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Renaissance Guitar History and its Contribution to the Music Industry

2017-04-30T22:25:30.0Z

Hom e Guitar Lessons Blog Renaissance Guitar History and its Contribution to the Music Industry The vihuela was an early form of a guitar. It had five to six doubled strings made of gut. This early...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Inspiration from the Life of Nathan Milstein

2017-04-27T14:27:39.0Z

Home Violin Lessons Blog Inspiration from the Life of Nathan Milstein Nathan Milstein was one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. Born in Russia in 1904, he settled in the United States...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Interesting Facts on Violin History: The Renaissance Period

2017-04-27T02:00:54.0Z

Home Violin Lessons Blog Interesting Facts on Violin History: The Renaissance Period Paintings by Gaudenzio Ferrari show that early violins had only 3 strings. According to Ferrari’s paintings, the...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Inspiration from the Life of Wes Montgomery

2017-04-26T04:00:10.0Z

Home Guitar Lessons Blog Inspiration from the Life of Wes Montgomery Born in a musical family, Wes Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist who followed the steps of iconic guitarists such as Char...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Interesting Facts about Piano History: The Renaissance Period

2017-04-25T12:42:51.0Z

Home Piano Lessons Blog Interesting Facts about Piano History: The Renaissance Period Piano history dates as far back as ancient Biblical times where the earliest piano was mentioned in the Book of...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Inspiration from the Life of Elvis Presley

2017-04-24T17:25:06.0Z

Home Singing Lessons Blog Inspiration from the Life of Elvis Presley Elvis Presley (1935-1977) was an American singer and songwriter. He is one of the most memorable music icons of the 20th century...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Inspiration from the Life of Jascha Heifetz

2017-04-21T13:01:17.0Z

Home Violin Lessons Blog Inspiration from the Life of Jascha Heifetz Jascha Heifetz was a Russian-born violinist who lived between 1901 and 1987. Many people consider him as the greatest violinist ...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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What is Dalcroze Eurhythmics?

2017-04-21T01:13:53.0Z

Home Singing Lessons Blog What is Dalcroze Eurhythmics? Most of my readers on seeing this word eurhythmics may think of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of the most famous pop group of the same name. ...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Inspiration from the Life of Maria Callas

2017-04-20T13:46:55.0Z

Home Singing Lessons Blog Inspiration from the Life of Maria Callas Maria was an iconic opera singer and many people lauded her for her vocal range, dramatic interpretations, and bel canto techniqu...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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What is Kodály method?

2017-04-20T03:48:44.0Z

Home Singing Lessons Blog What is Kodály method? The Kodaly method, a theory of music study that develops a complete artist through the exceptional musical experiences. This kind of approach emphas...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Inspiration from the Life of Andrés Segovia

2017-04-19T13:52:53.0Z

Home Guitar Lessons Blog Inspiration from the Life of Andrés Segovia Classical guitarists refer to Andrés Segovia as the Grandfather of Classical Guitar. Born in February 1983, he died in June 1987...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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What is Suzuki method?

2017-04-19T04:17:24.0Z

Home Violin Lessons Blog What is Suzuki method? The Suzuki method was created more than forty years ago by Shinichi Suzuki, a prominent Japanese violinist. After observing how easily young children...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Inspiration from the Life of Franz Liszt

2017-04-18T13:07:19.0Z

Home Piano Lessons Blog Inspiration from the Life of Franz Liszt Adam Liszt taught his son, Franz Liszt , how to play the piano. These lessons paid off as Franz turned into a promising child prodig...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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What is Orff-Schulwerk?

2017-04-17T14:20:42.0Z

Home Singing Lessons Blog What is Orff-Schulwerk? Introduction The Orff Method a method for showing youngsters about music that connects with their brain and also the body through a blend of singin...
- Studio: Willan Academy of Music
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Night And Day

2017-04-17T00:27:00.0Z

A few days ago I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to have my Quartet featured at The Dayton Art Institute for the series Jazz Beyond. The audience was very attentive to my original compos...
- Studio: Bob Ross
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