How To Train Your Voice?

The voice is an instrument inside your body and you have to learn how to use it to get the most out of it. It’s very “physical” on the foundational level. To have a strong voice and to have vocal … Read more

A Few Things Every Musician Ought to Know About Stage Fright

Think back to your last big audition or recital. What do you remember feeling, moments before you walked on stage?

Heart pounding in your chest? Butterflies in your stomach? Cold, clammy hands? Feeling light-headed, tight, weak, or shaky?

Perhaps … Read more

The Four Most Essential Barre Chords

Barre chords

Once you know how to play open chords like C, A, G, E, D, Em, Am, Dm and different chord forms like sus2, sus4, dom7, min7, add9, etc, it’s time to learn barre chords, also known as bar … Read more

Learn The Guitar Fingerboard Thoroughly in 16 Days

Playing guitar Where do you start when you want to learn to play guitar and you don’t know all the notes on the guitar strings? This article will help you to learn the guitar fingerboard thoroughly in 16 days.

Part I

Combining … Read more

What Is More Effective – Praise or Criticism?

“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” ~John Wooden

In 1948, the UCLA men’s basketball team finished with a 12-13 record.

Hoping to turn things around, they hired … Read more

A Guide to Mastering Self-Control

If you watched any TV during the 90’s, you will probably remember the Lay’s potato chip challenge.

Their catchphrase was “Betcha can’t eat just one.” And as those diabolical marketing geniuses predicted, I did find it awfully hard to … Read more

How to Become The Best Guitar Player You Can Be

We all want to become a great guitar player, but what does it really take? Well first and foremost, you want to become the best guitar player YOU can be. You have to focus on your own path, and not … Read more

How to Memorize Music 5 Times Faster

If you’re like the vast majority of students, you probably have a hard time memorizing music. For almost everyone, memorizing should not be difficult or frustrating. That’s right, memorizing music, or anything else for that matter, is only hard if … Read more

How We Help Learners’ Independence

Skillful teachers have developed the ability to take learners from the first conception of a goal to its accomplishment in shorter and shorter periods of time, with fewer and fewer errors on the learners’ part and with increasing satisfaction and … Read more

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