Music Resources (page 4)

Why is music education so important? Of the many, many reasons, I`ll focus on just one: learning how to practice, and executing what you`ve learned in the practice room is a necessary...

Turlough O'Carolan Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin, to give him his Gaelic name, was born in Newton, near Nobber, County Meath in 1670. At the age of fourteen, when the family moved ...

Music is the presentation of sound. Sound has four characteristics: -Pitch - the quality of the sound as governed by the vibrations that produce it, ie. degrees of highness or lown...

THE USE OF THE EAR IN MUSIC AND HOW IT`S IMPORTANT FOR LEARNING. When learning an instrument for the first time there are numerous areas of musicality that are focused on, techniqu...

Having a musical Mother, growing up surrounded by music didn`t feel at the time like the privilege it was. I learned to read music at the same time as I learned to read English, and v...

Music relates to mathematics in terms of the number of sounds that exist between any one noted and the same letter named note an octave higher. "octave is a term meaning a note with a...

I have always wanted to teach. This has come from a long founded ambition to help and educate. I have several young cousins and many friends who have younger siblings who I have taugh...

Learning an instrument is much like any sport, language or new piece of flashy technology. You must go traverse the plethora of highs and lows in order to become proficient. Much like...

Here is an article about tension and the voice: Singing is all about co-ordinating the correct muscles at the correct time with the smallest amount of effort to get the best result...

It`s a myth that you have to study at a conservatoire to be able to access very advanced repertoire. Conservatoire training is kind of like a fast-track way of learning - by studying ...