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Uke Holiday Auld Lang Syne and Deck the Halls Tab and Tutorial with Khabu

Learn to Play Auld Lang Syne and Deck the Halls on the Ukulele

Claire Cunningham
Thursday, December 24th 2020

Want to learn a couple of timeless hits on the uke and delight your friends and relatives over the holidays? Ukulele master teacher Khabu Young demonstrates a couple of holiday classics in basic and more advanced versions in these video tutorials. 

Auld Lang Syne

For Beginners

 Watch and download the documents following this video to get learn the chords and a strumming pattern for Auld Lang Syne.

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Lessonface Gift Certificates

Lessonface Support
Wednesday, December 23rd 2020

Looking for the perfect present for the musician or aspiring musician in your life? Lessonface offers gift certificates for online music lessons and classes. 

With their gift certificate in hand, your favorite aspiring musician will be able to find a well-qualified, inspirational instructor suited to their specific schedule and interests for online lessons from wherever they are. Lessonface teachers cover 100+ instruments, dozens of genres, and are leaders in their fields.

5 Goals for Adult Musicians

Five Goals for Adult Music Students

Leah Kruszewski
Monday, December 21st 2020

Adult students bring unique perspectives and dedication to their music education.  While children are often praised for their quickness to learn, the maturity, self-awareness, and focus that adults bring to their craft give them distinct advantages.  Adult students also tend to face common obstacles to learning, but none that can’t be overcome with proper guidance.  Here are some objectives that many adult students would benefit from setting for the New Year:

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The Beloved Women at the Heart of Beethoven’s Für Elise and Moonlight Sonata

Team Lessonface
Wednesday, December 16th 2020

Für Elise and Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven’s Musical Legacy

Two of Beethoven’s most famous pieces for the piano, Für Elise and Moonlight Sonata, are both very romantic and beautiful music pieces he composed and dedicated to beloved women in his life. His muses were both students of his, and the works they inspired, Für Elise and Moonlight Sonata, have become an everlasting part of Beethoven’s musical legacy. 

Best gift guide of musician gifts for music students and teachers

Best Music Gifts for Musicians Recommended by Music Teachers

Team Lessonface
Tuesday, December 8th 2020

Looking for a new gift idea to give the perfect present to a musician?

We asked the online music teachers at Lessonface to share their top music gift choices for a meaningful and useful gift to an aspiring or accomplished music student. Giving the gift of music can take on many forms, from a special method book, a piece of gear, to supporting the arts, lessons, or master classes. The teachers at Lessonface share their top ideas to help you find the right gift for the musicians on your list.

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Learning to Read Guitar Tabs

Rod Ferreira
Tuesday, December 1st 2020

Let's Learn How To Read Guitar Tablature

If you just bought a guitar and cannot wait to learn a song, tablatures are going to become your new best friend. Tablature (or TABS) is a form of musical notation that indicates what fret and string should be played.

To help understand this idea let's first learn the name of the guitar strings.

Name of the Guitar Strings (open strings):

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Benefits of Online Music Lessons

Team Lessonface
Wednesday, November 25th 2020

In Person vs. Online Music Education

As technology advances, online learning is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional face-to-face meetings for people of all ages and backgrounds. Online music education, specifically, has allowed students to learn an instrument through web-based interactions with teachers without geographical restrictions. While this might sound exciting, it’s important to compare online lessons with in-person lessons so that parents and students can decide which option is the best fit.

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Why Study the Fundamentals? (For guitar and fretted instrument players)

Emily Zimmer
Sunday, November 22nd 2020

Learn how to play guitar online with top tips from Lessonface online guitar teacher. Review basics for guitar and fretted instruments. Study music and guitar playing with live online lessons.

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Top Reasons to Take Piano Classes With The Piano Pass

Team Lessonface
Monday, November 9th 2020

Lessonface’s new Piano Pass subscription series for live online classes giving you daily access to over 20 expertly designed piano classes each week, will energize and inspire you as you progress in your piano playing. It is like a Peloton class pass but for piano classes!

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