Guitar Tablature vs. Standard Notation

Medieval music manuscript with illustrated animals.

A war has existed for five hundred years among guitarists about how best to read music. Standing on opposite sides of this terrible and ceaseless conflict are the camps of Tablature versus Standard Notation. These two parties have been slinging mud at each other for longer than the modern guitar has existed, but as of…

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Is My Child Ready for Music Lessons?

Evergreen Music School

Many parents ask, “Is my child ready for music lessons?”. As a music teacher my response is, “Are you ready as a parent to start music lessons?”. We already know from many sources of research and discovery that children respond to music even in the womb and it effects their brain in many positive ways.…

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Mandolin is a Violin With Frets???

Evergreen Music School

Did you know…The mandolin is a violin with frets. It has double strings for each pitch and you use a pick to play it. The tuning (GDAE) and neck length and note distance are the same as the violin. There is also a viola and cello version of the mandolin as well to correspond with those instruments. All…

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