Music Theory – The Secret Sauce

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

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Music Analysis Early In Music Lessons

As Private Music Teachers, we’re armed with many similar tools to help our students learn to play an instrument. Teaching Analysis in your lessons early on is important, as it helps students, young to old, learn to make choices about what it is they are playing and how they are playing it. How And Why

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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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