by Mage, NCTM UPDATE: As of 2023, the Basic plan now includes 15 minutes of live lesson time (via Zoom) with the teacher, but students have the option to send videos for review during that 15 minutes (can even review them live!). 😎 Music lessons with a qualified music teacher can be both time-consuming and costly, but they don’t have to be as high as expected. With efficient and easy-to-use technologies, lessons with a private qualified music teacher now feature different learning modalities.…
by Mage, NCTM, Musician & Teaching Artist You may have read my article about books for beginners. Since there are so many books on that page, I decided to write some articles about specific books, and in this one we cover guitar method books for beginners. 🎸 What is a method book? In music, a method book is a textbook that covers either a certain instrument or a certain style or genre of music. Method books are best used when studying with a…
by Mage, Nationally Certified Teacher of Music Last Updated: May 31, 2022 A quick Google search for private [insert name of instrument] tutor or private [insert name of instrument] teacher (you could substitute the words “tutor” and “teacher” with “instructor”) yields nearly 20 million to 40 million results. Some of the results will lead you to teachers in your local area, while others will lead you to teachers who teach using the internet, either live (student and teacher meet at the same time)…
June to July 2022 ⭐️ For Music for Young Children please visit https://www.myc.com/members/MLockwood/ . 6 hours of live sessions will be held on Wednesdays over Zoom in small groups. Included are also office hours on select Thursdays. This course covers basic music theory for Preparatory and Level 1 students. Interactive connections with other students through Tonara and using the theory we learn to create our own music make learning fun! 🥳 ⭐️ Current active students save $100. Registration fee is included in the…
(Better than Blue Yeti!) “What?” you say. Yes…there is actually an external USB microphone that works better than the Blue Yeti for the purposes of interactive music lessons. Not only does it work with Mac/Windows, but it also works on Chromebook and iPad Pro! Introducing the Samson G-Track Pro (click!). 🤩 🎤 Why is this microphone the best easy-to-use one? It allows you to capture your voice AND instrument at the same time. If you have an electronic instrument such as electric guitar, digital piano, or electric bass, OR if you have an acoustic guitar/bass…
by Mage, NCTM, Musician & Teaching Artist Last updated March 28, 2022 Interactive online music lessons are when the student and the teacher meet each other through video conferencing software such as Skype, FaceTime, Hangouts, Zoom, and others OR when the student and the teacher meet asynchronously by exchanging videos back and forth. Studying with a qualified teacher is not the same as going on to YouTube and trying to learn by yourself—with actual interactive online lessons your teacher will actually be evaluating you…
