Classes & Lessons

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We recently decided to give martial arts classes a try to encourage the kids to improve some traits like self esteem and self control. We also liked the thought of having the kids learn some self defence techniques

I found a great site for printable piano music.   There are quite a few fun recognizable songs that are perfect for kids who are just starting out on piano, or for some fun pieces to practice.  The arrangements

How to Pick Out Guitar Picks: There are so many choices and how do you know what to select and why? Color: First of all there are a lot of color choices - and of coarse that is more a personal choice that anything

The First Position: With playing guitar, you will be playing in what is called "positions". This is not a difficult thing to understand once you get the hang of it. If you look at your guitar, you

The Case for Cases: One thing we all have to remember is that our guitars are very fragile. You drop them and they can crack. If you drop them on the floor, neck first and they neck or the headstock can crack

Guitar Capos: After you have been hanging around a few guitarists for a little while you will hear the words "Guitar Capo" mentioned. If you have no idea what that means, read on.... What is a Guitar

Dotted Notes: Notes that are dotted or have a dot placed after the note head are referred as "Dotted Notes". A note of any timing can be a Dotted Note. What Does The Dot Do? When a dot appears behind

Chords in the Key of G Major (G, C, D7) Ultimate Kids Guitar Lessons Tip: Wondering how to read these chord diagrams? Go to our article Chord Diagrams to learn how. Chords in the Key of G Major: The next key

Alternating Bass Chords: Once you get the hang of it, alternating bass chords are quite easy to play. The hardest part of it, is getting the chords to sound clearly, without buzzing and without muting out the strings

Alternate Endings: Alternate endings provides the author of the music with yet another short-hand method of reducing the amount of music that is required to be written within the score. If alternate endings did

Frere Jacques Let’s have some fun with this old time song that is always popular and makes for a good sing-along song. This lessons quite shore, but very important. Int this lesson we will be playing the

About This Lesson: This is a great second lesson to continue on with what we had learned in the last lesson. Just about every kid and adult knows this song very well and that is an important factor in our first

About This Lesson: More of the same for the most part this week. Just about every kid and adult knows this song very well and that is an important factor in our first few months of teaching these lessons. Let’s

About This Lesson: This is a great lesson to kick things off. Just about every kid and adult knows this song very well and that is an important factor in our first few months of teaching these lessons. Let’s

Lack of Humidity on the Home: This is the acoustic guitars’ worst enemy and can cause more trips to the repair shop and more destruction to our fragile guitars than anythings else, short of a natural disaster

Down Up Pick Strokes: This is one of the very basics that will separate an OK guitarist from a good one. If you can get going on your down ups, you will be able to pick faster and outplay all of your guitarist

Guitar Tuners: With today’s technology there are an incredible number of resources you can use to tune your guitar. Depending on the location and what technology you have access to, you may want to pursue

How to Read Chord Diagrams: Chord Diagrams are relatively easy to read once you understand what all of the lines and dots stand for. Chord Diagrams Represent the Fingerboard: Basically a Chord Diagram is a

Chords in the Key of C Major: In the first few months of our guitar lessons we have been playing in the key of C Major. If you remember we have one key for each note name. So going through our lists of notes…A

What is a Bar Chord? To explain this , first take a look at your guitar. Do you remember what the nut of the guitar is? If not look at the Guitar Parts article. The nut spans the entire width of the fretboard

Tablature – Just What Is This? Tablature may be a term that you are not familiar with. It is more commonly called TAB. You will often see it accompany the standard notation staff. It is usually located

Accidentals or reading notes as sharps or flats can sometimes be confusing for childern to understand. This article take an easy approach to this, along with some helpful lesson materials that will help the child

About These Lessons: Every lesson will have similar sections so we can have a structured learning process here. The lessons will gradually get harder each week or month as your ability to learn the music increases

Kids Guitar Lessons: These Kids Guitar Lessons were developed and born out of necessity. I have an 8 year-old girl that developed a sudden interest in learning the guitar just before Christmas. I really didn’t

