I guess this is the week for lists of 50! Here’s another great collection – 50 Open Courseware Collections for Musicians. This is a list of places where you can find free on-line music classes and resources. From organ workshops to a course on the Physics of Sound to learning to play the cello, there […]
50 Music Practice Websites
Mike Saville, of the excellent How to Practise website, recently compiled a great list of 50 Websites that will Improve your Music Practice. This is definitely a page worth bookmarking and passing on to students!
I hope I can do this when I’m 90!
Check out this fun piano duet impromptu performance:
Monday Mailbag – Charging for Lessons
How do you charge for lessons? I have been charging new students by the month, old students pay when they have their lesson. I haven’t found a happy medium and can’t figure out a good way to go about doing semesters (with make up days) which would really help my business. The way the economy […]
I’m Dreaming…Of Becoming a Great Musician
Some of the wonderful folks over at Jemsite.com asked me to write a guest post for their blog. Although the site is primarily geared toward guitar enthusiasts, they wanted something that would be applicable to all musicians. Thus was composed, I’m Dreaming…Of Becoming a Great Musician: Some things in life occur instantaneously. Learning to play […]
Intervals by Ear
One of the hardest skills for my students to master is identifying intervals by ear. In fact, most of my students door quite poorly with our annual ear-training tests. I always think that I need to do something to help them improve, but usually that’s about as far as my good intentions get. Well, no […]
