You have what you need to learn to read music

You have what you need to lea to read music You probably remember those dreaded aptitude tests in school. You know, the tests have shown that their ability to perform certain tasks? Well, it's time to stop dreaming, and put your desire to lea the music for the test. The desire for music is within you, but what we really need to lea to read music? Discover your musical skills in a row. Musical talent or not - does it really matter? It may not be able to read music now. More likely is that you can not take a flute, a guitar or a violin and play a beautiful melody. Even so, the whole world around you is always saying what they are musically talented. Maybe you can store music in a musical to hear them, to create an original song in your mind, or maybe even play an instrument or two without knowing how to read music. These are all indications that the natural musical talent. But it has the potential to reach the music? Even if you have no musical ability of the above, you can still lea to read music. In the case of "natural talent" does not exist, leaing musical skills can still be used to make beautiful music. Your love and desire for leaing and music is what makes the difference, if you have natural talent or not. Think about your current career. If what he loved, he was able to reach through the ability to lea, right? If you're a typist, who has leaed to write. If you are a nurse who went to nursing school .. If you are a mechanic, who attended a technical school to do so. To read the music, you should lea as well. Question # 1: I love music enough to lea to read music and play a musical instrument? Leaing to Read Music for Adults If you missed the classical music as a child, or simply forget what they have leaed, is not too late to develop musical skills. Adults can lea to read music. In fact, a person who has a genuine desire to lea can achieve more than a child who is pushed to lea. Why? As an adult, and to understand the great potential of having this ability. He has a passion for music will take you to practice often and develop your skills quickly. Only adults and children who have the desire to continue with the music really bring the ability for life! Question # 2: Are you ready to lea the music and is dedicated to the practice at this stage of your life? A goal for your music Another factor Ability to lea to read music is the reason for their leaing. There should be a goal in mind while developing this skill. If it is an instrument to play in the church, special meetings or to have a career in music, you must have a goal in mind. With a goal, will be pushed to lea, even when you do not want to take a lesson. This is similar to taking college courses. Will you attend the classes because they should, if you're planning to have a successful career in this field. Question 3: You do not have a goal or reason for leaing to read music? If you answered yes to the above, please read the following questions. I want to play an instrument? If an experienced teacher of music is not available, I am willing to teach me through the on-line? At the beginning of my music classes, you can spend at least 15 to 30 minutes a day of practice? If you answered yes to all these questions, you are ready to continue his music lessons. Begin to develop their musical abilities of today the discovery of a life long treasure!

Discover the history of mechanical music, Part I

Discover the history of mechanical music, Part I The delicate sound of a music box inlaid ballerina music box, music jewelry box, music jewelry box is loved by many a music box and antique collector. Some collectors and lovers of music engineering can not see the interesting history, which is part of the world of music boxes and mechanical music. Discover what is.Attempts mechanical reproductions of music really started in the third century BC Plato had an idea for a clock, the sound of the waters of the night hours on tubes. He felt this was necessary because the darkness made it impossible to read the face of a clock. Nobody knows whether the clock, but has shown that the interest for music is automatically done very early in history. Songbirds and institutions that were probably hydraulically, developed by Plato idea.After clockwork clocks were invented in the year 1000, has continued to make progress. Soon the chimes of bells were simple melodies played on a cylinder. Next is the barrel, the air to the organ of bells clockwork.One the fundamentals of mechanics, music, how music is stored in a cask or notes, both the assembly, the memory of the instrument. The music was the race with hooks and pins, and how the current sheet perforation or projections. When rotated continuously and evenly against the lever, the lever, then played an organ or carillon.In 1502, the first mechanical music was the form of a barrel. The most famous is the organ, in Salzburg for L. von Keutschach. It had 350 pipes, from which the music of a barrel has been done. The body has a single melody for the ages in Lviv Mozart to 11 in 1753. Now, only 9 original songs to be performed live. He announced with a great agreement, and could, the locals have nicknamed "Bull Salzburg. 'It is fascinating that the music machine has been around for many centuries. It provides a unique perspective on the history of music collection, like boxes, antique music boxes, ballerina music boxes, inlaid music boxes, musical jewelry boxes, music and jewelry boxes.Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins HawkinsMonique is the owner of Monique's Music Box . The hotel is situated, is a gift box music store specializing in products such as inlaid music boxes, souvenirs, wooden boxes, ballerina music boxes for ballerina rooms d? Cor, jewelry and musical boxes. The company also provides interesting information for music lovers of all ages.

