It's not just another piano lesson… It's a physical, intellectual, and spiritual journey!
Learning Goals Applying the lessons learned in Emotional Preparation and How Your Brain Works, we are going to learn how to study-practice music the right way. It is critically important that you fully understand the simple, but powerful, concepts presented here for at least two reasons. First, they will instill study-practice skills/habits that will transforming endless frustration into
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Artistic Composition and Improvisation appreciates both the utility and limitations of Music Theory… Lesson #1. Whether you read music or play by ear, a strong theoretical foundation in scales, chords, chord changes, keys, key signatures, form, rhythm, solfege, and ear training will transform you into a superior musician. Lesson #2. A theory is an attempt to
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Did you know that Practicing and Exercising are two very distinct behaviors with two very different goals? To Exercise is to physically exert oneself with the goal of improving performance in terms of strength, endurance, flexibility, stamina, blood flow, breathing, etc. Exercise changes your muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, heart, and lungs. Repeated physical exertions (such as stretching, swimming,
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Did you know that there are profound differences between study, practice, and exercise? And did you know that understanding these differences has the power to transform frustration and failure into inevitable success? Let’s take a closer look… Studying is the act of focusing ones attention on something with the goal of learning a fact, concept, principle,
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