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Learning Music

Musical Masters Success in 10,000 Hours

July 1, 2010

Musical Masters have spend thousands of hours achieving their success, and with the 10,000 rule all that have made it that far have become masters. What does that mean to you…

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From Excitement of Learning Music to the Fear of Playing

May 5, 2010

There is a phenomenon that occurs when learning music that takes place over time. The excitement of the new beginner is fantastic and then slowly as one learns more and more and hears others play the fear of performing for others starts to set in.

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A Method to Learn Music Five Times Faster

April 21, 2010

Learning music five times faster is about learning how to learn and putting known methods into practice, pun intended.

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Reboot for a Better Practice

April 15, 2010

An idea about taking a short break, clearing the mind, and refocusing your energy. It’s called a reboot.

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Ways to Retain What You Learn In Music

April 3, 2010

When learning music, one of the biggest issues is how you retain what you learn. This isn’t the memorization issue; it’s about understanding and retaining the principles and rules used to define music and other studies.

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Finding Your Voice In Music

March 11, 2010

The question of finding my style or my music voice comes up eventually in learning music. There are as many answers to this as there are questions framed around the concept. I’m going to share my observations and experiments with you.

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Putting Rhythm and Notes Together

March 4, 2010

Beginning students want to quickly sight read for rhythm and note combination on music scores. However, it takes a little time to get the pieces together to achieve this skill. Two Approaches There are a couple of approaches to getting this skill mastered. One is to have a mentor show you how this is done [...]

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