Two Things You Probably Don’t Understand About Learning to Play Music
Part of our business is a music school for children, so we interact with a lot of kids and their parents on the topic of learning to play music. Our approach emphasizes playing in a band with a goal of performing for an audience, so with new students our focus is on playing versus theory. […]
The Mental Game of Music Practice
I once took a weekend music theory class given at the famous Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and during the class breaks the students got together in the cafeteria. Posted on a column one week was a handwritten note, quoting some esteemed character in the school as having said “Practice is a sign […]
How to Practice Music (or help your child practice)
When I look back on my guitar-playing “career” of nearly 40 years (I started very young), I can divide the time into two major periods. The first, lasting 30 years, was before I learned how to practice music, and the second period, for the last 10 years, was after I learned to practice. Yes, it took me 30 […]
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