the cost of repairing a MIDI keyboard with the sound variety of all piano samples of the world.
Now the collage plays an M-Audio Hammer 88, with which all of us - especially him - preferred sound of the KAWAI GS-60 sample from Producion Voice.

His verdict, after two months of playing the M-Audio:
"Plays quite well and sounds really decent :-)"
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OVERVIEWS
An unrated listing of the features of each
Instruments to simplify the purchase decision.
So you can easily find the boards with the features
that are important to you.
Overview - Controller Keyboards up to 500 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of low-cost controllers/master keyboards.
Overview - Digital pianos up to 500 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Digital pianos from 500 to 1000 euros (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards and stage pianos.
Overview - Keyboard Manufacturers - VST & SFZ - Reviews (PDF)
- Listing of keyboards in BRD - VST & SFZ - External Reviews.
Overview - Electric KeysInstruments & Piano Samples
- A compilation of the most important keyboards in Germany.
  These include: Digital pianos - Electric organs - Keyboards
  (including workstations) - MIDI controllers - stage pianos
  and synthesizers.
  Of course, the piano samples should not be missing here, which
  together with a cost-effective MIDI controller for first-class
  sounds worry. With mostly better sound than expensive stage pianos.
Overview - Electric Piano Recommendations (PDF)
- Which sounds better, modeling or sampling?
  A counter-transfer of current sounds.
  Extensive research and comparison of electric pianos
  with MIDI controllers and VST with SFZ samples.
Overview - Piano samples that we play ourselves (PDF)
- The Experience - FAZIOLI F308 - An acoustic enrichment.
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Also take a look at the advice of Melanie - who forbade us to give her last name.
Melanie - Buying an electric piano, what you should pay attention to
delamar - An overview that can hardly be more complete
The most complex electric piano overview that can currently be found on the net.

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
NAMM SHOW MUSICALINSTRUMENTSFAIR from 13. to 15. April '23
bonedo.de presents all the news and highlights worth knowing
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Magazines for music and musicians
Jazz-Fun - Magazine for Jazz Music - With a lot of info around
Smooth Jazz-Fun Network - USA Magazin for Smooth-Jazz
TheUrbanMusicScene.com - TUMS from USA is very extensive
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Magazines for instruments
bonedo - The Musicians' Portal - All from the world of music
BuenasIdeas - Music Production and Homerecording - Well done!
clavio - A piano portal in German - A lot of interesting things
Delmar - (independent?) Fachmagazin für Musiker - Berichte etc.
KEYBOARDS - Electronic. Music. Instruments. - Reviews and more
PIANOO - Guide portal for digital piano and piano - Well done!
RECORDING - News - Reviews - Interviews - Workshop and Forum
RONDO - Das Klassik- und Jazz-Magazin - in German
SEQUENCER - Synthesizer, Sequencer, Nerdic Walking, Forum
Tastenwelt - News - Reviews - Practice - And a lot more
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Even if most magazines have some form of Sponsor in it and/or behind it, it is at Amazona quite Obviously, managing director is Hans Thomann. In this, although not badly made sales magazine remains natural - an objective evaluation of the products - on the track.
Amazona - By Thomann - Interesting sales magazine
So always let a good portion of skepticism prevail.
The global instrument trade is a shark tank,
into which no shark would dare to enter.
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TESTS
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!

PIANO finder - Comprehensive reports on everything that has buttons
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Six testers - four in English - have our appreciation!
When we are undecided with our opinion, we consult these
five/six specialists for advice, who also usually have answers.

Simeon Amburgey - PraiseTracks - Experienced instrument tester


Stu Harrison - From Merriam Musi

Guys, one thing you can't do, is show Stu to your wives ;-|

Jeremy See - Independent - Buys all boards from own money


James Pavel Shawcross - Is ThePianoForever - Milan Record Studio


Jörg Sunderkötter & Yacine Khorchi - For PIANOO

The guys, make with their expertise really fun !
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CASIO promotes its current keyboard Privia PX-S7000.
It has won the "iF DESIGN AWARD 2023 Gold.
However, we wonder - in a little more detail - why?

A lifestyle instrument that no one needs, especially not at the excessive price. There are clearly better, also from there own house. Read our short report and watch the videos of the experts.

