With the wealth of resources now available online for music instruction, it seems tangible to acquire free video lessons and become proficient at an instrument. Along with free video lessons, do-it-yourself curriculum’s and other methods of avoiding traditional private instruction are increasingly popular, as students are drawn to the ease and low cost of self
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Learning Piano Is Not Just For Children. Adults Take Muisc Lessons Too!
Learning to play a musical instrument is not only for children, Adults can learn as well. Many beginner piano students are children who’s parents want them to have a complete education including music lessons. But not every beginner student is a child. Some students don’t start taking lessons until they are in their teenage years
Major and Minor…Tonality… What’s The Difference… Scales and Chords
Early on in our music education we learn two very important musical terms: major and minor. I am often asked what is the difference. It is a tough question because there are many answers. Many people associate descriptive words with major and minor. Most commonly, major is happy and minor is sad. This is basically true but doesn’t adequately describe
3 Ways To Prepare Students For A Recital Part 3: Practice, Duh!
The #1 most important part to recital preparation is obviously PRACTICE! We have to teach our students how to practice and hope they follow through when we aren’t around every other hour of the week. Usually having a performance in the near future is enough to inspire even the least motivated student to practice and
Learning To Read Lead Sheets on Piano – Chord Charts – How To and Why!
Using lead sheets or chord charts to play your favorite song is not just accessible to guitar players, but to pianists also. Especially when students reach an intermediate level of piano study, reading lead sheets is a great theory exercise to incorporate into lessons and can be made into a progressive improvisation study. What is
How To Sit At The Piano – Height, Distance, Posture – Play Piano
Have you ever been to a piano recital and noticed the pianist moving the bench and wonder “what are they doing”? They are adjusting the bench to give themselves the most comfortable position at the piano. Every pianist is different in size and height. Adjusting the bench to their body types allows the pianist to
3 Ways To Prepare Students For A Music Recital Part 2: Talk
Some music students will get nervous and some will happily run up on stage and relish in the glory of showing off their hard work and being the center of attention. For all students, especially the ones with nervous tendencies, I think talking about every last detail is helpful. Talk about the other students will
3 Ways to Prepare Students for a Recital Part 1: Set Them Up For Success
A successful and enjoyable recital experience is the goal! For me, prep starts about 6-8 weeks before the big day with piece selection. During “recital piece picking week” I obsessively analyze 2 or 3 songs for each music student. They can’t be too easy or too challenging. Most importantly, they should be fun to play
Learn the Blues in your Guitar, Bass, or Piano Lesson and Learn the roots of Pop Songs
In this music lesson video, Keith White helps us understand the foundation of the blues in a real simple way. It’s a 12 measure (bar) chord progression that outlines what blues music is. What’s really exciting is when you take private lessons we can show you how this progression can relate to 1000’s of other
How to hold a Violin – Private in-home violin lessons – Music Teachers
Heather Chlup teaches private violin with Lessons In Your Home in many communities throughout Atlanta, GA. In this video she demonstrates how to hold a violin. Whats great about Heather’s teaching style is she can work with a very young beginner as well as an advanced older student who might be preparing for college preparation.