Tips for Getting Started on Piano
August 20, 2021
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Whether you are an adult starting from scratch or a parent helping your child, here are a few things that are helpful to know in those first few weeks. Get
Author: Sandy Connolly
Eye Contact Is Crucial
August 11, 2021
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If you want to add power to your vocal performance (singing or speaking, for that matter), the number one way to add power to your performance or message is to
Rituals of Preparation
July 30, 2021
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Everyone Gets Into a Slump Having worked weekly with 15 – 30 musicians 45 weeks out of the year for over 20 years, I observe that almost everyone (including me)
How to Use the Circle of Fifths to Identify Key Signatures
July 22, 2021
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This is the fourth and final post in a series on How to Identify the 15 Key Signatures. In order for this to be helpful, you will need to have
How to Draw the Circle of Fifths
July 15, 2021
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Being able to draw the circle of 5ths from memory is a helpful skill to acquire when you want to memorize all 15 key signatures. Here’s how!
How to Spell the Interval of a Fifth: Part 2
July 9, 2021
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This is the second in a series of posts called How to Memorize the 15 Key Signatures. In my previous post, How to Spell the Interval of a Fifth: Part
How to Spell the Interval of a Fifth: Part I
June 25, 2021
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This is the first in a series of posts called How to Memorize the 15 Key Signatures. Since different people absorb information in different ways, I have included a 2-minute
A Tutorial In Scientific Pitch Notation
June 16, 2021
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I’ve been studying and teaching music for over 25 years, and I only got myself squared away with this topic after COVID hit. I needed to be able to communicate
How to Count “Pickups”
June 11, 2021
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What Is a Pickup? In music, a pickup is an unstressed lead-in note or group of notes that take place before the first accented note of a phrase. They can
Embrace Your Voice “Cracks”
June 4, 2021
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Most singers deal with what many of us would call voice cracks. Here are a few tips on how to make them work for you.