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

Klassika - Here you will find what you are looking for

SHOPS and REPAIRS

MANUFACTURER
A overview of well-known grand piano builders, will be expanded
Bechstein - Since 1853 and largest piano manufacturer in Europe
KAWAI Germany - Grand - Pianos - Hybrid & Digital Pianos
KAWAI dealer locator - in German-speaking countries - AT - CH - DE
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DEALER
Bauer-Music - 50 years of keyboard experience near Offenbach
Bechstein Cologne - In the newly renovated Bechstein Centrum
Bonners-Music - The renowned piano dealer in United Kingdom
Piano Faust - Celebrates 125th Anniversary - Well Sorted A&E Pianos
KAWAI Pianohaus Hamburg - First-class expertise over three floors
Piano Kreisel - Since 1864 well sorted and extremely competent
Piano Lang - Aachen area - An expert with passion for the piano
Piano Schmitz - Recommends "Play yourselves happy" - Well sorted
People, stay away from private Internet sellers who have nothing withdraw. Also, we do not recommend NoName products, also If they are advertised so full-bodied.
Where China is on it, there is usually cheap production in it.
The house brands of the big German dealers are mostly of decent quality, even if they (except for the often cheap price) have hardly anything special to offer.
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REPAIR and RESTORATION
Die Klaviermachermeister - Letuha & Müller Piano maker in Vienna
Klavier-Atelier - Gert Hecher - Restores historic pianos
Jonas and Bruno Kaiser are piano makers - With sound in the blood
Piano Lang - piano shop and master workshop for pianos
Piano Lang - Sensational YouTube-Channel - They are helped
PIANOVA - Blümke & Sund bring people and pianos together
PIANOVUM - M. Thron Master piano builder builds and restores pianos
Tobias J. Schmidt and son are KlavierAtelier - Piano Restauration
KlavierAtelier YT-Channel with reports from repair & restoration
RotheDesign - Jendrik Rothe repairs and restores pianos
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Piano tuners and piano makers - Grossraum Köln & Bergisches Land
Kaiser Pianoforte - Manufacture are
Piano & Harpsichord Maker Bruno Kaiser and Son Jonas

Arts and crafts piano building

YouTube-Channel
Kaiser Pianoforte Manufacture

WDR presents master piano builder Bruno Kaiser
The WDR piano expert and piano tuner !

Bruno Kaiser Pianos

SOFTWARE

Instructions - Cost-effective installation of a SoftWare piano
It takes a computer, an audio interface a proper keyboard and headphones or speakers. Because the keyboards called MIDI controllers do not produce their own sound, which is also their great advantage. Even the most expensive keyboards can hardly compete with the digitized sounds.
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Report - Current FreeWare DAWs with a short description
From the originally intended comparative test, in the course of the Research an installation and experience report about CakeWalk because it turns out to be a top-notch FreeWare DAW !
There is a new crucial insight to the Reaper-DAW !
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CakeWalk - By BandLab - FreeWare DAW in a class of its own
Cakewalk Documentation - Help like others hardly offer
MusikSoftware - Home Recording Software Portal - You will find it
sforzando - Very powerful SFZ player easy to use

SONGs

The European idea - Claudio versus Putin
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BODO WARTKE that much has to be said ...
- We thought critical songwriters were extinct in the
  degenerating western world, or fallen victim to the
  total dumbing down by comedy.
The country I want tolive in
- Bodo, we would like to go to this country.
Now or Symphony!
- Bodo with the WDR Funkhaus-Orchester,
  a concert of a very special kind!
Bodos YouTube-Channel
Bodos HomePage
- Guys, we're threatening you that we can get a lot more out of
  Bodo's work.

THEORY and TEACHERS

THEORY
Understanding music - experiencing music! with a clear view

                 Fabian          Sebastian        Christine

... learn refreshingly colourful notes with MusikDurchblick
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Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Meanwhile already a real FreeWare classic!
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American researchers have figured out the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts about 10 seconds long, then playing them and 10 seconds. does not play. In this 10 - 10 rhythm play through all the individual parts of the piece. Allegedly, what has been learned solidifies faster and more intensively.
It seems to work if only I wasn't so lazy...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Scientists explain how to practice piano correctly
Bayrischer Rundfunk Klassik
- Practice properly - Tips from professionals
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TEACHER
Piano teachers, of the many we looked at, convince us the most because of their good didactics.
Of course, there are other qualified piano teachers.
However, we have only looked in more detail at those which
which provide the widest possible free introduction to their
Provide lessons.

Fanny Engelhart - Piano School - Large YouTube video collection


Thomas Forschbach - werdemusiker - Crash course & YouTube videos


Brendan Kavanagh is Dr K - 1. Class not only Boogie Woogie teacher


Learn piano with Melanie - On Saturdays there are new videos


Thorsten Schuchardt - His YT channel is a real treasure trove


Franz Titscher - YT Channel - Learn how to play the piano with fun

We at MukerBude are enthusiastic about his teaching method !

AUDIO ENGINEERING

Small overview for orientation how good samples sound
10 Excellent Grand Piano Samples in comparison
Piano Samples compared to Steinway A188 - 1925
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Three piano samples from Production Voice in a class of their own:
First-class entry for a few bucks with only 11 GB
Estate Grand LE - KAWAI GS-60
The same piano KAWAI GS 60 with more extensive adjustment options for a small 59 dollars
Estate Grasnd Piano - KAWAI GS-60
The large version from Production Voice - Concert Grand Complete recorded with nine microphone perpectives, 24Bit - 96kB and 3D Ambisonic Sound. With 1.1 TB unfortunately not for every computer configuration. $329 for the full version of the Steinway D New York 9' are not too much.
Concert Grand Complete Full Version - STEINWAY D New York 9'
Concert Grand LE - Simeon Amburgey - A Testimonial
At the bottom of the page there are sound samples of the micropositions
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube report by Production Voice
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Digital FreeWare SoundSamples in SFZ and VST formats
SFZ...
A_PIANO - 12 official sounding SFZ piano samples
FreePats - Akkustig Grand Pianos - Keep your ears open
MUSICAL ARTIFACTS - Piano samples in usable quality
POLYPHONE - Software instrument collection in good quality
PRODUCTION VOICES - Estate Grand a Kawai GS 60 SFZ Sample
VST...
Piano Dremers - A detailed list of VST pianos
Plugins4free - Instruments - Effects - MIDI - Hosts etc.
Not to mention the gigantic mass of VST plugins, of which
we said goodbye in 2022 to become 100% FreeWare!

