Defining Art for Children
What is Art? (Super-simplified for Children) … Read More Defining Art for Children
Tag: Music education
How to Choose The Right Guitar Fingering
When learning or performing a piece, we may have the option to play certain passages or chords in different positions, with different fingerings. But which one is the right one? Each position has its pros and cons, challenges, unique tone, timbre and sonority. One can easily get lost in the interpretation and details. Therefore, it… Read More How to Choose The Right Guitar Fingering
Colonization and Exploitation in music’s clothing
People around the world like to listen to music for different purposes – for relaxation, running, studying, unwinding or just enjoying the art of music. But when we listen to music regardless of the purpose, we are completely unguarded and defenseless. Different people feel related to different genres and different artists for various reasons. To… Read More Colonization and Exploitation in music’s clothing
The secret to stay motivated as a guitarist/musician
1st podcast: How to stay motivated? How to practice? What to practice?… Read More The secret to stay motivated as a guitarist/musician
Chords on the Guitar
On every polyphonic instrument, knowing how to play chords is one of the most important subjects, every song is built and based on chords after all. One can sometimes listen to a good chord progression with no real melody and enjoy it. For some reasons, playing chords seems to be a bit more confusing and… Read More Chords on the Guitar
My Patreon page
Hello friends, I have just started a Patreon account. Patreon allows you to support musician,artists bloggers etc. by a monthly contribution. My patrons will have access to my private patreon feed and can ask me questions. Also, you can listen to my unpublished songs/pieces and free download of my works, as well as access to… Read More My Patreon page
Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo
In this post I would like to introduce a book by Philip Toshio Sudo. This is a book based on zen philosophy, published in 1997. Even though, it is called Zen Guitar, all musicians and students (both amateurs and advanced) can find it beneficial. As in the introduction he writes: “Welcome to Zen Guitar Dojo.… Read More Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo
Strategies to Memorize Music
One of the obstacles in playing an instrument is to memorize pieces. The next concern is how to make sure we won’t forget the piece during an exam, a performance or a recording session. Anyhow, memorizing the music is an important skill, regardless of the genre and the style of music. Certainly, one can play… Read More Strategies to Memorize Music
Teaching Music (Part 1)
Even though there is a defined path toward becoming a musician (both technically and theoretically) there can’t be a “one size fits all” method that works for everyone. People are different and have different goals. Therefore, they learn by different methods and using different approaches. Especially when working with children, a teacher needs to be… Read More Teaching Music (Part 1)
The Transformative Power of Classical Music
I would like to share with you this wonderful TED presentation by Benjamin Zander, about “the transformative power of classical music”. Since 1979, Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. He is known around the world as both a guest conductor and a speaker on leadership — and he’s been known to… Read More The Transformative Power of Classical Music
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