by musicadmin | Nov 23, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott I’ve written before about how consistent practice is much better than long chunks of time sporadically and sparsely peppered throughout your week. I’d like to follow up on that here by discussing a recent experience of mine. For the last three or four...
by musicadmin | Nov 9, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Holidays, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott Our culture seems to have a love-hate relationship with holiday music- Christmas music in particular. Understandably, we develop an affection for those songs ingrained in our psyche year after year for our entire lives, but equally understandably,...
by musicadmin | Oct 19, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott When I was in my early teens, after nearly a decade of taking piano lessons, I found myself starting to get burnt out. Part of it was due to the strict and demanding nature of my teacher, but another important consideration was her approach to...
by musicadmin | Oct 6, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott A few weeks ago, I wandered into an art store and picked up a Bristol pad and a set of colored pencils. It happened on a whim; I just felt compelled to expand my artistic horizons. I’ve been fortunate enough to make music my life and livelihood over...
by musicadmin | Sep 21, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott It’s a sad reality that when schools hard underfunded and need to make cutbacks, arts programs- music in particular- are often first on the chopping block. In a vacuum, this might make sense. One could make the case that math and science classes, for...
by musicadmin | Oct 6, 2020 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Ben Fraser The violin is a four-stringed instrument made primarily of wood. Its hollow body produces sound when the bow is drawn across any of the four strings, G, D, A or E. The left-hand fingers can press the strings against the fingerboard to change the pitch...
