Music App Spotlight: Piano Dust Buster Brought to us by JoyTunes, Piano Dust Buster is an iPad app that is fun and accessible for children and adults of all ages and ability levels. Available for android and apple products, this FREE app turns learning into a game! In the game, there is a little old lady...
6 Ways to Encourage a Love of Music in Your Home Dreaming of music lessons for your child? Wondering how in a world continually dominated by phones, TVs and other electronics you will be able to put a little music in your child’s life? Never fear, Here is a quick list of 6 ways to...
One question I hear parents ask most often is, "How old does my child need to be to start lessons?" Many times they are looking for a magic number. "Oh, well you should wait until Suzy is 5 years old before she starts lessons." But every child is different. Every child grows, learns, and matures differently; so a magic number just won't work. So how do you know when it's the right time for you child to start music lessons? Here are 5 Questions to Ask Before Beginning Lessons.
There has been more sightings of yellow school buses, the back-to-school sales abound, Tax Free weekend is upon us, and your child's schedule is very quickly filling up with school, sports, clubs and other activities. Here are 5 reasons why Music Star Studios thinks you should consider adding music lessons into that schedule.
Ask your child to name a famous composer and chances are Mozart will most likely come out of their mouth. Mozart is a composer we spend time learning about for good reason. His body of work is a staple in music education. His operas are performed and beloved to this day. Today, however, we are going to take a closer look at the life of Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- the musician, the composer, the child prodigy.
If you have a student taking music lessons, I am sure practice is a part of your vocabulary. Afterall, Practice = Progress. Parents, I know you are not the one taking music lessons, but your involvment in practice will only help your child succeed- even if you don't know anything about music!
If you are a Nashville area music student who has made more practice time your goal this year, this post is for you! We know practicing is how you get to Carnegie Hall, but how you spend your practice time is as important as your length of practice time. QUALITY practice time is easy to achieve if you incorporate these 3 steps below.
You are a Nashville area music student wanting to achieve further greatness in 2015. The question is: How do you go about doing that? Here are 3 Goals you can set in 2015 to make you a more musically gifted student.
Bartolomeo Cristofori - The Inventor of the Piano Have you ever wondered who the inventor of the piano was? The piano is such a popular instrument now, but have you ever stopped to think about who had the idea of creating it? Believe it or not, at one time if you wanted to play a keyboard instrument your choices were the harpsichord or the organ. While these instruments are great, they also have some drawbacks. The main one is this - no matter how hard or soft you press the keys, they don't play any louder or softer.
I frequently get calls from people who want to take piano lessons (or they would like for their child/children to take piano lessons). Some of them already have pianos - maybe it was a priority for them to have a piano or maybe they had the "family" piano they had taken piano lessons on at a younger age. But oftentimes they don't have a piano and want to know if it is necessary to buy a piano for piano lessons.
