Look up from the score
October 11, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Look up from the scoreAs a beginner conductor you often want to look down at your score the entire time. You’ll want to make…
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Make eye contact
October 10, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Make eye contactOne of the best ways to give a cue to another musician, whether you’re directing, conducting, or simply communicating an…
Seeing the whole form
October 9, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Seeing the whole formWhen studying a piece of music to learn it and understand it, it can help to take a step back…
What’s the purpose?
October 8, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on What’s the purpose?What’s the music being used for? What’s the goal of the music? Is the goal to be dramatic? Is the…
How to play faster
October 7, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on How to play fasterAs a guitar player who’s into heavy metal I’ve practiced playing fast quite a lot. I don’t think it’s at…
Have a portfolio ready
October 6, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Have a portfolio readyThe reason to have a portfolio is to have it when you need it. The goal of creating a portfolio…
Writing for instruments you don’t play
October 5, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Writing for instruments you don’t playFollowing up from my previous post about composing for piano. Go check it out if you haven’t read it. When…
Composing for piano
October 4, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Composing for pianoIf you don’t play piano, or if you don’t play piano at a high level, writing for piano can be…
Sight singing exercises
October 3, 2021 5:45 pm Comments Off on Sight singing exercisesSight singing is the ability to look at a piece of music and sing it after having been given “do“,…
What key are these chords in?
October 3, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on What key are these chords in?One of my students likes to write chord progressions and the other day they asked me, “How do you figure…