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
instrument care
How To Clean A Saxophone
How to Clean Your Saxophone A saxophone is a woodwind instrument and there are 4 types. There are soprano, alto, tenor, and Baritone saxophones. The cleaning instructions here are not for all except the soprano saxophones. The first thing that is needed is to clean the mouthpiece. Removing the reed and the part that is
Preparing For Back To School Music Lessons
As we parents get ready for back to school, many of who’s children took off a little music lesson time this summer are also thinking “what about these lessons”. Breath deep though, your private music teachers have you covered. Here are three things to know your music teachers are on top of. No Need To
How To Tune A Guitar
Have you ever wondered what it meant for your guitar to be “in tune”? Are you learning how to play the guitar and wonder why it just doesn’t sound right? Your guitar may not be in tune! This is a basic outline for how to tune a guitar and get your guitar sounding just right
Don’t Buy A Shiny New Guitar
This blog is for intermediate musicians who feel they’ve reached a road block in their musicianship and have seen the ads for the pretty new instrument.
Replace Your Drum Heads – How To And Why
Maintenance—it’s a part of everything we care about, including the things that bring us joy. For musicians, and especially drummers, that means taking care of your instrument. The drum set, while wonderfully expressive and exhilarating to play, does need some upkeep. But here’s the silver lining: each time you replace your drum heads, you’re also
Let Your Mechanic Help With Your Drum Set
This family was about to buy a completely new drum set when all they really needed to get their drums sounding great is some new heads. Luckily, I’m an honest mechanic!
Pencil stuck in my baby grand piano. You don’t have to call your piano teacher!
When it happens and you freeze with fear as you hear the call; “mom, the piano is broken”. You come over to see that a number of the keys on your piano are not working properly as your child is practicing for her piano lesson. You look, and as the notes are played on the
How to put together a basson, in-home private lesson student explains.
Here is a nice video on how to put together bassoon from one of our 7th grade students. She plays in her band in addition to taking private lessons. I love to sound of the bassoon and Sidney does a great job on putting one together. Want to learn how to play? Start In-Home
Pedals On The Piano, What Do They Do?
On a typical piano there will be three pedals in the center by the floor. These pedals are used to change the sound and effects of the piano. The most common pedal is the Damper pedal located to the right. When the damper pedal is pressed down it raises the dampers inside the piano off