tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16727953264796496502024-08-29T22:15:35.195-04:00The fundamentals of learning music. Mastery of the fundamentals will lead you to your own virtuosity... Kevin Porterfield has over 25 years experience playing music of all styles, numerous instruments, recording, engineering, publishing, marketing and sales... However, it takes more than experience to TEACH!!! Beware, not all musicians are teachers, or even good at teaching! Kevin is a Licensed Teacher, with over 10 years experience teaching all ages from Kindergarten to College.ThreeGuitarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940601811710159433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672795326479649650.post-26792846047995755682010-07-20T16:06:00.003-04:002010-09-30T12:56:02.539-04:00Most Piano lessons focus on learning how to read music. Same thing for many other instruments (thank God for Guitar Tab). Basically, you start with Mary Had a Little Lamb and slowly but painfully, move up the boring ladder until your playing Mozart and Beethoven with ease. Give me a call in about 10 years and tell me how you're doing!<br /> <br /> But actually, reading music has very little to do with understanding and mastering the Piano and other instruments. You don't have to play in the Symphony to be a master piano player. It will be much easier to learn how to read music after you are proficient at playing the bones of what makes the piano sing. That is when you have a firm understanding and feel for the fundamentals of music - the scales and the chords.<br /> <br /> At ThreeGuitarz Music, we learn how to play our own songs before learning someone else's. It's much easier that way (and you can't make any mistakes)! Check out some of our lessons online @ www.LearnMusic101.comThreeGuitarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940601811710159433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672795326479649650.post-15828141271347620972010-07-17T15:00:00.000-04:002010-07-17T15:12:14.899-04:00A popular misconception about learning how to play an instrument is that you need to learn how to read music. Sure that's a fact if you want to play in the symphony or school concert band. Otherwise, you just need to know the basics of music notation and theory. Think about how all the great Blues players of yesteryear got their start. They learned the main CHORDS and main NOTES of a particular KEY (scale) and played the song. They didn't worry about the hundred technical skills they could learn, they just played. They didn't read music - they played music. <br /><br />Sure technical virtuosity is nice, but not necessary. Mastery of the FUNDAMENTALS will lead to your own virtuosity in its own time. In my next posts I will discuss these fundamentals in further detail and you will be on your way to playing in a band, or better yet, starting your own band. While you're waiting, take a look at any basic music book to learn about your instruments basic techniques, correct posture, basic music notation, etc. For future posts, I will use the Guitar and Piano for most examples. I also assume that you know how to strum the strings or find middle C.ThreeGuitarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940601811710159433noreply@blogger.com0