KNOWLEDGE

Complex Theme - Hammer Mechanism of Piano Keyboards
clavio - Answers to the keystroke of the acoustic piano
Schimmel explains its mechanism in detail - PDF loads at click
Thomann - Explains SAMPLES in detail in eight chapters
WIKI - Explains piano, hammer and touch mechanics
WIKI - Explains the aftertouch on keyboards - The other mechanics
WIKI - Keyboard - A mechanism developed over centuries
WIKI - Stroke Piano - TouchTypes and Interesting Facts
WIKI - VelocityDynamics with many links

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Brendan Kavanagh

 DR K's Boogie Woogie Street Music

 HomePage

In Germany, we would recommend Brendan because of his
Academic education and scientific education
Work with Prof. Dr. Dr.
Brendan Kavanaghs scientific education
In Britania, it's important how you present yourself,
Not what you learned or didn't learn.
We think Brendan's presentation is great!

VIRTUOSOS ON THE PIANO

Martha Argerich........Scarlati Sonate 141
Hélène Grimaud.........Beethoven Nr, 4 Op. 58
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Lynne Arriale..........Mountain of the Night
Khatia Buniatishvili...Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Anna Fedorova..........Piano Recital
Vanessa Gnaegi LaDyva..Ladyva's Stomp
Keiko Matsui...........Forever Varations
Maria João Pires.......Schubert Fantasy Op. 103
Rosalía Gómez Lasheras.Beethoven Piano Nr. 5
Hania Rani.............Live im Studio S2
Yuja Wang..............Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Younee.................My Piano - Classic & Jazz

G U I T A R S   ↑
Classical Nylons and modern Steelstrings ...

NEWS

Cort GOLD Passion - A beautiful Korean.

Guitar of the III quarter 2023 - Our recommendation !

Cort Gold-OC8 Nylon - A first class Korean.

Gretchen Menn - Introduces us to the guitar, listen to the end
Ralf Sommerfeld - Gets a different sound out of the guitar
The two certainly do well on stage !
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The commercial bullshit that RollingStone magazine spreads in many articles goes against our journalistic honor.
RollingStone TOP 100 Guitarists - A FAKE - MuBu clarifies
We have asked RollingStone for comment several times.
Of course, without feedback, as is the case with the
Commercial common practice is.

INSTRUCTIONS

Instruction - 12 hole knot block (PDF)
- Here we show you how to easily remove the bridge
  Expand your guitar by six holes.
Instruction - guitar body construction (PDF)
- We reveal a well-kept secret !
  How to easily change the body shape of
  Concert guitars determined and draws.
  There was even an attempt to prohibit us from
  publishing this report.
Instruction - Refounding of a concert guitar (PDF)
- You will have all the necessary tools in the household.

LUTHIERS

Christina Kobler - Haslach Austria - Guitar making with passion
Bernhard Kresse - Cologne FRG - Concert & Historical Guitar Workshop
Antonio & José Marin - Granada Spain - Classical Flamenco Guitars
Paul McGill - Vermont USA - Modern interpreted concert guitars
Theodoro & Beatriz & Sergio Pérez - Madrid Spain - At its best !
Masaki Sakurai - Tokyo Japan - Guitars developed with high technology
Smallman & Sons - Esperance Australien - Build for John Williams
Carolin & Max Strohmer - Nuremberg FRG - 4th generation guitars
My Strohmer will be 50 year, and her sound is better than ever !
Daniel Zucali - Haag Austria - Tradition interpreted in a modern way
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Andreas Cuntz - 1a guitar builder so also his guitars
Greenfield Guitars - With very own look and sound
Christiina Kobler - Dreamlike beautiful and well clioning guitars
Kraushaar - Project Europe is one of the best guitars ever
Joe Veillette - His electric & acoustic guitars are very special
Daniel Zucali - Österreich - Tradition interpreted in a modern way

EVENTS and GUITAR-FESTIVALS

Antwerpen Gitaar Festival - With first-class line-ups since 2011
Hamburger GuitarDays - Top-class guitar event series
Roma Expo Guitars - 24. bis 26.03 - Date for 24 is not known

FORUMS

We only take care of German forums.

GUITARS

CLASSICAL-GUITARS
A. Augustine - Distributes only four concert guitars - MuBu Referral
Salvador Cortez - Builds cheap and good concert guitars
Duke Guitars - Basic and Student are two MuBu recommendations
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STEELSTRING-GUITARS
Cort - First class guitar manufacture from South Korea
Framus - Classic, with the most advanced manufacturing methods
Furch - By tradition first class steelstring guitars
Godin - Their nylon electric guitars have become the world standard
Ibanez - Good guitars off the shelf with a lot of inovative development
Lakewood - German manufacturer that matures to the world's best
Martin & Co - Who does not know them, has missed the guitar sound
Maton - Australian extra class built for the world
Takamine - No stage without Takamine - Premium by Ibanez
Taylor - The sonorous basses among the steelstrings

INSTRUMENTS

MUSICIANS

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS The magazine musikmachen.de deals among other things with
many aspects of making music yourself. From childhood to
to the advanced musician age.
Making music increases intelligence!
Making music with children and creating self-confidence
Making music in the family because it's just great
Fun with music the best homemade
Actively making music the most beautiful thing in the world
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TESTER
Jaime Echagüe operates since 2006 BuscarInstrumentos.com

A blog dedicated exclusively to pianos/keyboards and guitars occupied. Unlike the testers showing their results in videos provide, Jaime writes everything very meticulously in his blog!

