Learning an Instrument...
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Beginner's Teething Troubles
The most difficult and discouraging time you’ll encounter when learning an instrument happens right at the beginning. There’s so much to take in that it can seem...
Buying A Secondhand Instrument
A new instrument can be a serious investment of money, and probably not one you want to make when you're starting out, especially if it's for your child. Some places...
Choosing Your Instrument
You've decided what instrument you want to play. Now looking around, you're presented with a range of choices, from cheap to far beyond your wallet. How do you decide...
How to Be a DJ
To be a DJ, you not only have to love music, you have to know music, a wide range of music and have the kind of ear for how it goes together. More than that, you have to...
How to Play Brass Instruments
It's all about the lips. Beyond talking or eating, most of us rarely think about our lips, but if you're going to play a brass instrument, you'll be considering them a...
How to Play Drums and Percussion
Since man first stamped on the earth or clapped his hands, making rhythm has been a part of life. Rhythm is there in all the music we hear, whether it's a Beethoven...
How to Play Electric Bass
The electric bass guitar is a relatively new instrument, one that came into existence to support the louder electric guitar, and which first found itself in use during...
How to Play Guitar
It's quite simple to learn to play the guitar. Mastering it, and becoming a good guitarist, is something that can take years, however, requiring dedication and practice....
How to Play Strings
The strings - violin, viola and cello - share several common traits. All have four strings, tuned with the same intervals between them, and are mostly played with play...
How To Play The Harmonica
There are plenty of pluses about playing the harmonica (or mouth organ or mouth harp – it goes by several different names). It’s very small and portable, you only...
How to Play The Keyboard
Go back a century or two, and it seemed that many people (especially girls) learnt piano. It was one of those skills that rounded out an education. Today, however, very...
How to Play Woodwind
Clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, oboe, English horn…they're vastly different instruments, but have one thing in common; they're all part of the woodwind family, which means...
How to Read Music
Many people find music scores daunting, unable to decipher the dots on a page. But music is actually a fairly simple language, easy to master. And once you've learnt it,...
Looking After Your Instrument
Buying an instrument is just the first step. Now you own it, you have to look after it. Depending on the instrument, that could mean doing quite a lot, or just periodic...
Making Progress
Learning an instrument is a slow, ongoing process, especially in the early stages when you feel like you're all fingers and thumbs. At times, too, it can be very...
Practising Your Instrument
There's an old joke that goes How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. The thing is that there's plenty of truth in it. It's all very well taking...
Programming Your Music CD
These days most CDs you hear have programming of some kind on them. That could consist of beats and/or sounds created on computer for the song. You might not even...
Taking Up a New Instrument
Already playing one instrument gives you a big advantage when you start learning another. You already have a solid grasp of music and music theory which is a great help...
Taking Up a New Instrument as an Adult
If you already play one instrument but want to learn something different – going from piano to flute' say – you enter with some distinct advantages....
