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By Mike Jonsson

Hip hop is a traditional dancing style that has gained popularity in the recent days. Having origins in the America, hip hop style is more of African American dancing. In the present century, hip hop has become very popular in all countries. The number of hip hop artists is increasing and you can find schools teaching hip hop worldwide. The hip hop is highly popular among the youth who are leading joyful lives. The way hip hop that is used is different in America and Africa.

African music is best suited for all types of dancing and hip hop is no exception. Hip hop music has its origin in Africa and DJs performing the music during hip hop dancing create fresh sounds with the polyrhythm of African music. Hip hop music requires multiple varying beats and this is clearly satisfied by the African music.

During 1970’s hip hop was very popular among African American people who had the pleasure in entertaining the audience. Even today, you can find a number of African American people excelling in dancing hip hop. The hip hop artists are traveling to many countries to make the dancing style popular. The American hip hop is now danced in Africa to the African music. While the American hip hop is into creating new hip hop styles and improvising the style, African hip hop is concerned with African problems. American youth are interested in hip hop as a new dancing style but the lyrics used in American hip hop are often criticized. African hip hop concentrates more on the African situation using the African music.

African hip hop artists are using hip hop as a means to attract young Africans and let them realize the actual condition of the country. Since violence against women is high in Africa, there are only a few female hip hop artists in Africa. The entertaining African music is now used in African hip hop to talk about the violence against women. The dancing also depicts the present condition of the country where there are a large number of HIV patients. People of Senegal brought hip hop into Africa and they are now striving to educate youth about the ways which will eventually lead to the development of the country.

American hip hop is less concerned about social messages and the American artists are taking steps to attract their audience. The dancing style is improving greatly and the other countries are adopting the same styles. The hip hop groups in America are formed with men and women who are capable to doing distinct hip hop steps. The world is astonished by the talents of the African American hip hop artists. Hip hop is now being used in Africa as a means for educating the people about their right.

By Jason C Diggs

One basic thing that is common to almost all guitars is their basic body structure. Irrespective of which kind of guitar you want to play, they will all have the same guitar parts, although there might be minor differences here and there in the number of strings, the shape of the guitar’s body or the color and material of the guitar body. In order to learn and master guitar, you will need to learn about the purpose and functional aspects of each body part in order to deal with trouble shooting whenever a problem is encountered with the instrument.

The most conspicuous and largest part of a guitar is its wooden butterfly shaped body, with a characteristic upper bout which is primarily used to rest the guitar on your leg while you play it. The wooden body has a sound hole at the centre, which amplifies the sound produced by the vibrating strings of the guitar. The wooden body measures just about 2 - 3 mm in thickness and is internally supported by several internal brackets. Although acoustic and classical guitars have a hollow body and a sound hole, electric guitars have a solid body, devoid of any sound hole.

The thin long piece of wood that runs along from the body is known as the neck (or the fret board), parallel to which, the guitar strings run. These strings are connected to the bridge on one end and to the head of the guitar on the other end, where they are tightened to an optimum tautness level using the nuts and the tuning pegs. The nuts are either made up of metal, plastic or bone and are provided with a threading system, which allow you to tighten the string by winding it up around the nut and guiding it up to the tuners. The tuners, nuts and tuning pegs attached to the head stock are all useful for adjusting the pitch produced by each string of the guitar.

The short metal strips that run transversely along the neck or the fret board at regular intervals, are known as the frets. This is where you will press down the string with, using your fingers, so as to give a different sound quality to the note played.

When you learn & master guitar, you will realize the importance of this lesson which teaches you about the different parts of a guitar, so that you are able to appreciate the usefulness of each single component and understand how each component effects the sound quality produced.