BUSCAR instrumentos - Concentrated knowledge about all guitar types

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

SHOPS

Guitar Concert Classic - Paris France - Selected Classical Guitars
Guitars Salon International - Santa Monica USA - Finest guitars
Guitarras de Luthiers - Madrid Spain - Spanish guitar noble store
Kent Guitar Classics - Chipstead England - England Guitars Address
La Guitarra Flamenca - Wiesloch FRG & Sevilla Spain - Very dedicated
Mundo Flamenco - Freiburg FRG - Well Assorted Flamenco Guitars
Siccas Guitars - Karlsruhe FRG - ConcertGuitars of the extra class

SOFTWARE

SONGBOOKS

THEORY

WIKIBOOKS - Campfire diploma - A diploma of a total of 15 + 1
The book "Guitare" was criated from Red Rooster
and is now being managed by MJCHAEL
Mjchael you can ask questions in the Forums - Gitarre Spielen Lernen
All diplomas together, form a comprehensive as well as informative textbook for learning to play the guitar.
MukerBude RECOMMENDATION !!!

SOUND EGENEERING

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge - BundCalculator (ODS)
- Excel spreadsheet in Open Data format - download starts on click.
Knowledge - Scores of the mensuration (PDF)
- A look at the guitar scale, all notes in b-bes and #-as.
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Rick Beato 1. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1929 - 1969
Rick Beato 2. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1970 - 1979
Rick Beato 3. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1980 - 1989
Rick Beato 4. Part - Explains and shows guitars from 1990 - 1999

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

GABRIELLA9797

GABRIELLA QUEVEDO

HomePage

VIRTUOSES and VIRTUOSES on the steel string GUITAR

We want to introduce a rare breed of women who have not yet
As of today, we have been advancing into the Matcho domain of western guitar.

TOP FEMALE GUITARISTS
First, however, the great lady of the western guitar !
with her project: "Monday Live"
Afterwards we listen to her current CD "The Optimism Collection"
Muriel Anderson.........Monday Live
Muriel Anderson.........The Optimism Project
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Judith Beckedorf........Material Girl
Sophie Chassée..........Fleeting
Vicki Genfan............Atomic Reshuffle
Lizzy Hoyt..............Last Night I had a Dream
Julia Lange.............Quarantaine Guitar
Karlijn Langendijk......For Dad
Gabriella Quevedo.......Lonely
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TOP GUITARISTS
Björn Berge.............Stringmachine
Ulli Bögershausen.......Weighless
Tommy Emmanuel..........Guitar Boogie
Peter Finger............Good Times - one for Chet
Justin Johnson..........Whiskey Barrel Guitar
Sungha Jung.............Dreaming
Joscho Stephan..........Hey Joe

2023 - II. QUARTER


MOTTO 2023 - KEYBOARDS and GUITARS

Different guitars and keyboards every quarter

Directly to the   K E Y B O A R D S   &   P I A N O S


Directly to the   C L A S S I C   -   G U I T A R S


Continue with   M U K E R B U D E

We have the appearance of the MukerBude - on multiple
Wish of the regular readers - changed.
Thank you for that. It saves us a lot of formal work.

The two themes GUITAR and PIANO are no longer alternately displayed at the top and bottom, but now have a permanent place.

Top - MUKERBUDE own contributions
Middle - KEYBOARDS & PIANOS
Below - CONCERT GUITARS

In the topics, everything runs as before in alphabetical order.
The blue line, as usual, separates the subject areas.





EVERYTHING FROM ONE PEN FOR MUKERBUDE ... and much more...

NEWS

The commercial bullshit that RollingStone magazine spreads in many articles goes against our journalistic honor.
RollingStone TOP 100 Guitarists - A FAKE - MuBu clarifies
We have asked RollingStone for comment several times.
Of course, without feedback, as is the case with the
Commercial common practice is.
...................................................

BOOKS

"Peter's little notes and harmony"
What everyone needs to know about music - 121 pages.
Book - Harmony-Teaching as an Electronic Book (PDF)
- With jump marks for quick scrolling.
Book - Harmony-Teaching for printing (PDF)
- Pages oriented for printing.

