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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Grab It By The Music Teacher
3 Types Of Confidence You Never Knew Your Music Teacher Had Success in music lessons can largely be attributed to the confidence of a music teacher. Simple as it sounds, there are many different manifestations of confidence a private music teacher can possess in their skill set that go way beyond knowing how to teach
3 Reasons Music Lessons Succeed
Reasons Music Lessons Succeed Sometimes it’s hard to put your finger on what makes a “successful music lesson”. Is it the teacher, the student, the environment in which the lessons take place, or something else? As I ponder the question, I’m sure there can be many factors that contribute to a music lesson’s success. But
Stay Inside, Don’t Sweat, Learn A Song on Some Frets!
Brain Power! Turn the summer into solar power for your mind! We all know that during the summer, the days are long but our attention span is not. A lot of the time, we do not keep up on our studies, as we should. Practicing guitar, studying theory, and working on sight-reading keeps your brain
How to play Chromatic Scales On The Piano
Chromatic Scale Piano How To Play a Chromatic Scale on the Piano A chromatic scale is a series of 12 half steps up and 12 half steps down. A half step is the smallest distance between 2 notes in Western music. So, on the piano, a half step from any given note is the very
Music Theory In Private Lessons
3 Reasons Music Theory Books Are Used In Private Piano Lessons Your piano teacher just brought 3 or 4 books to your piano lesson and your wondering; if they all look the same except for the name on the book, how different can it all be and what’s this theory book about about? Well, first
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
How To Transcribe Music On A Piano
Can You Sing Twinkle, Twinkle… Then You Can Transcribe Transcribing music, or writing out what you hear, can seem like a crazy difficult task, but actually if you can sing a nursery rhyme, then you can write it out, all you need is a keyboard or piano. The reason you use a keyboard is because
How To Incorporate Music Theory In Lessons
For music teachers, it is easy to focus solely on performance pieces or technique exercises during weekly lessons. We only have so much time with a student each week, and to keep progress on the instrument going, it’s easy to neglect another equally important area of music instruction—music theory.
Teaching Piano Finger Numbers – Piano Lessons
Teaching finger numbers to piano students are an important part of piano lessons. Not only do they give young and beginner students security in what finger to play a note with, they also give advanced students and even concert performers an insight into how to play phrases. Right And Left Hand Piano Finger Numbers For