When you’re sick, especially with a cold or a respiratory infection, your voice can become hoarse, weak, or strained. Fortunately, there are several effective strategies to help improve your voice quality and reduce discomfort while recovering. 1. Stay Hydrated One of the best things you can do for your voice when you’re sick is to […]
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Stuff The Stocking It’s the beginning of the holiday season! Until December 15th, we’re offering a deal to new and returning students that we’re calling ‘Stuff the Stocking!’ Get the gift of music lessons for the music lover in your life. Check out our deal and special promotion by going to MKELessons.com/Holiday. Student of the Month
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Shhh, we’re talking about Dynamics. Over the last two months, we’ve made content talking about harmony and rhythm. For November, we’re completing the holy trinity of music by talking about the energy and volume that makes up music. We’re going to go over various techniques for different instruments talking about how to change the amount
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Learning to read music takes quite a while. There are all sorts of symbols and shapes that mean very specific things and it can be confusing trying to keep them all straight. Two common notations that people get confused are triplets and dotted notes. Dots and triplets modify other notes. They change how long beats
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Time signatures come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. When they show up on your sheet music, it’s important to understand what they’re trying to say to you. Thanks to the power of math, you can trick yourself into thinking that many time signatures mean the same thing. But this is not always true.
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September Is All About Rhythm! Last month, we explored Harmony in depth. We released a seven part series on Youtube. We also released five free harmony quizzes on our website. This month, we’re exploring rhythm in depth. We’ll have videos, quizzes, and weekly trivia all month related to rhythm. Follow us on Facebook to see
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September is all about Harmony! Over the next three months, we are going to dive in to the three pillars of music: Harmony, Rhythm, and Dynamics. This month will all be about Harmony. From chords to melodies we’ll be covering a wide variety of topics that will help you understand harmony better than you did
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Controlling how much your drums resonate is a surprisingly difficult task. There is no one size fits all. Every room you play in, every drum set you play, and every piece of the drum kit will require different amounts of dampening and in different ways. Drummers have tried many ideas from manufactured products to DIY
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Technology continues to advance at an amazing pace. From appliances and computers to guitars and pianos, we have more options and variety than ever before. And while that variety is very good, it can also create a lot of confusion. When I get a new student on drums, I’m often asked what drum set they
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Drumming up for August! Augusts theme is Drums. This month we’ll be putting out articles, videos, and trivia all related to the drum kit. Check out our Facebook page for all of it as well as our Youtube channel to keep up to date on all our latest videos! Student of the Month July’s student
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