BUILDINGREPORTS

GUITARS
Construction report of my FIRST - Guitar met travelers (PDF)
- Practice in dealing with old tools - 86 pages.
Construction report of my SECOND - Round meets square (PDF)
- A detailed building instruction and construction report - 203 pages.
Construction report of my THIRD - Oval meets triangle (PDF)
- In summer it goes on ...
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PIANOS
Invention - Piano mechanics (PDF)
- The modest attempt to simplify the piano mechanics.
- We were thankfully supported by KAWAI Europe which supports
  us - as the only one of the major A- and E-piano manufacturers -
  an "action sample" of the latest generation of keys, their Grand Feel
  III keyboard free of charge.
  MILLE GRAZIE to KAWAI
  - JAPAN
  - EUROPE & GERMANY

EVENTS - Guitar festivals and piano concerts

NEW SECTION
Antwerpen Gitaar Festival
Hamburger Gitarrentage

INSTRUCTIONS

Instruction - 12 hole knotting block (PDF)
- Here we show you how to easily expand the bridge,
  with six more holes.
Instruction - Guitar Body Construction (PDF)
- We reveal a well-kept secret!
  How to easily change the body shape of
  Concert guitars determined and drawn.
  It has even been tried to persuade us to do not
  publish of this report.
Instruction - Rebundling a concert guitar (PDF)
- You will have all the necessary tools in the household.
Instruction - Install SoftWare Piano (PDF)
- Here we show you how to install a grand piano sound for free.

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge - Bundrechner (ODS)
- Excel spreadsheet in Open Data format - Download starts on click.
Knowledge - Notes of the GriffBrett (PDF)
- A glance at the fretboard, all notes in b-bes and #-as.

OVERVIEWs

An unrated listing of the features of each
Instruments to simplify the purchase decision.
How to easily find the boards with the features
that are important to you.
Overview - Controller Keyboards up to 500 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of low-cost controllers/master keyboards.
Overview - Digital pianos up to 500 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards & stage pianos.
Overview - Digital pianos from 500 to 1000 Euro (PDF)
- Comparison of digital pianos, keyboards & stage pianos.
Overview - Keyboard manufacturers - VST & SFZ - Reviews (PDF)
- List of keyboards in BRD - VST & SFZ - External reviews.
Overview - Electric Piano Recommendations (PDF)
- What sounds better modeling or samples?
  A counter-transfer of current sounds.
  Detailed research and comparison of electric pianos
  with MIDI controllers and VST with SFZ samples.
Overview - Strings - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of string manufacturers, history & brief evaluation.
Overview - Tuning Mechanisms - Manufacturers (PDF)
- List of tuning mechanisms for concert guitars.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation - MukerBude Favourite Songs (PDF)
- On several requests, I let myself be persuaded to do so.
  Songs - Albums - Vocals - SingerSongwriter - Concerts - Film
  Music - Instrumentalists and Composers to list.
  To remember the great songs was fun!

REPORTS

Report - FreeWare DAWs (PDF)
- Our impression of the available FreeWare DAWs
  after this research, we switched to CakeWalk.
Report - Learning piano and notes (PDF)
- My experience report to learn to play the keyboard properly
  and teach you the basics of musical notation
  The elaboration shows diagrams of scales and chords
  and is supported by extensively researched links
  - on the topic - competently extended by Franz Itscher.

SONGs

The European idea - Claudio versus Putin
:
BODO WARTKE that much has to be said ...
- We thought critical songwriters were extinct in the
  degenerating western world, or fallen victim to the
  total dumbing down by comedy.
The country I want tolive in
- Bodo, we would like to go to this country.
Now or Symphony!
- Bodo with the WDR Funkhaus-Orchester,
  a concert of a very special kind!
Bodos YouTube-Channel
Bodos HomePage
- Guys, we're threatening you that we can get a lot more out of
  Bodo's work.

THEORY

Theory - MusicDurchblick Videos ascending (PDF)
- In agreement with MusikDurchblick, MukerBude has their
  meanwhile well over 100 videos, in the order of their
  Release date, listed for better findability.
Theory - Learning notes with music perspective (PDF)
- Here is the MukerBude version, which contains the first-class of
  MusikDurchblick YT videos, to a chronologically continuous
  digital textbook.
  - This is only a first presentation of the project,
    in the further course of development, its optical design
    and aims to significantly improve handling.

K E Y B O A R D S   und   P I A N O S

LOCATION

World-class meets enthusiasm at Berghaus Oberbölchen CH
The two of us joined the session with tears of joy.
Dear readers and Boogie Woogie friends - just play with ...
there is no better training than to play, play, play!
Brendan Kavanagh offers a unique forum for this

FORUMS

Forums - Dealing with keyboards and pianos
clavio - Forum for Piano and Keyboard - Has competent answers
Keyboard Academy - Forum - Blog - Software - Video Courses and Help
Keyboarder_forum by Musiker Lanze - Current topics - Well attended
mt MUSIKTREFF Klavier-Forum - Very up-to-date and well attended
musikerforum - Musicians' Forum in cooperation with MusicStore
TAMINO-KlassikForum - Forum für Barock - Klassik - Romantik etc.
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Magazine - Who run a forum and deal with keys
RECORDING - The community of music makers - Part of the magazine
SEQUENCER - Sequencer & synthesizer forum - Lot of interesting things
TONSTUDIO FORUM - Information for musicians and sound engineers

KEYBOARDS and E-PIANOS

Overview - Electric KeysInstruments & Piano Samples
A compilation of the keyboards important in Germany.
This includes digital pianos - electric organs - keyboards
(including workstations) - MIDI controllers - stage pianos
and synthesizer.
Of course, the piano samples should not be missing here, which
together with a cost-effective MIDI controller for premium sounds
worry. With mostly better sound than expensive stage pianos.
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Also take a look at Melanie's introductory advice.
Melanie - Buy Electric Piano what to look out for
delamar - An overview that could hardly be more complete
The most complex electric piano overview that be found on the web.

