Think Smart
No Distractions
Beethoven
Always Keep Learning
Always be on the lookout for new songs to learn and play. This is a helpful way to keep your mind in learning mode, and its advisable to try out a variety of styles to be a well rounded musician. At any given time you must have 3 types of pieces of grading difficulty. The […]
Practice = Performance
The Ionian Mode
Thomas Beecham
The Lydian Mode
The modern Lydian mode is a seven-tone musical scale formed from a rising pattern of pitches comprising three whole tones, a semitone, two more whole tones, and a final semitone. The Lydian scale can be described as a major scale with the fourth scale degree raised a semitone, making it an augmented fourth above the […]
Choosing a Time to Practice
Choose the time of day when you are most aware and alert to practice. This will improve productivity and you will get more out of your practice session. This also helps to avoid feeling like practicing is a chore.