Handheld percussion can be a great addition to many types of music. They can add some texture, help keep the beat, or simply make your song a little more fun. Not only for band performances, these instruments are also perfect for accompanying a solo act or adding some color to a drum circle. Take a […]
Do you know the difference between a rhythm and a beat? Don’t feel bad if you don’t. As simple as it should seem, the truth is that not everyone knows the difference.
Cymbals are one of the oldest musical instruments, played by many cultures during their migration across Asia and into the west over the last 3,000 years. Small hand cymbals were used in Hindu music as early as 1500 B.C., and these spread via trade routes into modern-day Turkey, Israel, and Egypt by around 800 B.C.
Every culture keeps its own beat, and there are as many types and styles of drums across the world as there are ways to make music. Here are a few of the instruments you might encounter at a next drum circle.
Creating a garage band can be a great way to express yourself and to be creative, and it’s also a highly social act that can help you to make friends and to meet new people. When you’re in a band, everyone wants to get to know you, and even though there are highs and lows to being in a band, the lows are usually offset by the highs of live performance.
When babies make music they develop skills such as language development, spatial intelligence, temporal skills, fine motor skills, coordination, etc.
Drumming and rhуthm mау offer some small comfort tо thоѕе with dementia, early onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and their fаmіlіеѕ.
Welcome back to our series on clarinet scales! In this video, Cassidy will teach out how to play the C# minor scale on clarinet.
The Paiste story begins at the turn of the century in Russia when Michail Toomas Paiste, a composer and musician, whose father had come from Estonia to serve in the Tsarist Guard, founded a publishing business and music store in St. Petersburg.
Welcome back to our series on clarinet scales! In this video, Ana will teach out how to play the E major scale on clarinet. We also recommend you follow along with the scale below so you learn how to read these notes on the staff: And if you decided to venture into the third octave… […]