NEWS and TESTS

NEWS
Magazines for music and musicians
Jazz-Fun - Magazine for Jazz Music - With a lot of info around
Magazines for instruments
bonedo - The Musicians' Portal - All from the world of music
BuenasIdeas - Music Production and Homerecording - Well done!
clavio - A piano portal in German - A lot of interesting things
Delmar - (independent?) Fachmagazin für Musiker - Berichte etc.
KEYBOARDS - Electronic. Music. Instruments. - Reviews and more
PIANOO - Guide portal for digital piano and piano - Well done!
RECORDING - News - Reviews - Interviews - Workshop and Forum
RONDO - Das Klassik- und Jazz-Magazin - in German
SEQUENCER - Synthesizer, Sequencer, Nerdic Walking, Forum
Tastenwelt - News - Reviews - Practice - And a lot more
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Even if most magazines have some form of Sponsor in it and/or behind it, it is at Amazona quite Obviously, managing director is Hans Thomann. In this, although not badly made sales magazine remains natural - an objective evaluation of the products - on the track.
Amazona - By Thomann - Interesting sales magazine
So always let a good portion of skepticism prevail.
The global instrument trade is a shark tank,
into which no shark would dare to enter.
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TESTS
Five testers - three in English - have our appreciation!
When we are undecided with our opinion, we consult these
four/five specialists for advice, who also usually have answers.
Stu Harrison - For Merriam Music
Jeremy See - Independent - Buy all boards with your own money
James Pavel Shawcross - Ist ThePianoForever - Milan Record Studio
Jörg Sunderkötter & Yacine Khorchi - For PIANOO

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

Klassika - Here you will find what you are looking for

SHOPS and REPAIRS

SHOPS - MANUFACTURER
A overview of well-known grand piano builders, will be expanded
Bechstein - Quality since 1853 and largest piano manufacturer in Europe
KAWAI Germany - Grand - Pianos - Hybrid & Digital Pianos
KAWAI dealer locator - in German-speaking countries - AT - CH - DE
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DEALER
Bauer-Music - 50 years of keyboard experience near Offenbach
Bechstein Cologne - In the newly renovated Bechstein Centrum
Bonners-Music - The renowned piano dealer in United Kingdom
Piano Faust - Celebrates 125th Anniversary - Well Sorted A&E Pianos
KAWAI Pianohaus Hamburg - First-class expertise over three floors
Piano Kreisel - Since 1864 well sorted and extremely competent
Piano Lang - Aachen area - An expert with passion for the piano
Piano Schmitz - Recommends "Play yourselves happy" - Well sorted
People, stay away from private Internet sellers who have nothing withdraw. Also, we do not recommend NoName products, also If they are advertised so full-bodied.
Where China is on it, there is usually cheap production in it.
The house brands of the big German dealers are mostly of decent quality, even if they (except for the often cheap price) have hardly anything special to offer.
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REPAIR and RESTORATION
Die Klaviermachermeister - Letuha & Müller Piano maker in Vienna
Klavier-Atelier - Gert Hecher - Restores historic pianos
Jonas and Bruno Kaiser are piano makers - With sound in the blood
Piano Lang - piano shop and master workshop for pianos
Piano Lang - Sensational YouTube-Channel - They are helped
PIANOVA - Blümke & Sund bring people and pianos together
PIANOVUM - M. Thron Master piano builder builds and restores pianos
Tobias J. Schmidt and son are KlavierAtelier - Piano Restauration
KlavierAtelier YT-Channel with reports from repair & restoration
RotheDesign - Jendrik Rothe repairs and restores pianos
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Johannes Daniel Kraus and Hans-Ulrich Tesch - piano makers
Based in Hamburg - Flensburg and Padborg DK
Tune, repair and restore piano and grand piano.



ELBSTIMMER
Tastenwerk
Workshop and Sales
A small but interesting blog enriches the site

SOFTWARE

Instructions - Cost-effective installation of a SoftWare wing
It takes a computer, an audio interface a proper keyboard and headphones or speakers. Because the keyboards called MIDI controllers do not produce their own sound, which is also their great advantage. Even the most expensive keyboards can hardly compete with the digitized sounds.
:
Overview - Current FreeWare DAWs with a short description
From the originally intended comparative test, in the course of the Research an installation and experience report about CakeWalk because it turns out to be a top-notch FreeWare DAW !
:
CakeWalk - By BandLab - FreeWare DAW in a class of its own
Cakewalk Documentation - Help like others hardly offer
MusikSoftware - Home Recording Software Portal - You will find it
sforzando - Very powerful SFZ player easy to use

THEORY and TEACHERS

THEORY
Understanding music - experiencing music! with a clear view

                 Fabian          Sebastian        Christine

... learn refreshingly colourful notes with MusikDurchblick
:
Chaun C. Chang - Fundamentals of Piano Practice
Meanwhile already a real FreeWare classic!
:
American researchers have figured out the fastest way to learn to play the piano, by dividing the exercise into parts about 10 seconds long, then playing them and 10 seconds. does not play. In this 10 - 10 rhythm play through all the individual parts of the piece. Allegedly, what has been learned solidifies faster and more intensively.
It seems to work if only I wasn't so lazy...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Scientists explain how to practice piano correctly
Bayrischer Rundfunk Klassik
- Practice properly - Tips from professionals
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TEACHER
Piano teachers, of the many we looked at, convince us the most because of their good didactics.
Of course, there are other qualified piano teachers.
However, we have only looked in more detail at those which
which provide the widest possible free introduction to their
Provide lessons.

