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

Meet Chris Bandusky, SMA Guitar Instructor One of the key reasons we hear about students joining Scottsdale Music Academy is because of the deep talents and teaching dedication of our instructors. That’s true of all of our instructors, but in particular, our guitar instructor Chris Bandusky. Chris is an active guitarist who plays live in

Best Chord Structures for Rock ‘n Roll Songs At Scottsdale Music Academy, our instructors have a blast teaching the students (both kids and adults) how to play guitar, bass, piano, drums and singing. When you put ‘em all together with the right people, you can rock out to your favorite rock songs. But where do

Learning to play a musical instrument like a piano, bass, guitar or drums can be a steep learning curve for some people. Focus, practice, understanding, intuition – all of these characteristics go into easing the learning curve. But before you can start to play, it’s equally critical to know how to choose the right instrument,

Cover Songs Many of our musician students at Scottsdale Music Academy start to play instruments to try to learn their favorite cover songs. As soon as our instructors give the student enough knowledge on an instrument to know the basics, then it seems it’s only a matter of days before the student is plucking out