Music Music actually dates back to 1250 AD and comes from the Middle French musique, which in turn derives from the Latin, musica, which in turn came from the Greek Mousikos, which referred to any of the arts ruled by Zeuss nine daughters who were known as the Mousae, or more commonly, the Muses.Chord This is interesting Chord comes from Middle English cord, which is simply a shortened version of accord. The musical meaning came into use sometime in the 1500s when chords became widely used in written music. To make the connection, a chord is three or more notes played simultaneously, or in accord with one another. The first recorded use of chord with the h in it was in 1608. Melody Again we look to the Greek for this one. Ancient Greeks used a word melos, meaning song and aoidein which meant to sing. These two words were combined to form melodia, ironically enough, the word for music. Melodia took a turn to Old French as melodie and then to good old English as melody sometime in the 1200s. Guitar You knew I had to add it. Guitar has an interesting etymology, in that it too derives from the ancient Greeks. The Greeks were obviously a very musical people and had a lovely little stringed instrument that today we call the lyre, only then it went by kithara. It seems the Arabs liked the kithara and coined their own term for it, qitar. Not to be outdone, the Spanish caught on and happily strummed their guitarras. Now you would think that we could have picked up on that one directly, huh? But no, it had to make one more stop by the French where it was renamed the guitare, from whence it finally arrived in English as our favorite instrument, the guitar. A little about me ? OK :) , My first passion in life is for listening to , writing , sharing , and performing original music. I remember sitting very quietly and listening to songs so intently as a youngster , absorbing every note , every nuiance and beautiful phrase. Music was truly magical to me back then and still is today. I love how you can convey any thought , feeling , or idea through music. Love , anger , sorrow , joy , fear , the full spectrum of the human experience can be adequately expressed through music. I've never lost my childlike fascination for music. Nothing gets me higher than hearing sweet harmonies and tasty melodies ! Some of my influences incude The Police , Joe Satriani , Eric Clapton , Rage Against the Machine , Billy Joel , Dokken , Van Halen , Pink Foyd and George Benson. For you guitarists and songwriters out there I have included the lyrics and chord progressions for some of my songs in the videos descriptions. If your not familiar with all the chords just grab your chord dictionaries and have some fun ! You can find original videos and music of a peaceful nature here along with other musical creations.

Hi everyone ! My name is Jeff Adams , I enjoy listening to , writing , and performing original music from many different styles including rock , pop , metal and jazz , and I enjoy meeting people online from all around the world. I was born and raised in beautiful New England with my sister and two brothers. The first music I was exposed to as a child was big band jazz , my father had an extensive collection old vinyl records and we would sit in the living room listening to his favorite music often. Two of my main interests in life are music and world peace , If someone thinks that world peace is just a clitche that should be left behind in the 60's that's thier problem , love and peace are eternal ! I'd like to thank you so much for stopping by , all the music that I perform here is 100 % original , I hope you enjoy my channel , so please let me know what you think , I would be very happy to hear from you. Oh yeah , and if you like the idea of world peace like I do you can find my friends for peace page by visiting myspace and typing friend.guy in the myspace search bar , the page is just for having fun and sharing peace signs , smiles , and great music ! Or if you would like to know what I'm up to right now you can find me on Twitter , same name as on youtube , just google jeffadams100 your bound to find me somewhere ! Tweet tweet ! Love , peace , music , art ! , Jeff :)