Making Music offers the following secrets to skillful sight reading to help make your musical journey a more fulfilling one.
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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 Keep Your Band Together and Happy
Don’t think for a moment that once you’ve found your musical soul mates that your work is done. As with any relationship, your band requires frequent maintenance in order to run smoothly. Here’s how to keep your band together so they are happy and involved.
How to Buy an Acoustic Guitar
Great acoustic guitars have character and, if you’re lucky, the guitar you buy will become a cherished heirloom. But finding this heirloom may take patience, perseverance, and plenty of shopping around. It’s important to look for a guitar that is just the right match for you.
How to Alternately Tune a Guitar
Is your guitar nicely in tune? Good. Is each string perfectly in pitch with E-A-D-G-B-E? Great. That’s the standard. Making Music is going to teach you how to alternately tune a guitar so you can play a wider range of music!
A Beginner’s Guide to Master Sight-Reading in 7 Easy Steps
Sight reading is the ability to take a page of music you’ve never seen before and play it in time and with the correct notes and expression. That doesn’t mean it’s easy or everyone would do it. Lucky for you, Making Music is here to help with our handy guide to master sight-reading and all in 7 simple steps!
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.
The Secret to Memorizing Music
The secret that my guests, and for that matter most all working piano players, use to make memorizing music simple is learning tunes from lead sheets.
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.