Fanny Engelhart - Piano School - Large YouTube video collection


Thomas Forschbach - werdemusiker - Crash course & YouTube videos


Brendan Kavanagh is Dr K - 1. Class not only Boogie Woogie teacher


Learn piano with Melanie - On Saturdays there are new videos


Thorsten Schuchardt - His YT channel is a real treasure trove


Franz Titscher - YT Channel - Learn how to play the piano with fun


Small thinking task:
What can one read from the pictures, in relation to our evaluation
and their importance, of the piano teachers ?

AUDIO ENGINEERING

Small overview for orientation how good samples sound
10 Excellent Grand Piano Samples in comparison
Piano Samples compared to Steinway A188 - 1925
:
Three piano samples from Production Voice in a class of their own:
First-class entry for a few bucks with only 11 GB
Estate Grand LE - KAWAI GS-60
The same piano KAWAI GS 60 with more extensive adjustment options for a small 59 dollars
Estate Grasnd Piano - KAWAI GS-60
The large version from Production Voice - Concert Grand Complete recorded with nine microphone perpectives, 24Bit - 96kB and 3D Ambisonic Sound. With 1.1 TB unfortunately not for every computer configuration. $329 for the full version of the Steinway D New York 9' are not too much.
Concert Grand Complete Full Version - STEINWAY D New York 9'
Concert Grand LE - Simeon Amburgey - A Testimonial
At the bottom of the page there are sound samples of the micropositions
Estate Grand Piano - YouTube report by Production Voice
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Digital FreeWare SoundSamples in SFZ and VST formats
SFZ...
A_PIANO - 12 official sounding SFZ piano samples
FreePats - Akkustig Grand Pianos - Keep your ears open
MUSICAL ARTIFACTS - Piano samples in usable quality
POLYPHONE - Software instrument collection in good quality
PRODUCTION VOICES - Estate Grand a Kawai GS 60 SFZ Sample
VST...
Piano Dremers - A detailed list of VST pianos
Plugins4free - Instruments - Effects - MIDI - Hosts etc.
Not to mention the gigantic mass of VST plugins, of which
we said goodbye in 2022 to become 100% FreeWare!

KNOWLEDGE

Complex Theme - Hammer Mechanism of Piano Keyboards
clavio - Answers to the keystroke of the acoustic piano
Schimmel explains its mechanism in detail - PDF loads at click
Thomann - Explains SAMPLES in detail in eight chapters
WIKI - Explains piano, hammer and touch mechanics
WIKI - Explains the aftertouch on keyboards - The other mechanics
WIKI - Keyboard - A mechanism developed over centuries
WIKI - Stroke Piano - TouchTypes and Interesting Facts
WIKI - VelocityDynamics with many links

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Hania Rani - YouTube-Channel
Hania Rani - Gondwana Records
Hania Rani - Klanglabor Berlin

 HANIA RANI

 HomePage

Hania combines in her newly interpreted neo-classical,
Ambient, New Simplicity, Post-Rock and Popular Classical!

VIRTUOSINNEN AM PIANO

Martha Argerich........Scarlati Sonate 141
Hélène Grimaud.........Beethoven Nr, 4 Op. 58
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Lynne Arriale..........Mountain of the Night
Khatia Buniatishvili...Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Anna Fedorova..........Piano Recital
Vanessa Gnaegi LaDyva..Ladyva's Stomp
Keiko Matsui...........Forever Varations
Maria João Pires.......Schubert Fantasy Op. 103
Rosalía Gómez Lasheras.Beethoven Piano Nr. 5
Hania Rani.............Live im Studio S2
Yuja Wang..............Tschaikowsky Piano Nr. 1
Younee.................My Piano - Classic & Jazz

C L A S S I C A L - G U I T A R S

NEWS

The commercial bullshit that RollingStone magazine spreads in many articles goes against our journalistic honor.
RollingStone TOP 100 Guitarists - A FAKE - MuBu clarifies
We have asked RollingStone for comment several times.
Of course, without feedback, as is the case with the
Commercial common practice is.
:

NEW SECTION
EVENTS and GUITAR-FESTIVALS
:

EVENTS and GUITAR-FESTIVALS

Antwerpen Gitaar Festival - With first-class line-ups since 2011
Hamburger GuitarDays - Top-class guitar event series

