From selecting the right instrument to learning to read music, being in band can enhance a student’s education. Even children with no musical background can join their school’s band.
Use Sheet Music To Play Your Instrument
If you look all over the internet you will find that many sites offer free sheet music for just about every instrument. When looking for sheet music especially piano sheet music there are many different genres to choose from and this makes finding the music much easier. As the turn of the century arrived piano sheet music became very popular among young adults, many people were playing the piano and parlor music became the new trend to sweep the country, this made sheet music…
Start Your Own Sheet Music Collection
Starting a sheet music collection is easy, once youve decided what you want to collect. Sheet music is inexpensive and relatively easy to find. You can find music at yard sales, antique shows and on the internet. Only music that is very scarce or rare is expensive. Most pieces can be found at a price between three and twenty five dollars. Extremely rare sheet music can carry a price of up to a thousand dollars, but few pieces fall into this category. You will find music in a…
Practice is Soooo Boring!
Practice Boring?!
Are you or your students loathe to practice as much as they should? OK, you can stop laughing and pick yourself up off the floor now. I know it wasnt the brightest question.
This article contains some ideas for getting beyond this and moving forward to playing more and better music with almost alarming rapidity.
Read it, try it and see if I’m not correct on this one
Crescendo Now, Pay Later
Every musician knows what dynamics are and will tell you that when they see an mf on the music, by golly they play mezzo forte! And when they see a crescendo to a fff, watch out, buddy!
Carl Hammond explores the finer points of how to make more beautiful and expressive music using these tips regarding dynamics. Let us know if you agree with him.