4 ways to know if a note is wrong! Use your ears in Music Lessons

There are many things to concentrate and focus on while learning to play new pieces of music, reading notes, counting rhythms, moving hand positions, using pedals, etc. One thing that I try to have my students not forget is to use their ears and to listen to what they are playing. Sometimes while a student

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Take a music lesson and hear better! in Denver or anywhere.

New research from Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument for even a brief period in childhood can improve actual hearing. Adults who had a least a couple years of music instruction in childhood heard fundamental frequency sound waves better than those who did not have music instruction.  This is an aspect of hearing

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What are those instruments playing? Learning how to listen

It’s a bit of a cliché to say this, but I love to listen to music.  You could safely assume that all musicians love to listen to music, but you might not know that it can be a really challenging thing to do.   It’s a skill you can practice and improve upon.  My ability to

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