Ear Training Fundamentals: Is Perfect Pitch a Learnable Skill?
Is Perfect Pitch (Absolute Pitch) a learnable skill? The honest answer is “It depends” and requires some explanation…
How Your Brain Works: Association and Elaboration
Two proven Memory Aids that every musician needs to use in their daily study and practice sessions: Association and Elaboration…
Mindset & Attitude: Micro-Lessons
Short & sweet insights for cultivating healthy attitudes towards success in music-making and life in general…
How Your Brain Works: State-Dependent Learning
An illuminating introduction to the phenomenon of State-Dependent Learning and how to use it to prepare for an exam or performance.
Mindset & Attitude: The Power of Studying
A must-read pep talk on The Power of Studying… and the attitudes and behaviors that will transform you into an expert studier…
Mindset & Attitude: What is “Smart”?
An invitation to embrace a profoundly human definition of “smart”–an intelligence that thinks, feels, and does in service to a meaningful life…
Mindset & Attitude: The Nature Nurture Debate
The fact that some people are remarkably skilled at something does not necessarily prove the existence of some innate gift…
How Your Brain Works: One Organ, Many Functions
A quick introduction to the phenomenal variety of emotional, cognitive, sensory, and motor functions our amazing brains are capable of…
Practice Habits: Four Stages of Competence
Four Stages of Competence: A framework for measuring progress on the road to mastery… with implications for both students and teachers…
Musical Time: Downbeats and Upbeats
An illuminating learn-by-doing introduction to the rhythmic concepts of Downbeats and Upbeats…