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Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Music Terms
If you’re new to music making, you may have noticed this hobby, like any other, has its own vocabulary. If some of the words seem foreign, that’s because they are—Italian, to be exact, which over the years has become the lingua franca of music.
6 Tips to Help Fight Arthritis
Arthritis means “inflammation of joints,” and not all forms of arthritis have the same cause and symptoms. Here are 6 Tips to Help Fight Arthritis
When Is It Time to Quit Your Group and Move On?
It’s hard leaving a group you’ve been playing with for a while, but sometimes you have to. the question is: when is it time to quit your group and move on.
How to Set up Your Mics (For Each Instrument)
Microphones may be as important to a live performance as the instruments the musicians play. Prices for high performing microphones have drastically dropped and more and more bands are opting to purchase their own set to take to gigs.
13 Tips to Conquering Challenging Music
Let’s face it, not all music is easy to learn but there are some strategies to tackling the more difficult stuff. Here are 13 Tips to Conquering challenging Music
How to Build a Chord in Three Easy (Half) Steps.
You can learn how to build a chord very easily. Believe it or not, you don’t even need to know how to read music, just follow this chart…
The Only 3 Chords You Need to Master the Blues on Piano
It’s actually incredibly easy to master the blues on piano. Believe it or not, you only need these three simple chords and you’ll be a master in no time.
Professional Singer Ilana Martin Shares Some Singing Tips
Almost 20 years into running her own school, Martin couldn’t be happier to get up each morning to do what she loves. She gladly shared a few singing tips and insights into her methods with Making Music.
5 Good Reasons to Sing As You Improvise
It may be a little slow at first, but soon enough you’ll understand why it’s so useful. Here are 5 good reasons to sing as your improvise.