Today I thought I would post a favorite piece of mine that doesn’t get enough play because it is so difficult to perform, but so beautiful to listen to. This piece is the third movement from Maurice Ravel’s piano suite “Miroirs“. This … Continue reading
Sightreading Genie by PracticeSpot.com is a great tool for beginning sight readers. This tool allows you to choose from 4 difficulty levels and proves you will a large amount of short musical examples to play. It is designed for piano … Continue reading
Do you test your sight reading agility? Today I wanted to post a tool that is useful for practicing your sight reading agility. This Piano Keys trainer from eMusicTheory.com allows you to adjust the difficulty level from beginners to advanced. This tool … Continue reading
Hi fans of the One Minute Music Lesson, I wanted to give you all an update on the progress of the book. After collecting responses from you guys I am hearing that you want a book aimed at teaching you … Continue reading
Ear training can be difficult and frustrating because you need a couple essential elements to be successful. 1. You will need material to practice that is at your skill level. 2. You will need a variety of material, so you don’t … Continue reading
Once again, one of my favorite sites for music theory tools has done it again. This time Ricci Adams site MusicTheory.net has created a guitar fretboard trainer that is different than any other I’ve seen. This Fret Trainer allow you … Continue reading
Learning the notes of scales and chords can be a laborious process and often times students need a good resource for checking the accuracy of them. Although you can learn how to construct chords and scales from memory there is … Continue reading
When learning to read music you will need materials for practicing. One of the hardest things about learning to sight read is having enough materials so that every example is fresh and truely being read at sight. This new tool … Continue reading
In my career as a professor I have been thinking about motivation a lot lately. This is one of the toughest nuts to crack when it comes to getting students to get into the right mindset to grow musically. This … Continue reading
Hi fans of the One Minute Music Lesson, I am very excited to tell you that my new ebook will be released on May 28th. However I can’t tell you the title or what it is about yet because I don’t know. … Continue reading
