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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Pool Party Brooklyn Concert
Every week in Brooklyn during the summer are live music events called ‘The Pool Party’. Its actually really cool, and turns into a huge event. The downside this week was that it rained (started during my video!). The most important … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Concert, Marketing, Music Show, NYC, Performance, Venue, Vlog
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Silence Is Golden
Silence is the most powerful and important part in conversation, presentations, and even music. Too many times I see people walking down the street with their iPods or mp3 players. I feel its important that people take a break from … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Marketing, Technique, Theory, Video
Tagged Apple, iPods, Music Lessons Composition, Silence Is Golden
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Easy Way To Learn Scales
Learning scales can be difficult. There are a few tricks to going about and speeding up the process. Understand that there are also Modes, too. You’ll be happy to learn that all the chords you know, as well as the … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Technique, Theory, Video
Tagged Key Signatures, Minor Key, Modes, Parallel Major, Scales, Theory
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Tapping Explained
Tapping is a lot of fun. This technique allows you to stretch and hit notes that would other wise not be possible to reach with only your fret hand. The idea is the grasp your pic so that your fingers … Continue reading
Cupcake Symphony #1
This video was the idea of Rana. She’s amazing ;) So basically, we took cupcakes and drew different music durations notes throughout. Then we used duck tape to make a treble clef on my table, and we placed the cupcakes … Continue reading
Sibelius 6 Unboxing
Sibelius 6 has a lot of cool updates. Unboxings are when you open up a product for the first time and video tape it for others to see. Here we have a number of Sibelius Music Programs… for YOU! That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Piano, Sightreading, Technique
Tagged Engraving, Guitar, Music, Notation, Piano, Sheet, Sibelius, Sightreading, Theory, Transcribing, Walt Ribeiro
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Jimmy Goss And Walt Teach Guitar
Jimmy Goss is hilarious. Here we discuss practicing, power chords, and have a good time. I can’t stop laughing watching this. He was new to the whole online video idea! We discuss a few things, and answer a few questions. … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Interviews, Technique, Theory
Tagged Jimmy Goss, Music Lessons, Power Chords, Practicing, Tutorials
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Sforzando, Crescendos, Tremolos, And More!
Sforzando = when an attack hits hard, diminuendos, and then crescendos… all in one attack Crescendos = making the music increasingly louder Tremolos = rapidly attacking the note Dynamics = mezzo forte, forte, piano, mezzo piano. Indicating how loud or … Continue reading
Posted in Ear Training, Sightreading, Theory
Tagged Accents, Crescendos, Dynamics, Hairpins, Sforzando, Tremolos
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Sibelius 6 Intro
Sibelius 6 is the latest installment of the best music engraver around. There are a bunch of new features in this one that my older version didn’t have. One of them is “Panoramic View”, which allows the sheet music to … Continue reading
Group Song #1
You throw down the chords, and I’ll play them. Cool idea. Here’s Week #1 attempt. We’ll do more stuff like this. Everyone said it was alot of fun. Music is supposed to be fun, so I’m happy how this turned … Continue reading
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Grace Notes Explained
Grace Notes in music represent a note that is played so fast that it doesn’t get a beat. Think of it as a blur. Some times they’re used in order to allow the sheet music to be more legible. Rather … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightreading, Technique
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Understanding Repeats
Repeats in music allow you so not have to write the same section of music multiple times. It allows the musician to simply memorize one section and rather than turn a page or continue reading, simply follow the repeat. It … Continue reading
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First iPhone 3gs Video
Looks like I’m going to start teaching music while I’m walking the streets. Which is Awesome! I’m so excited that I finally own the newest iPhone 3gs release from Apple. I have been amazed by this phone for the past … Continue reading
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NYC Gay Pride Parade 2009
I always enjoy going to these events and seeing what kind of cool music goes on. I also like to see how the bands are set up, etc. This particular parade was great for that, because they had floats. I … Continue reading
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