Really Simple guitar can

Really Simple guitar can Are on a mission. To convert convert.To guitarists and aspiring guitarists to open-D. It is the mood so important guitar in recent decades, but too often neglected, so that from the mainstream. Standard tuning has a stranglehold activity leaing guitar. The reason for me to stay unclear.As a starting point, voting is the logical choice. What easier way to play the guitar, but with an important deal? How much trust can be an aspiring guitar player (of all ages, but more on that later) must be able to play like a beautiful string sound without fingers on the Bund? That? S, what you get when you open tuning.My with a personal story went like this. Frustrated beginner guitarist (? Beginners? For the years!). It is not the guitar for years. It is the research (eg, reading magazines guitar). Achieved many of the Great played in alteate tunings (Richard K., J. Mitchell, James E., R. Johnson, R. Cooder, J. Page, etc, etc). Re-Tunes guitar until it finds one that works? Open-E. Soon! Light bulb tus on, is a guitarist best hatched.Open mood, quite often, in magazine articles, transcripts, books and the like. But only very rarely or never experienced that I have an encouraging their use as stand-alone for the guitar (my God, Keith also switch to the development of new standards and new!). And open-D, the most logical starting point of all, it is rarely mentioned. I have 20 years of public performance, which all come to me and say? ? How about this? They play, like me, in open D?. People come, but the comments are almost always? Of course, some fun chord positions? o? They play in a different mood?. Surprisingly many guitarists connect? Open tuning? with? difficult?. Nothing could be further from the truth. Certainly, the transition from the standard is rather 'the atmosphere of a leaing curve, but once? Once again, there, POW! You? Ll not want to play any other way (even if only to add controls to an open vote on the standard tuning is a huge step). This brings us back to the beginner. No matter what the age, a beginner, if 6 or 60 years open-D is an easier way to play the guitar. It is so obvious. Concentrate on the strum with your fingers on the keyboard, and then the way to a finger on the keyboard (the basic Regulation "great agreement in the Open-E is just a finger). What a way to build confidence early. The truth is, and I am living proof that it was never about the coverage standard tuning. But if you wanted? And only a small tweak standard? Type of drop-D tuning with three other minor adjustments, back and forth, and a standard EADGBE Dadfar # A D. question? Why Open-E, then all possible points of departure? The absolute easiest choice for a better understanding of the theory, harmony and the key could open CGCEGC C, but is rather 'floppy sound like the guitar strings are loosened. Go in the direction on Open-E # BE EBEG could move too far in the direction where it is? S is used. Open-D seems to be the perfect choice! To accompany the singers want to, obviously, is a matter of vocal range of tuning the guitar. A Cape May order.Frank Foxx is a semi-professional guitarist who plays exclusively in the spirit of Open-E. He has a guitar method book, extolling the virtues of what he sees as the most versatile and easiest of all guitar tunings, entitled Guitar-eze easier for the guitar. His website is He keeps a blog about helping guitarists and aspiring guitarists see the light.

Five Great Practice Ideas I learned from my Piano Students

Five Great Practice Ideas I leaed from my Piano Students Sometimes the teacher by the students that the student not the teacher. I hope not too often but today I will give you some good ideas to the practice, which by my piano students over the years: 1 A Colonel in Virginia that I taught for several years, has a maximum of 4 a day, moing and practiced on a electronic keyboard with headphones, so he does not disturb anyone at this time of the moing. "I love the moing," he said, "because it is so quiet and peaceful, and are fresh and in blocks. N. phones ringing, no people walking into the room, no noise at all. I practice for half an hour before breakfast, and then for a half 'hours - first of all I started to show for work. When I go home at night, when I too tired to practice, I do not feel guilty because I have my licks in for the day. And if I have a little 'practice - well, it's a prize! "2 An elementary school teacher in Indiana told me that every piece I have mapped and their implementation in all 12 keys - not written, but at the piano - in his head. He said: "It is not always so hot, the clay, but I find that if I do every day, I can at least from the more difficult keys, and makes it easier for buttons seem real simple. It gives me a perspective that I just do not get it, I played in one key - the key is in. I have leaed that each key has its own feel, and some keys are bright (eg "D" ) and some are soft keys (such as "db") .3. A piano student with a similar idea, the minister of music in a Catholic church, said that one month of the year and to enable them to cope with a single button. Since there are 12 months a year and a 12-key E-flat Major, works perfectly. So in January, has played everything that could be key in C and implemented, something that is not in C, in C. In February, he went to 1 / 2 of the most important step of C # (aka Db enharmonically) and played all over the database and searched for the key piece in the DB, and so forth. With time was the year he had a pretty fair understanding of the 12 major keys. I suggested that he is next year to 12 minor-key, and the following year for the ways and the next year polytonality, etc., etc. - but, as I remember, he decided, just by recycling the 12 major keys because he uses it so much that suggested.4. Another student of the piano has an idea about me and a little 'twisted. I suggested that they, together with the pieces they like to play cassettes and CDs, so that they feel a movement for the title. (I have to do now, when I was a teenager, and that has paid off big time for me!). He took the idea and I tried and liked so much that they started a video of people playing the piano. they arranged her TV and video player, so that it is their plan, while the video was played, and would, together with the pianist on the screen after the hand and arm movements and movements of the fingers and then one for feel the flow of music. (Patteing). Your creativity pays for them - is progressing rapidly. (and by the way, do not believe they are "copying" the person said - and not at all. It 'the same principle, just as Michael Jordan on the way to the basket, or even a Sammy Sosa bat swing -- is only in the right groove your style first.) 5th A physician, I have taught for years the idea of file things that he leaed to play piano over the years. He noted if a particular book or tape or video, discuss how such an argument, and file alphabetically. Then later, when he had the idea, just look at the idea in his file, video or tape or a book, and presto - you can verify that the idea or the concept almost immediately. E 'as a catalog of the library - has been detected so much faster than mirroring through endless books to discover that the idea that there is a long time ago. With the advent of the computer of a person to classify and store ideas like these quickly.Hope This gives you some of your ideas! Duane Shinn is the author of over 500 music books and music educational materials such as DVD, CD, Music - Games for kids, chord charts, musical software, piano lessons and teaching for adults. His immediate piano chord finder software, entitled "How to find piano chord instantly!" It was all over the world. He has advanced degrees from Southe Oregon University and was the founder of Plan Southe Oregon University. He is the author of the popular 101-weeks free online e-mail newsletter titled "Amazing Secrets exciting Piano Chords & Sizzling Chord progressions" are, with over 58,600 subscribers.

