By For Publisher on December 19, 2011
Improvisation (also known as improvising) is the act of making something up as you go along — an act with which we all have a little experience.
Remember playing House or Doctor as a child, letting the game go wherever your mind would take you? That was improvisation. No rules, no boundaries, just the limitless potential [...]
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By For Publisher on December 4, 2011
Out of the 250 million people in the United States, about 25 million of them play an instrument of some kind, or used to when they were in school and would like to pick up where they left off. Another 30 million or so sing in a church choir, a barbershop quartet, or at the [...]
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By For Publisher on November 19, 2011
In this guitar lesson I will instruct you on how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on your guitar. I will use ordinary english words so you don’t need to know sheet music notation!
Mary Had A Little Lamb can be played on the first two strings on your guitar. There are four notes to [...]
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By For Publisher on November 16, 2011
Playgroups are an important part of social interaction for young children and their mothers. Playgroups prepare children for more formal daycare and school situations and provide moms valuable time with other adults. Choosing the right playgroup is essential to getting the most out of this experience.
Sources of playgroups might include church groups, neighborhood-based groups, library [...]
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By For Publisher on November 9, 2011
Piano arranging is the process by which you take a written piece of music and rework it with chords, adding new bass accompaniment, fills, or even slightly altering the song’s structure. And while it’s a process that takes years to truly master, anyone with a basic education in piano and a working knowledge of a [...]
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By For Publisher on October 26, 2011
President Harry S. Truman, the man in the White House when the United States intervened on behalf of the millions of innocent people who were being displaced and massacred by Hitler’s Nazi Germany, claimed to have practiced his piano lessons for two hours every morning during his childhood. Likewise, President Warren Harding was said to [...]
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