MUS, Author at Musilesson

D’Addario EJ16-3D Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings, Light Tension

D’Addario EJ16-3D Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings, Light Tension What I Like About It: I’m a D’addario fan. That’s for sure. I very much enjoy the Phosphor Bronze strings specifically because They’re not overly bright. When I play acoustic, I’ve found that I prefer a balanced EQ over something that will make the entire guitar swing […]

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On The Beaten Path: Beginning Drumset Course

Drums, Products / By MUS

On the Beaten Path: Beginning Drumset Course, Complete: An Inspiring Method to Playing the Drums, Guided by the Legends Why I like it:This is the method I use for all my beginner drum students. Dare I say, it’s the finest way to turn any novice into an intermediate level player. I love Rich Lackowski’s “On The Beaten

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Hal Leonard Guitar Method Complete Edition

Products / By MUS

Hal Leonard Guitar Method Complete EditionWhy I like it: My method involves producing well-rounded students who can both play by ear and play by readingsheet music. The Hal Leonard Complete Guitar Method is the first step on that journey. This book allows me to teach the students the basics like rhythm, timing, and the notes on their guitar

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How A Musician Can Use Acoustic Engineering

Music Studies / By MUS

A useful discipline, acoustic engineering helps control noise and vibration, but it also looks at useful noise such as sonar and reproducing sound for various purposes. Acoustic engineering is not just for music recording studios. It’s also used in medicine, the military, marine biology and many other areas of science. We’re going to take a

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Adjusting Your Violin Bridge

Violin How To / By MUS

Fiddling around? Violins need precise bridge locations Bridge placement is a big deal on a stringed instrument. Adjusting your violin bridge affects the actual playability of the instrument. If the bridge is too far forward, you will raise your strings higher than is comfortable to play. If the bridge is too far back, you could

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Playing the Violin: How To Get Started

Beginner Violin, Instruments, Violin / By MUS

Some free violin advice First thing’s first: you decided to play the violin and that instantly makes you a much cooler human being. Maybe I’m biased. But who cares, right? YOU’RE PLAYING THE VIOLIN AND ITS AWESOME. Congratulations! Ok, now resign yourself to the fact that you’re NOT going to be sounding like Lindsay Stirling

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The Early History Of The Violin

Beginner Violin, Instruments, Music Studies, Violin / By MUS

“We go way back” The history of the violin is intricate and beautiful. As a violinist, I believe it is important to understand the origins of the violin in order to better inform us of its future. Violins are generally believed to have been developed by the nomadic horse tribes of inner Asia and Mongolia.

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Tuning the Violin

Violin How To / By MUS

Getting started A common question I get is “What’s wrong with my violin?!” Ok, so that doesn’t always mean your violin is out of tune, but more often than not it translates into a question about tuning the violin. I’m going to break this down into the actions taken in order to tune the instrument

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Hello from Musilesson!

Music Studies / By MUS

Welcome! Music is magic. It can lead you up the highest mountain and through the lowest valley. At musilesson.com we believe that everyone wins with music in their life. We also believe that music appreciation and instrumental learning can begin at any stage of life. We will provide you with the tools you need to

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