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Your Trumpet Care Guide – Decisions For The Trumpet Student!

It’s that time of year where children are starting back to school and your child has chosen to start playing trumpet. The Trumpet is one of the most popular instruments for students to start on and getting off to a good start is important. There are lots of questions to be answered; should you rent

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Learning to Sing and Play at the Same Time

In Baltimore, beginner students often feel challenged when asked to sing and play at the same time. It may seem overwhelming at first, but with targeted instruction and structured guidance, multitasking becomes a rewarding skill—not a barrier. Lessons at home offer the perfect environment to build this coordination skill by skill. Why Sing-and-Play Integration Matters

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Piano Lessons – What Do You Know About The Instrument?

The piano is said to have originated in Italy sometime during the 1700’s in a city called, Florence. The Italian Renaissance existed in this central region of Italy, which is also Tuscany’s capital city. In 1709, Bartolomeo (di Francesco) Cristofori, an Italian harpsichord maker, created the pianoforte. Thereafter, various stringed instruments and keyboards were invented,

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Teachers Shake It Up – Practice Makes Better

We’ve all heard the phrase “Practice makes perfect,” but I prefer to tell my students, “Practice makes better.” Perfect is a very high standard to aim for, especially when we are starting out on learning something new, like a new instrument or even a new, harder piece on the piano.  For most students, our goal

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Happy Side Effects Of In Home Piano Lessons

I have always said that learning how to play an instrument is the best thing I have ever done for myself.  There are so many benefits to learning how to play an instrument and this blog will barely scratch the surface, but I have listed a few key reasons as to how taking in home

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Five Fun Facts About The Violin

The violin is one of the most requested instruments for private music lessons — and for good reason! It’s also a favorite among younger students. It’s easy to see why: the violin’s small size makes it approachable for little hands, and its sweet, expressive sound quickly becomes a joy for parents to hear at home.

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Fast Food Piano – In Home Piano Lessons

Fast Food Piano We can learn a bunch from our trip to the fast food drive through window. Every person at work, if doing his or her job correctly has one goal in mind, to get you your order as quick as possible.  Getting a quick meal insures our likeliness to go back again. Piano

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Cello Lessons At Home- Personalities Set the Mood

Personalities in Lessons I taught four totally different lessons today. Two were so different that they made me think of how student’s personalities play a huge role in the mood of the lesson. As much control as I think I have, they honestly have just as much, since I base my teaching style around their

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Piano Lessons At Home Are Taught By Weird Teachers!

We teach music lessons in Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, DC, Virginia, Miami, Denver, etc. And there is one constant among all our teachers who teach in-home lessons. We are weird. Piano Teachers Are The Weird Ones You heard it here and from the horse’s mouth. Music teachers are the weird ones, and it doesn’t matter what

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The Importance of Positive Reinforcement in Private Music Lessons

One of the biggest differences between music teachers of any instrument can be teaching philosophy.  This has to do with what the teacher hopes to achieve overall with their students, in addition to the student’s individual goals, and how they make it happen during private piano lessons. As an in home piano teacher in Baltimore,

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