If you have ever found yourself at King’s Cross St. Pancras in London, there’s a good chance you passed the “street piano” by one of the main elevators, free for public use. There’s also a good chance someone was playing this piano, showcasing the skill they possessed, or wished they had. Indeed, the piano is
Parents and Music Lessons When it comes down to it, music teachers come, teach, and leave but it’s the parents that are involved in the trenches of music lessons day in and day out. It’s no mystery then that even with an amazing music teacher leading the music lessons, parents make music lessons come together
They have the voice, the training, and the spark to be the next superstar. The challenge now is to ensure your star kid keeps a strong grip on their nerves and belts out their best in the audition room. Becoming the NBT (next big thing) of child artists, much like Justin Bieber and his rise
Spring is a time when we typically do some kind of deep cleaning in our lives. As we’ve come to know the term it usually involves our home and living space. We get rid of the winter pile-ups and make a clean and productive space to move forward into spring. Time To Clean Up
We’ve all heard the age-old adage of “practice makes perfect” and with the Piano, this is especially true. Whether you’re wanting to improve your finger dexterity on the keys or tune your ear to be able to pick up music quicker, practice gets you there. The emphasis is so great on practice that it can
Some musical instruments are harder to master than others. As with all musical instruments, it’s much easier to learn when the learner is younger. This allows for the development of the physical attributes needed to operate the instrument. However, the inverse is also true! Musicians will inform you that the learning involved in effectively playing
Advise on Music Lessons I Need Your Advice; I have Never Done This Before. Not every person who inquires about piano, guitar, violin, or voice lessons asks this directly but in many ways, every parent who’s starting their child on a path to learn an instrument needs advice on music Lessons. Here’s what we at
While there are aspects that make being a musician a lot like being an athlete, Piano and Guitar Lessons are not like signing up your child up to play soccer. There’s no game on Saturdays and music lesson students don’t have a group practice two times a week. At Lessons In Your Home we get
Why Is It Easy To Learn Holiday Music But Hard To Learn Other Pieces As I was talking to a mom at a recent piano recital, she asked how it was so easy for her son, and notice how fast he learned to play “Winter Wonder Land” or another parent who’s child just started lessons
The Secret Sauce of Music Theory The words themselves, Music Theory, often send both non-musicians and music students into speculation about a secret sauce of music knowledge, that if you know it, you’ll be a music master. Well, sorry to burst the bubble of so many but it’s simply not that. Music Theory is the