Asheville Music Lessons

Given that this is July…. it may be a bit late to be talking about this here, but….
I try to encourage all of my students to keep going with lessons through the summer. Obviously I’d rather they stuck with the weekly routine for many reasons. The biggest reason though is that when 2 [...]

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Most people think practicing the piano is about training the fingers. (Or practicing any other instrument for that matter.) To a certain degree you do build up motor skills and muscle strength as you continue to practice any instrument. Wind instruments you build lung capacity and embouchure…. but with any music lessons [...]

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I remember early on when I was taking lessons and in band I hated counting out loud. It seemed so monotonous and silly. I “knew” when I was supposed to play the notes anyway. Well, of course, now that I’ve got a few years and some experience between now and then, I [...]

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With private music lessons there is a slightly different relationship between student and teacher than there is in group class settings. One on one lessons give both the student and teacher a better chance to know each other and to make the learning experience better. At least, that’s the way it is ideally. [...]

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I know I’ve seen a lot of students that fit the category of Speed Demons. They think if they’re going to do anything they’ll do it as fast as possible. If they can keep a steady tempo that’s all right depending on the song. Of course, the real problem is usually the [...]

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It’s really very common, within the first few lessons I’ll hear from most of my students. “What are these pedals for?” Of course, most of the time we really don’t discuss the pedal for quite a while in the method books, but I like to take that opportunity to open the lid of [...]

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It’s been quoted many times that a journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step. When you think of many of the things we do in life it can be overwhelming to consider the enormity of what is needed to be done. To shrink the quote above a bit, let’s say [...]

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This is just a shameless plug for the place that I teach piano lessons, The Asheville Music School. I’ve mentioned that in the “About Me” page I believe, but wanted to write a post about the school. The Asheville Music School has been around for over 10 years now at it’s location at [...]

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In the last post I gve a pretty wide overview of some of the things I’m involved with in and out of musical interests. I thought it might be good to give a closer view of my musical background. Of course, we had music classes in school as I was growing up, so [...]

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