Continuing with the Piano Camp theme for the week, here are a few pictures from another one of our daily activities – ensemble playing! I played through a whole stack of ensemble repertoire last week looking for the perfect combinations for the group of students attending Piano Camp this week. We allocoate about 15-20 minutes […]
Resources
50 Open Courseware Collections for Musicians
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’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 […]
Music Matters Blog Now Available on Kindle!
For all of you Kindle users out there, just thought you might want to know that subscriptions to Music Matters Blog are now available through the Kindle store. I haven’t taken the plunge and gotten a Kindle yet, but I am more and more tempted to do so! Right now, though, I’m thinking that I’ll […]
Explaining Scales and Keys
Sometimes it seems like I have to say the same thing five different ways before a student loses the glazed-over look in their eyes! And then, usually it’s still many more explanations later that the proverbial light bulb goes on in their brain and they finally get it. They’ll say something like, “I realized that […]
