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Category Archives: Music instruction
Guitar fingerpicking made easy
You’ve got a few strums under your guitar strap and now you’re ready to move on. If you want to play songs like “House of the Rising Sun,” “Blackbird” or “Hallelujah” you need to know how to fingerpick. Like anything … Continue reading →
Four essential chords for beginning guitarists
It’s more fun to master a song while you’re learning the guitar than it is to do an endless series of drills. Drills can help, of course, but in the end, it has to be music. We aren’t playing football … Continue reading →
Five tips for learning a new instrument this year
Does your list of resolutions always include music lessons? And is it like that gym membership you bought and used … once? Here are five ways to help you stick with learning an instrument.
Posted in Music instruction, music lessons, Playing the guitar, Playing the ukulele
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Tagged guitar, guitar lessons, mandolin, music lessons, Skype lessons, ukulele, ukulele lessons
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Find a music teacher who isn’t just casing your house
Are you ready to pull that ukulele out of the closet and learn some chords? Is Junior bugging you for a guitar? I’ve taught music privately and in classrooms since 2000. If you want guitar, mandolin or ukulele lessons via … Continue reading →
Where’s the best place to learn an instrument?
You go to YouTube, right? Wrong. Free is not always good. Here’s an overview with tips for choosing the right place for your lessons, from someone who’s been on both ends of the teaching and learning experience.
Five essential guitar strums
The question I get asked most by guitar students is “How do I know what strum to choose?” I could tell you I’m freakin’ brilliant and charge you $100 for a lesson. Or I could simply tell you that most … Continue reading →
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Tagged guitar lessons, guitar strums, learn guitar, online guitar lessons, what strum do i use
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When should my child start music lessons?
We’ve all seen this video of young Korean kids playing the guitar: Pretty astounding and it probably leaves some parents wondering if Junior should be starting music lessons in the womb. I’ve taught guitar for over 15 years and … Continue reading →
Easy to play stringed instruments
In this case, size doesn’t matter although ukuleles are little and pretty easy to play, even if you’ve never played an instrument before. In the video below, I play a bunch of different instruments and give you advice, most importantly … Continue reading →
How a writer-musician-teacher-parking lot attendant spends her time
I haven’t written a blog post in a few months. Lest you think I’ve been slumped in front of the TV with a box of bonbons by my side, here’s an update, numbered for convenience. I’m all about convenience, unless … Continue reading →
I Love Rock N Roll – Ottawa Girls Rock Camp 2015
I don’t even own an electric guitar. Why did I volunteer to teach guitar at a girls’ rock camp? I make my living teaching music and some of my students are rockers. Over the years I’ve learned to mash through … Continue reading →
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Tagged Girls Rock Camp, Ottawa Girls Rock Camp
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