Top Questions When Starting Adults Starting Guitar Lessons This article details some of the top questions adults have in getting started with guitar lessons as complete beginners and provides answers that reveal just how easy the process can be! As adults, we often have an interest in picking up a new hobby or revisiting a
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Dust Off And Learn How To Play Guitar
Why learn how to play an instrument? There are plenty of benefits that might make you dust off and Learn How To Play Guitar Enhances Cognitive Function Listening to music engages the whole brain, but playing music is the brain’s equivalent of a full body workout. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging instruments are used to
Are You The Center Of Attention? Play An Instrument!
Play An Instrument – Your Choice Are you the center of attention? Believe in Astrology? Play an instrument! There’s no science to this chart by Marilyn Krase but it’s fun to see where you end up.
Learning Personalities To Solve Problems In Music
It’s All In The Details! While working with private students, I make the effort to notice subtle details about their personalities. I discovered one such detail yesterday with a student I’ve been working with for about a year. While this student has made above average progress over time, her over all ability to complete songs
Note Reading With Familiar And Unfamiliar Songs
Using Two Types of Songs to Learn Note Reading When teaching piano, it is important for our students to become familiar with the notes on the staff. I think most musicians would agree that reading music is a basic skill for any instrument. Here are two things that help with note reading. Playing Familiar
Classical, Jazz, and Modern/Pop Trumpet Teachers: What To Expect
A standout member of the brass family, the trumpet is a unique and powerful instrument that attracts a wide range of players, teachers, and enthusiasts. Not surprisingly, the trumpet is used in many different types of music, making it an extremely versatile instrument. In this article, I’ll describe what kinds of things you can expect
Tips and Techniques for Improving Sight Reading
Sight reading is the act of picking up a piece of music you’ve never seen before and playing it through to the best of your ability. Proficiency in sight reading is one of the goals of any music instruction. Of course, your ability to sight read will naturally improve as you develop your note-reading skills
Why Pianists Teach
The desire to share things is universal. As musicians, teaching others — sharing what we have learned musically — is a fundamental part of who we are. Someone asked me recently why so many excellent pianists have chosen to teach piano. Why don’t we just stick to performing? Why subject ourselves to legions of piano
Guitar is a Lot Like Basketball
A routine is nothing more and nothing less than a checklist, or a set of reminders, that can help you establish habits. In this article, I am going to share my routine for practicing and performing on guitar. Whether you adopt my routine or create your own, my hope is that the routine you follow
How Advanced Drummers Can Get Past the Plateaus
For most people, the word plateau conjures up an image of a flat, elevated area, one with inclines above and below. A plateau can be a welcome resting place when climbing a mountain. On a plateau, we are not climbing, not making any real progress up the mountain. Instead, we are walking forward. Now think