Making a 2 String Guitar from Cardboard
Making my own (mock) instrument taught me so much more than I expected about the design and function of guitar, and instruments in general.
Category: Music Blog
Lessons I wish I had known sooner.
Strong in All Directions
Applying aspects of sports science to music performance has probably been the single most fruitful change I’ve made in recent times in my approach to playing guitar (and other instruments). I had seen its results before in flamenco players but didn’t understand the how and why of their speed. What …
The piano virtuoso in you
Have you never played an instrument before and think you’ll never be able to learn? Or are you not making the progress you want to be on your instrument? Just like a sense of rhythm and sense of tone, most of us already have the dexterity to be able to …
You likely aren’t ‘tone-deaf’, either.
Following on from the previous article, No one has ‘no sense of rhythm’, let’s look at our innate sense of tone – because no one is ‘tone-deaf’ either (provided you aren’t actually deaf, or have amusia, of course).
No one has ‘no sense of rhythm’
Think you’re a lost cause, musically – you’ll never be able to play music well? Chances are you’re not: musical skills are unavoidable; they’re innate in language speaking and everyday life, so you probably already have them. Check it out –