FORUMS

GUITARS and LUTHIERS

GUITARS
A. Augustine - Distributes only four concert guitars - MuBu Referral
Salvador Cortez - Builds only decent very good concert guitars
Duke Guitars - Basic and Student are two MuBu recommendations
:
LUTHIERS
Christina Kobler - Haslach Austria - Guitar making with passion
Bernhard Kresse - Cologne FRG - Concert & Historical Guitar Workshop
Antonio & José Marin - Granada Spain - Classical Flamenco Guitars
Paul McGill - Vermont USA - Modern interpreted concert guitars
Theodoro & Beatriz & Sergio Pérez - Madrid Spain - At its best !
Masaki Sakurai - Tokyo Japan - Guitars developed with high technology
Smallman & Sons - Esperance Australien - Build for John Williams
Carolin & Max Strohmer - Nuremberg FRG - 4th generation guitars
My Strohmer will be 50 year, and her sound is better than ever !
Daniel Zucali - Haag Austria - Tradition interpreted in a modern way

INSTRUMENTS

NEXG Guitar by ENYA MUSIC - Hybrid Guitar from the Carbon Series
Steel string guitar with built-in amplifier and five effects.
BlueTooth speakers bring 50W and make a lot of noise.
Funny party fun of this guitar gimmik. OR?
Julia Lange introduces you to the apparatus and its possibilities
In principle, nothing more than a silent guitar with built-in effects device and speakers.

Fernandes Digi-Zo Hyprid - Offered in Asia since 2002

Here is the Asian provider - Unfortunately I don't understand anything

There is a much older predecessor, which unfortunately I did not Find more. My feeling is that it came from Italy. Help me!

KNOWLEDGE

Bonedo - Comparison test - travel and traveler guitars
Delamar - Travel Guitars - Small Guitars for Backpackers & Musicians
GitarrenRatgeber - Travel guitars overview & what you need to know
Online-musik24 - How to tune a guitalele - instructions & tips
Vergleich.org - Guitars comparison 2022 with much knowledge
WIKI Gitalele - Gitarlele - Guitalele - Guitarlele - Small six string
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Rick Beato 1. Teil - Explains and shows guitars from 1929 - 1969
Rick Beato 2. Teil - Explains and shows guitars from 1970 - 1979
Rick Beato 3. Teil - Explains and shows guitars from 1980 - 1989
Rick Beato 4. Teil - Explains and shows guitars from 1990 - 1999

MUSICIANS

NEWS and TESTS

SHEET MUSIC and TRACKS

SHOPS

Guitar Concert Classic - Paris France - Selected Classical Guitars
Guitars Salon International - Santa Monica USA - Finest guitars
Guitarras de Luthiers - Madrid Spain - Spanish guitar noble store
Kent Guitar Classics - Chipstead England - England Guitars Address
La Guitarra Flamenca - Wiesloch FRG & Sevilla Spain - Very dedicated
Mundo Flamenco - Freiburg FRG - Well Assorted Flamenco Guitars
Siccas Guitars - Karlsruhe FRG - ConcertGuitars of the extra class

SOFTWARE

SONGBOOKS

SOUND EGENEERING

THEORY

WIKIBOOKS - Campfire diploma - A diploma of a total of 15 + 1
The book "Guitare" was criated from Red Rooster
and is now being managed by MJCHAEL
Mjchael you can ask questions in the Forums - Gitarre Spielen Lernen
All diplomas together, form a comprehensive as well as informative textbook for learning to play the guitar.
MukerBude RECOMMENDATION !!!

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Youtube Channel

 ANABEL MONTESINOS

 HomePage

She really has a fantastically beautiful ... Guitar,
but the shape of her nose is too!

For a worldwide competition for the best to find guitarists, we would recommend Anabel Montesinos and Margarita Escarpa into the race.
So much for the fact that Spanish women can't do classical music.



Can someone explain to us why pretty female musicians both on the piano, like Yuja Wang, and Alexandra Whittignhamm on guitar, like many others appear in dresses as if they were in an - albeit - albeit upscale but still - semi-seedy nightclub?
That's about like Lang Lang performing in String Tangier.
We expressly apologize to Mr. Lang for the comparison, which was not seriously meant.

VIRTUOSOS OF THE CONCERT GUITAR

Small selection

Brandon Acker...........Capricho Àrabe
Tommy Emmanuel..........Guitar Boogie
Amir John Haddad........Bulerias
Joscho Stephan..........Hey Joe
Andrew York.............Home
Marc Teichholz..........Llobet and Tarrega

To name just the ones that stand out in our opinion.

Muriel Anderson.........Bluegrass Medley
Margarita Escarpa.......Konzert FIGG 2021
Paola Hermosin..........Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Sharon Isbin............Asturias
Stephanie Johnes........Corona House Concert
Julia Lange.............La Catedral
Karlijn Langendijk......Atlas (her new Album)
Yenne Lee...............Autumn Leaves
Anabel Montesinos.......Sor Festival 2021
Tatyana Ryzhkova........Giuliani Sonate Op.15
Alexandra Whittingham...Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Elena Zucchini..........Fuoco

The list of first-class female concert guitarists could be extended significantly longer. Women seem to like it when it gets really complex and multi-layered!

2023 - I. QUARTER


MOTTO 2023 - KEYBOARDS and GUITARS

Every quarter different guitars and keyboards

B A S S - U K U L E L E

Because there isn't really much to report about the little basses yet,
except that they sound awesome like double basses we have added
the concert guitars.

C L A S S I C A L - G U I T A R S