What You Need to Know Before Buying A Guitar Most guitar students in our Scottsdale Music Academy usually come equipped with their own acoustic or electric guitar to get started on lessons with us. Fortunately, most of the students have done research beforehand to make sure they got the right guitar for their needs. In […]
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It’s All in The Rhythm! Learning how to play guitar may come quickly to some students, but mastering the instrument can take years. That’s why it’s important that young guitarists learn to master the art of rhythm guitar playing. What’s in the rhythm, you ask? Everything! Playing good rhythm guitar is the foundation for any
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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
Art or Skill? When starting lessons, many new guitar players (or piano students, etc.) often choose to make the necessary technical proficiency their main priority. For years, it’s been taught that knowing more chord patterns, playing faster scales and dedicating your learning to technique and technical prowess is the way to go. If it’s the
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One of the most common discussions I have with parents whose kids practice regularly with us at Scottsdale Music Academy is the difficulty they face trying to get their child to practice at home. “It’s not a problem once we bring them here to you for lessons, but it’s sooo hard to get them
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Develop Your Songwriting in 6 Easy Steps Songwriting is a natural evolution of learning one’s instrument over time. As a student taking guitar or piano lessons in Scottsdale, your proficiency on your instrument grows over time. Eventually, you are able to learn whole songs to play. And then, an urge to write your own music.
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Every guitarist knows that one of the unwelcome side effects of learning guitar is toughening up your fingertips, or building up of calluses, from practicing the guitar. But it is in this callus strengthening that your fingers eventually learn to be able to glide over every rockin’ chord, or gently strummed arpeggio. I remember my
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5 Steps to Set Your Musical Goals for 2016 Happy New Year! Let’s start this year with great ways to tap into your musical ambitions, and commit yourself to new musical goals for 2016! Every New Year brings with it the promise of new insights and interest in participating in fresh activities. In your musical
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Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Gifts For Musicians The gift-giving season is almost upon us! No doubt you’ve already begun searching for the perfect gifts for your loved ones…including that special musician in your life. If you really want to wow him or her this year, skip the cliché concert tickets and go for something
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If you’ve been playing music for quite some time, chances are you’ve toyed with the idea of joining a band at one point or another. After all, what’s not to love about being in a band? Music, camaraderie, and fun – all wrapped up in one! But for many musicians who long to join a