In Mark’s last article he did a brief overview of how to make your performances better. Mark is now breaking the tips down; starting with the first one: know your song.
Category: How To
9 Tips for a Productive Guitar Practice
Virtually every guitarist out there, famous or not, has experienced at some point the feeling that he needs to progress or that he is stuck in some routine. Learn how to make your practices more efficient.
Overcome Stage Fright
Overcome Stage Fright with these five terrific tips. Be sure to walk out on that stage with your head held high and a big smile on your face.
11 Essential Practice Tips
Get better results, and increase your enjoyment from your music Here are 11 essential practice tips to make your music experience a better one.
How to Develop Relative Pitch
A well-developed sense of relative pitch allows you to hear and recognize relationships between notes (intervals), even if you don’t know the note names.
A Simple Guide to Transposing
In reality, transposition isn’t all that hard to grasp. Put simply, a transposing instrument is one whose musical notes are written at a pitch different from actual concert pitch.
Tips from the Pros: How to Prepare for a Live Performance
So we talked to a handful of professional singers to see how they prepare for a live performance and then gathered their answers into a list of helpful tips that are sure to get you fired up and ready for your next gig.
One Simple Tip to Increase Your Practice Results
Every real musician knows that practice makes perfect, but there are different ways to practice. Here’s the best tip to increase your practice results.
Strategy for Effective Practicing
Everyone knows that practice is the most important part of learning. Read this strategy for effective practicing to get the most out of your time.
History of the Staff
Seventh century music scholar Isidore of Seville said it was impossible to notate music. Boy, was he ever wrong: there is evidence that notation was practiced by the Egyptians in 3,000 BC. Ancient Greece also had a system, and other forms arose in China and Japan. Now you too can know the proper history of the staff.