You don't have to be primarily homeschooling to benefit from this website.  It doesn't matter whether you're a teacher or after-schooling, it's an excellent source to supplement your child's

I just discovered a great new website for learning Spanish.  Our family is trying to learn and this will be a terrific resource for our endeaver.  Since we are relatively new to Spanish, I've been

Do you enjoy building things with your child? Does your child play the guitar or have a desire to play? If so, you may want to try to build your own guitar with your child. These great guitar plans will get you

The SummerScape Camp Fair is Saturday, February 6, 2010, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Glen Urquhart School in Beverly, MA. 80 camps are expected to be exhibiting this year. Day camps and overnight camps will

4th of July is this weekend and there's still time to practice these tips to take great photos of fireworks for your photo albums, scrapbooks, or online blogs.  Even if your not a technical person, don't

A year ago, I bought a SLR Canon Camera, a nice upgrade from my previous camera. The first photos I took were from my youngest daughter at her swim lesson: the photos were very average: too much blue and too much

This article provides some tips on how to find an inexpensive musical instrument for your child oryourself. Here is just one of the many ideas: "Some of the best instrument deals on the planet can be had in

If you have a child that plays the guitar and they get frustated easily or complain that their instrument is too hard to play, there may be a problem with the guitar. There are lots of small things that can happen

According to Ultimate Guitar Online, one of the best guitars for kids in the Martin LXM Little Martin Guitar.  If you have any guitarists in your family or you know anything about guitars, you know that Martin

If you, your children, or anyone else in your family plays or wants to play the guitar, sign up for the free newsletter from Ultimate Guitar Online. It's a weekly newsletter that's sent via email, full

If you've got a child who is interested in playing the guitar and you are looking for some tips on buying a guitar for a child, visit Ultimate Guitar Online for some great advice.  There are all kinds

Have you ever wanted to sign language, but didn't want to spend the money? Now you can! American Sign Language University is offering free classes online that can help you learn sign language.  The university

After purchasing that first acoustic guitar, classical guitar or electric guitar for your child and seeing the excitement on their face after the purchase, it wears off quite quickly when it comes time to entice

You and your kids can have hours of fun composing and sending emails with the wonderful stationary function of iPhoto and Mac Mail. Mac Mail comes as part of Apple's OSX operating systems and iPhoto can be

Editing photos in iPhoto is a learning experience and you can make this a fun project or projects for your children. The software requires a Apple computer with the OSX operating system. If you already have a Mac

With the development of digital photography upon us in the last few years, just about every child wants to have their own camera, whether it is part of a cell phone or a dedicated digital camera, this can be much

Assuming that you have a digital camera selected or purchased for your child already, you can begin to instruct them on the art of photography and treat the digital camera as a tool and not a toy. Many kids just

Guitars for Kids was a subject that I often had to deal with from parents that had the desire for their children to play this enticing instrument. I gave guitar lessons to kids for many years and tried many methods

As the first break of the school year approaches, many parents may be looking ahead to that really looonnngg break....the one we call Summer Break! I know it may seem like eons away until summer arrives, but many

Sensei Steiner is an extrordinary instructor. Through his tactfulness he teaches his students honor, respect, and comradery. He is not afraid of learning new things and then passing it on to others that are

As the world is getting to be a smaller place, so are classrooms.  Celebrating Kwaanza, and Diwali, the festival of lights from India, are getting more commonplace.  Diwali is celebrated on the lunar

Most local libraries offer story time once a week for infants- toddlers. Some offer story and crafts for toddlers- preschoolers. More programing for tweens-teens including movies and story discussions.  As

I found a fun website that includes recipes, interviews, and pictures all focused on cooking with rock stars.  You'll find all sorts of stars;  Jack Black (movie actor) and Chris Walla (Death Cab

Archiver's, the scrapbooking store, has locations in many different states. Not only can you find all of your scrapbooking supplies there, you can also attend free workshops and classes at your local store

I was looking for help in teaching music and came across this interesting site. www.childrensmusic.org It applies to all elementary ages. I liked the fact that it promoted all phases of learning music and that