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The Musicality Network Free School Concert Series – Concert 1: Grout Elementary School
Photos by Christa Gutschenritter www.christa-taylor.com By Stephanie Shea, Musicality Network Manager and Saxophone Instructor Listen to audio tracks from some of our school concerts here: https://soundcloud.com/the-musicality-network Did you know that the Musicality...
Gotye cover, 5 people playing 1 guitar!
This is a cover of a song by Gotye called, "Somebody that I used to know". It is quite a feat for these 5 artists to all play one guitar, and it's interesting to see the variety of sounds which they can produce from just the one instrument. If you are interested in...
Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap
This beautiful and very original song by Imogen Heap is a good demonstration of the vocal range potential in the human voice. Imogen is using a Harmonizer machine which gives her voice the split effect. Voice lessons at the Musicality Network can help you improve your...
Beautiful Violin Music
The above video contains a beautiful Violinist playing a particularly sad piece of music. The Violin is perfectly suited to such moods of music, although certainly not bound to a melancholy style (as folk music and bluegrass are typically not sad...) Violin lessons...
Gift Music Lessons for the Holidays!
Give the gift of music this Christmas with the Musicality Network! Do you have a friend, family member or loved one who wants Piano, Guitar, or other Music Lessons? Give them the gift of music lessons this Christmas! Contact us for more information and to find a...
Getting the most out of Music Lessons Part 2
Below is part 2 of a guest blog by one of our teachers, Wendy. Wendy teaches Guitar and Ukulele, but also enjoys writing! Thanks Wendy for your contribution to our blog. Getting the Most Out of Your Private Music Lessons by Wendy Jeffries 3. Do the Exercises....
Getting the most out of Music Lessons Part 1
This is the first in a two part series written by one of our awesome teachers, Wendy! Special thanks to Wendy for contributing to our blog. 🙂 Getting the Most Out of Your Private Music Lessons by Wendy Jeffries Private lessons are an investment, whether in yourself...
Beautiful Guitar Music Part 2
Below you can see a video of Stevie Ray Vaughan, who is considered by many to be the greatest improvisational lead guitarist ever. The lead guitar lines that he plays are so creative melodically and rhythmically that I have to agree. The skill necessary to remain...
Beautiful Guitar Music Part 1
One of the goals at the Musicality Network is to help students of all ages learn to create beautiful music. Something that is helpful in this process is to give examples of inspirational musicians and show some of their music. Today we are going to look at one of my...
The Crystal Ballroom, Portland’s Hippest Concert Venue
This blog post is about the Crystal Ballroom, which is located in Portland, Oregon, and owned and operated by McMenamins. The Crystal Ballroom is one of the most prominent and central locations for the music scene in Portland. This article will go into some of the...
The benefits of music lessons – Part 3
Part 3 Success in Developing Intelligence In Part 2 of this series we examined how music lessons can contribute to the success of your child in school and academics in general. Today we will look at some studies which show that music lessons play a direct role in...
The benefits of music lessons – Part 2
In Part 1 of this blog series, we focused on the aspects of music lessons which will increase a child's success in society at large. Today we will look at how music lessons have statistically been shown to increase a child's success in academics and school in general....