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Spooky Sounds on Traditional Instruments

Tamsyn — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:01:43 +0000

Spooky SoundsIt is easy to take sound effects for granted, especially in the modern world of technology, but we have been making fun and spooky sounds on musical instruments for thousands of years. Let's take a look at a few!The harp The Aeolian harp is a harp specifically made to be played by the wind. […]

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Music Education Blog Carnival!

Tamsyn — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:09:25 +0000

Music Education Blog Carnival!The music education blog carnival is a monthly post hosted by different music bloggers. Each blogger selects a few music posts written the previous month (in this case, July, 2016) and shares why they selected it. I had a lot of great posts to choose from! This has been a very fun […]

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World Music Tour

Tamsyn — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:55:32 +0000

Travel the world by learning about music!When I was a kid, one of my favorite memories is when my family went on a pretend tour of the world. My mother put up a large map for the purpose of our travels and we spent a week in different countries for an entire year. Each time […]

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Child’s Own Book of Great Musicians

Tamsyn — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:53:29 +0000

Thomas Tapper's Classical Composer Series for Children Thomas Tapper was a musician, lecturer, teacher, and especially an author who specialized in children's books. His "Child's Own Book of Great Musicians" series, written at the turn of the 20th century, is by far his most popular work. The original series were purchased as a bundle of paper […]

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Online or product alternatives to private lessons

Tamsyn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:55:00 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, private lessons definitely have their place. As a former student, I know that reporting to my teacher and wanting to please her was highly motivating for me. You really need a good teacher/mentor to get a good polish as you become more advanced. Having said that, private lessons can be very […]

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MuseScore- Free and Wonderful!

Tamsyn — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:54:00 +0000

Today I am very pleased to spread the word about a FANTASTIC open source file known MuseScore, which can be downloaded for free at http://musescore.org/ As a music major, one of the classes that we were required to take is “Computer Applications in Music”. The primary program that we learn to use is “Finale”. Finale […]

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Walking Piano

Tamsyn — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:57:00 +0000

I had a famous visitor come to my website last weekend. Remo Saraceni, inventor of the walking piano featured on “BIG” with Tom Hanks, commented on my Musical Stairs post. When I looked at his profile, “Fun Maker”, and realized who he is, I was very excited about the visit, and my 3-year-old son and […]

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The Music of DNA

Tamsyn — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:53:00 +0000

Composers and scientists have joined forces to create a truly unique piece of art. Each of the 40 singers has their own sheet music, written for them based on their individual DNA. The end result is, well, very musical. One would think that it had its origins in Gregorian Chant instead of modern science.The marriage […]

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Escaping war through the study of music

Tamsyn — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:52:00 +0000

“Music is like magic in a person’s hands”, says Nashat Majeed, a guitar instructor in Iraq. Children in Iraq are finding peace and escaping the war of their country through the study of music. I ran across the article posted below and was very touched by this story. It is a beautiful thing that they […]

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