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Transferability

January 15, 2022 8:00 am Published by Comments Off on Transferability

A lot of skills in music are not specific to one instrument. A number of musical skills are either universal…


Don’t try to start at the middle

January 14, 2022 8:00 am Published by Comments Off on Don’t try to start at the middle

When I’m coming up with ideas for videos or blog posts or melodies I often have a filtering process. It’s…


Learn a song just for yourself

January 11, 2022 8:00 am Published by Comments Off on Learn a song just for yourself

I’ve been playing instruments for quite a while, and I’ve learned how to play many different instruments that have a…


Record yourself

January 10, 2022 9:27 am Published by Comments Off on Record yourself

If you’re learning an instrument or how to conduct or something similar, recording yourself and listening to and watching yourself…


Guide the melody

December 22, 2021 8:34 am Published by Comments Off on Guide the melody

I recently directed a Christmas concert with my students singing Christmas songs. Some of the songs had harmonies in them…


Start with just the bass and melody

December 21, 2021 8:00 am Published by Comments Off on Start with just the bass and melody

I’ve been practicing my classical guitar playing recently and I’ve been challenging myself by sight reading songs that aren’t arranged…


Onto the next thing

December 20, 2021 8:00 am Published by Comments Off on Onto the next thing

Adam Neely recently posted a video about how he feels after finishing a large project or large concert. And I…


Smaller mistakes

December 19, 2021 7:59 am Published by Comments Off on Smaller mistakes

I’m not a world class musician by any stretch of the imagination, but I don’t believe that you ever get…