Growing up in a soup stone Legend

Growing up in a soup stone Legend The biggest thing you have to worry about is that there are many - too many - of the groups trying to climb the ladder. What you need exposure. Promotion and publicity comes at a premium. There is a storm in the street. You are caught in a Blizzard Entertainment. The first is towards the center, the closest to reaching the top, at least, see and be seen. It 's like a white winter. The place where most people give up. Ah, but the winners live in the eye of the cyclone where it is quiet and calm. These centers are safe. Those who are particularly well known, there is no need for noise and anxiety. They continue to maintain and the people around them work. Emerging artists can not afford the high cost of marketing professionals. Better collaboration with those who can. This is the core, the place between too much and too little, and the haves are poor. Promotion, or lack thereof, are the reason why can not more bands. Beyond advertising, in addition to handling commercial, the artist needs to find an audience and the audience needs to find him. Years ago, I discovered a principle of marketing that can make a difference in the world between success and failure. A popular story is told of a man who had been a long jouey. After the lack of food, it was exhausted and hungry from his jouey. When he arrived at a small village, he thought: "Maybe someone could share some 'food." When the man knocked at the first house, asked the woman who replied: "Could you spare a little' to food? I have come a long way and I am very hungry. "" I'm sorry, but I have nothing to give you, "replied the woman. Therefore, the passenger went next door and asked again. The answer is the same. E 'went door to door and each time it was hijacked. Not one of the villagers are willing to oblige the man as the times were tough, and has much to lose. But then a villager, said: "Everything I have is a bit 'of water." "Thanks," he says smiling couple with gratitude: "We can make a soup of water. We can make stone soup. " He asked the man in the pot and began building a small fire. As the water began to boil, the passing of a villager arrested and asked him what he was doing. "I am the stone soup," said the traveler. "Do you want to join me?" The curious villagers agree. "First, we need to add a stone," said Young. "One of magic." He reached his knapsack and carefully removed a stone, has been running for many years. Then put in the pot boiling. Soon, the villagers heard of this strange man who made the soup a stone. They began to gather around the fire, to ask questions. "What's your flavor of stone soup?" He asked one of the villagers. "Well, it would be better with a couple of onions," admitted the traveler. "Oh, I have some onions," he replied. Another villager said, "I was able to bring some 'carrots." Someone else offered, we still have a lot of potatoes in our garden. I'm going to do. "One by one, each villager has something to add to the pot. What began as a po 'of water and a magic stone, has become a delicious soup, enough to feed the entire village. The travelers and the villagers came together to enjoy their feast, and the miracle that help to create. In the great blizzard of stars and they want to be in a dense fog of sound that envelops the music industry, artists - even great - must find a way to get heard .. Bob Dylan has found a way. Apocalyptic visionary, who came from small towns anywhere, magic stone Dylan - its aura of mystery - of soup tued into a legend. Dennis Walsh progressofmusic@hotmail.com