Gurus Of Music

Here are Five Good Reasons Why You Should Take  Five Reasons To Take Music Lessons In this day and age, short cuts abound and people are constantly looking for the quick way to learn a song. I'm not going to enumerate the various ways that people try this, hoping to bypass any music lessons, because I'm sure you seen or even gotten involved with some.
I've had many people, at their first lesson, tell me that they have tried learning this or that on the internet or some video course and just gotten very mixed up and frustrated. So here are five reasons to take lessons;
1. There are a few separate skills involved with playing music correctly, such as Rhythm, note reading and music theory.
2. A skill such as Rhythm is easiest to learn by having it explained and then demonstrated.
3. Having a teacher right there means you can get instant feedback as to whether or not you are doing it right.
4. A good teacher will make a careful assessment of your level and make sure you ...

The Case For Music Basics Why Learn Music Basics? You've probably seen this sign in a mechanics garage or something, that says; "Why is there always enough time to do it over, but never enough time to do it right in the first place?"
This applies to many things in life and it certainly applies to music study. This country has been all through a craze of looking for short-cut methods; everything from trying to follow finger numbers, putting the letters on the piano keys, making the keys different colors and learning by rote (just mimicking someone else's hand and finger motions.) This whole approach has been compounded by the idea the media has always presented that famous rock artists never practiced or ever did practice a day in their lives; something that is categorically, factually untrue. The Only Shortcut In my experience as a music instructor, I have invariably found that music students who have tried to learn from some short-cut method are so mixed ...

How Long Does It Take To Learn To Play Guitar? They once asked Eric Clapton if he practiced much and he said no, he just opened the case and threw in some meat once in awhile. The man was lying, of course, he has obviously spent a lot of time on the Blues Scale. The Gurus of Music don't promise you that you will  learn to   play the guitar  overnight but, an experienced music instructor can certainly shorten your journey by guiding you past any pitfalls you might be apt to fall into. In really answering this question of how long, you should give some careful thought to the style of guitar that you would like to learn. Classical style guitar, for example, requires quite a bit of independent finger picking with the right hand. It is a bit more of a complicated style, you might say. Pop styles tend to have their own schools of technique and are heavier on scales, chords and other movable patterns. Should You Use Tablature Or Written Notes To L...

Is It Hard To Learn Music? Many people have gotten the idea that it is difficult to learn music. So often, after hearing a great performance, you hear someone remark that the person playing was 'lucky' because they had been born with talent. You hear people say that they could never do that because they have no talent. Society holds up the picture of the child prodigy who plays, presumably without ever having lessons. Musical groups are represented as a bunch of friends who just got together and became an overnight sensation.The truth is, everyone learned somewhere; the people in these musical groups had lessons and rehearsed and even Mozart took lessons from his dad. One thing that has made it seem hard to learn music to the average person is the 'snob nomenclature' that develops in activities such as music. Nomenclature is simply what things are called and 'snob nomenclature' occurs when people within a given study start using or making-up really technical...

An area where people quite often run into trouble with their music theory is tackling a particular level too soon. This is also known as skipping a gradient. A gradient is when you present a subject of study at its most simple stage and then proceed to gradually add complexities. When doing this, in actual study, one must be certain to have nailed a level before going on to the next. People who have studied learning have actually said that virtually anyone can learn a subject if the above rule is followed. Often, in music study, students will pick up a music theory book where the author makes the assumption that the reader is already familiar with some of the terms that he is using. This leads to frustration, confusion and the student soon gives up hope of understanding the subject. They put the book away thinking that the subject of theory is just too difficult to grasp. Here is a basic guide to a gradient approach to music theory; 1.  Note types 2.  Basic Rhythm and b...

Some Tips To Learn To Play Piano The piano is often said to be one of the easier instruments to learn. Hence, it is often recommended as a first step in music to learn to play piano, before taking up another instrument. It's true there are a number of things about the piano which  do  make it easier than many other instruments; it tends to have a much less complicated technique than say, the violin. Even though there is definitely a technique to how the hands are positioned and the action of the fingers, still, pressing down a key produces a nice sounding note, provided the piano is tuned. Getting a nice sound out of a violin or a trumpet is a much more complicated matter.   It is Easier to Understand Music Theory, if you Learn to Play Piano First. The other advantage about the piano is that the notes are all laid out nicely, so it is easy to visualize many aspects of music theory. So, what are some of the hang-ups people encounter when learning the piano? Wel...

Here is a glossary of music definitions. This list of music definitions is for musical terms used on the earlier levels.   Accidentals; an accidental is a  sharp, flat or natural  that is used in one measure. The accidental does not appear in the  key signature   and it applies to the particular pitch it is used on, in all octaves but only for that measure. Arpeggio; An arpeggio is a broken  chord,  that is to say the notes of the chord are played individually, usually straight upwards or downwards, cycling through the notes of the chord. Bar; another term for  measure . The vertical lines that are seen in a musical score divide the music up into bars or measures and they contain the same number of beats as indicated by the time signature. Bar line; the lines that run vertically in written music and divide the music up into measures or bars. Bass Clef; Also known as the  F clef , it is found usually at the very beginning of a pie...