A Little Rhythm “Medicine”

Counting in Languages

There are certain necessary parts of music study that can be just plain not fun for young students. Like counting aloud while playing.  Or practicing with a metronome.   YUK.   From a student perspective, those chores are hard and frustrating (if you’ve resorted to using such forms of torture, it probably means something is going wrong in a piece, or at the very least, not coming easily … Continue reading

Spotify: Great Music Resource!

U.S. teachers…. have you discovered Spotify?   This fantastic new music resource became available in the U.S. a few months ago.    It’s a web-based music library, much like iTunes, that allows you to search for recordings and store them in a personal library of playlists.   The exciting part?  You can access millions of recordings for FREE!   The site has a wonderful collection … Continue reading