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No matter how much you love playing music, you’ll inevitably run into the problem that all musicians face at one point or another: the age old dilemma of figuring out how to make practicing music fun and prevent it from feeling like a chore. Regardless of what your music goals are, you’ll certainly need practice, […]

When it’s time to move a child or teen into learning a musical instrument, parents are often caught off-guard, especially if they know little about music playing. Where do you start with a music lesson business? Do you ask about instruments available? Time and location of lessons? Cost? Instructor backgrounds? In fact, those are EXACTLY

Do you have a youngster or teen in your house always right in time with the rhythm of songs? You know who we’re talking about – that boy or girl who’s beating out a rhythm on their tops of thighs with their hands. Their sense of rhythm is remarkable, and that’s when you realize that

No matter how many guitar lessons you’ve taken or how many practice hours you’ve logged, nothing is as critical to a guitarist’s sound and overall performance as a properly tuned guitar. An out-of-tune guitar can make even the world’s most talented guitar player sound like an amateur — or worst yet — make him sound

Learning to play piano is a challenge for many people. But if you can break down the process of starting to play piano into five easy steps, it becomes a much less complicated problem to solve. Let’s try it! Devote time to piano – With anything that you do, you have to devote time and

Every aspiring drummer knows that practice is paramount to becoming a drumstick-wielding rock god — but many may be surprised to learn that practicing the drums doesn’t always have to include a drum set. Although learning to play the drums requires a significant amount of time spent behind a drum kit, practicing the drums sans

If you are still in the beginner stages of learning to play guitar, you might have some difficulty playing some tricky chords. Or you might have some issues getting your fingers around chords at the end of the guitar neck. If you know those feelings, then you might want to consider playing with a capo.

4 Must-Have Keyboard Tools To Enrich Your Sound and Skills No matter where you look in life, you’ll find that every successful figure in history has had a particular tool or resource that they’ve relied on to help bring them to greatness and turn them into the legends they are now. For musicians, the same

Singing is one of those talents that many people notice at an early age. How many parents talk about how their son or daughter is a good singer? Thousands, if not more! Singing in key with good enunciation and tone, however, takes more practice than just opening up your mouth and warbling along to the

Bringin’ the Funk! Many beginner students at Scottsdale Music Academy find that bass lessons in Scottsdale is the easiest first step in starting their musical education. There’s good reason for that. Bass guitar playing often forms the foundation (the ‘bottom’) of the song’s structure; it can set the pulse or the groove of the song