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What are your goals?
- Are you looking for general music tips?
- Do you want to read music?
- Do you want to sight sing better?
- Are you frustrated that you can’t sing in tune?
- Do you teach students who struggle with reading music?
- Do you want to write good songs?
Take a deep breath and relax. The Successful Music Student blog has you covered.
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New Successful Music Student Posts
Learn the Secret of How to Bend Guitar Strings
After hammer-ons and pull-offs, string bending is probably the most frequently employed guitar technique. Along with vibrato, it has the unique ability to imitate the human voice, adding emotion and feeling to you playing. Click to learn the secret of how to bend guitar strings. Estimated reading time 3 minutes.
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Learn the Secret of How to Play Guitar Pull-Offs
Pull-offs and hammer-ons are two of the most commonly used guitar techniques. They add excitement and drive to your playing, making them critical skills to acquire. Click to learn the secret of how to play guitar pull-offs. Estimated reading time 3 minutes.
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Learn the Secret of How to Play Guitar Hammer-Ons
Do you want to learn the secret of how to play guitar hammer-ons? Hammer-ons and pull-offs add energy and sparkle to your soloing, making them important techniques to master. Click to learn what it is and how it works. Estimated reading time 2 minutes.
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How to Build Wacky Augmented Chords
What are these strange triads? Augmented triads have a wacky, zany sound that’s a good fit for the dissonance found in cartoon film scores. Click to learn how to build wacky augmented chords. Estimated reading time 2 minutes.
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How to Build Evil Diminished Chords
What are these evil sounding chords? Diminished triads have a tense, sinister quality that’s perfect for suspense and horror film scores. Click the “Read More” button to learn how to build evil diminished chords.
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How to Build Mysterious Minor Chords
What is a minor triad? Minor chords have a dark, mysterious quality. Click to learn how to build minor chords. Estimated reading time 2 minutes.
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How to Build Happy Major Chords
What’s a major chord? It’s a fundamental harmony that’s at the core of Western music theory. Click to learn how to build major chords. Estimated reading time 3 minutes.
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What Is Basic Figured Bass in Music?
What is figured bass in music? It was a musical shorthand used by harpsichord and organ performers during the Baroque period. However, its influence is still felt today, because it’s at the heart of most college level classical music theory classes. Keep reading to learn what it is and how it works. Estimated reading time 2 minutes
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What Is the Charming Alberti Bass Pattern?
The Alberti bass pattern was a common piano figuration found in classical period music. Because composers tended to be keyboard players, it also has a huge impact on classical composition regardless of the instrumental arrangement. Keep reading to learn what the Alberti bass pattern is and how it works. Estimated reading time 2 minutes
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12 Best Taylor Swift Sheet Music Gift Ideas
Do you love Taylor Swift’s music? Are you looking for gift ideas for a Swifty? Taylor Swift has dominated the pop music scene for the last couple of decades, garnering both accolades and a ridiculous amount of commercial success. Keep reading to learn the 12 best Taylor Swift gift ideas. Estimated reading time 4 minutes.
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The Successful Music Student Blog Categories
- Would you like general music tips? All-Purpose Music Tips and Topics: for this category I’ve been scouring social media to find the topics that people ask about most and then offer solutions.
- Struggling with reading music? Color Coding & More: deals with a lot more than just color coding notes for LD and special needs students.
- Frustrated that your instrument’s chords sound out of tune? Intonation & More: has special tunings for guitars and keyboards to make them sound great.
- Want to know how to sing in tune? Singing in Tune & More: has sing-along sound tracks to make learning how to harmonize easy. They work like the singing equivalent of a flight simulator, distilling the essential elements you need to work on to improve. (Click here for The Intonation Flight Simulator posts.) Instrumentalists also benefit from the specialized ear training.
- Want to be able to sight sing sheet music? Shape Notes and Solfege: helps you to get sight singing. It also has sing-along song tracks.
- Do you like writing songs, but get stuck when inspiration dries up? Do you enjoy the songs you’ve made, but feel they could be better? The Craft of Songwriting: helps you learn how to write well-crafted songs.
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