The ukulele has many features that cause it to be such an attractive beginning instrument. Aside from being very portable, Lessonface ukulele teachers agree it is a very approachable instrument. To make your transition to beginning the ukulele even smoother, we asked our teachers to outline what students need to know in order to begin their lessons.
Whenever we pick up an instrument the starting process can be long and frustrating, but it does pay off when we first start to play some of our favorite tunes - even if we are able to only play the intro or main riff of a specific tune.
The next big rewarding step, on every students life, is to be able to create something, to be able to pick the instrument and just jam! So today we will show you a couple of ideas about that.
Choirs are an excellent way to improve your singing. Whether singing in a classical choir, church choir, showband choir, or acappella/barbershop quartet, singing in a group will help your technique, sight reading, performance skills and musical knowledge. If you’ve thought about joining a choir recently either as a tenor, bass, soprano or alto, here are some tips and benefits that will help you decide what type of choir is right for you!
Previously, we learned a very helpful shortcut to the major modes! Today we will do the same for the minors. Now remember if this is a little confusing to you, don't worry, I'm here to help! Just send me a message and I will be happy to take you through the basics of music theory.
Lets play a A minor scale (also know as the Aeolian mode) - A B C D E F G
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Lessonface received a warm welcome at the NYC Video meetup in the HBO Headquarters on Avenue of the Americas last night. In the above picture you see Jeff Ellsworth joining in live from Pittsburgh, and me at the podium and in the smaller image at the corner of the screen with Jeff.
As the very kind meetup organizer Steve Rosenbaum said in his introduction, Lessonface is one of those ideas that just seems so obvious once you hear about it! I couldn't agree more.
