May 17, 20221 min read
D Major Violin Exercise in 3rds
This is an important exercise to help you pitch the notes on the violin and read the notes on the stave. When you move by the interval of...
May 12, 20222 min read
TQV Level 2 Technical Skills: D major
Learning to play in pitch is an important part of playing the violin. This aim of this worksheet and audio is to help a student...
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Wiosna: Chopin
A Level 7 piece which is used for grade 3 piano exams. Chopin (1810 - 1849) composed this piece in 1838 and it was first published in...
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Review of Indian Ragas for Piano Made Easy by John Pitts
My initial observations of the book are influenced by a previous knowledge of Ragas and Sitar playing. I like the simplicity in the...
Sep 9, 20212 min read
The Major Minor Marchers
These are the Mini-Marchers from Music Academy, They're practising their marching to be in the marching band, you see. This is the first...
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Chord Discs
I started using the chord discs with students who benefitted from the physical moving of a note in a triad rather than talking about it,...