About Music Lessons - The Blog Book is Here!

Hello! After discovering that another pro musician and teacher was applying some of my blog articles successfully with her students, I decid...

Chord Technique on Guitar and Bass

Does it take you a long time to learn a new chord? Do you want the secret to quickly learning new chord shapes? Applying this write-up could...

Guitar & Bass: Which Way is Up?

Learning what “up or down the neck” means is one of the funniest things about learning beginning bass and guitar. This has perplexed and e...

How to Put Practicing Time into Your Life

Putting practicing time into life as an adult can be a challenge, even if you are well-motivated. Work, social life and family obligations c...

Technique Similarities Between Different Instrument Families

This article mainly addresses string and piano technique, though the principles apply to ALL instruments. (And to doing anything, actually!)...

Two very different lessons

As people's personal goals vary, so do lesson assignments. Two of the lessons I delivered today illustrates this point. (1) New piano st...

Practicing at the Right Speed

The purpose of practicing is to gain control over some element of music, whether ear training, technique or an isolated passage or riff. Par...