Music Education for Adults: Benefits of Going to a Kids Music School Rather Than Private TuitionWe spoke about the benefits of private music tutoring last time. Now let us talk about benefits of learning at a kids music school, where apart from individual tutoring, kids get choir, ensemble and orchestra. Any music school that has more than 20 music teachers is quite a serious organization. They select the teachers through a rigorous...more
Twenty-four young, healthy test subjects lay quietly in a university lab, listening to carefully chosen music through headphones, as doctors and technicians hovered around them meticulously measuring their vital signs. The study concluded quickly and the subjects returned to their normal everyday lives. But as the researchers began sifting through the data, something new and interesting began to emerge. We've known for some time...more
If your choosing to play the keyboard, learn that it has many advantages over learning how to play the piano. Tho' you may think studying one is as easy as the other, the keyboard as an musical instrument is outstanding in a lot of ways.On a piano, you just have one sort of musical instrument that you will be able to play and that is the piano. Keyboards permit you to mimic the sounds of a lot of divers musical instruments. A few costlier keyboards can mimic the sounds of 100's of musical instruments and permit your to put down tracks, on the keyboard!While you study how to play the keyboard, you're learning all of those musical instruments without being forced to take extra lessons. Sounds can include:A lot of types of pianos Percussive instrumentsOrgans of all sorts and likingsStringed instruments (fiddle, viola, cello, contrabass)Brass instruments (horn, tuba, trombone)All of the woodwind instruments (clarinet, flute, sax)PipesThe sounds from a piano coming from a keyboard can sounds like a grand piano, electric piano, honky-tonk and a lot more! There could even be specific effects accessible like bird sounds, phone rings and additional novelty sounds.When you...more
Most of us have heard of the power of being consistent in our guitar practice. You know what I mean. Practicing something EVERY day until mastered. But do you do this? I know that in the past, I definitely didn't...When I first started playing I was a maniac! I had no real structure to my practice. I just put in the hours and hoped...more
Over the past decade, music has been severely declining within the California schools. A recent study showed that within the past five years there has been a 50 percent decline in student participation in music programs. Additionally, it showed that one third of all music teachers have lost their jobs within that same time frame. The...more
In Part 1, we discussed how to prepare yourself for creating an audio file for a video or an audio presentation with character voices. In Part 2, we will complete this discussion.For this second recording method, you need to read each characters lines one after the other, in other words, read all of Tom's lines first, then Dick's lines, then Harry's. That way you can apply each voice's settings to all the lines for that character at once. Just highlight the beginning of Tom's lines, drag to the end of Tom's lines, and then apply the morphing settings to them in one click. The tedious part will be cutting and pasting them all back together in the right order. You do this by highlighting the words, cutting them and then clicking where they are to be inserted and pasting them. I prefer doing it this way. For one reason, it allows you to apply any inflections or accents or speech affects to the character's dialog all at once, rather than trying to switch it each time a different character speaks. For instance, if one character is a female, you will find that softening your voice will make it easier to alter the voice and have it still sound female. If...more
True interest in playing guitar comes from a burning desire to be what your heroes are. Its a blind passion. But, before you even pick up a guitar, you must first ask yourself these questions: Do I listen to music differently than my...more
You've heard all your favorite music and artists on your local radio station. You've tuned in while hoping to hear something new and exciting. Unfortunately, the radio stations usually play the same tunes over and over. This causes...more
All professional musicians, whether they're playing jazz, rock, bluegrass and country music, have spent their first years of practicing bent over a half speed record player. You might be wondering what does this have to do with trying...more
Percussion instruments are very old and have quite a history. Often used in folk music, these instruments add variety and a rural charm to music. In India for example, two pieces of flat metal are struck to form a bell like sound. This...more
If you are thinking about getting an electric guitar and don't want to break the bank, there are a ton options these days under $200. Here are two guitars that are easy on the wallet and offer a lot of guitar for beginners and seasoned...more
Here is a free acoustic guitar lesson to help you improve your guitar playing skills quickly.This guitar learning techique will teach you how to fingerpick folk-style, but in a Latin rhythm in the key of A. This Latin rhythm has eight...more