We at Studio Helper want to wish you a very Happy New Year! We look forward to working with you, your teachers, students, and families in 2018. Reminder: Studio Helper support will be closed on Sun. Dec. 31st, 2017 and Monday Jan. 1, 2018 and will return on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018....
Read More Support will be closed on Sunday Dec. 31st, 2017 (New Year’s Eve) and Monday Jan. 1, 2018 (New Year’s Day) and will return on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. We want to wish everyone a Happy and a Prosperous New Year. Your Friends at Studio Helper...
Read MoreAs the holiday season arrives, I find students are seizing extra opportunities to perform live – sometimes for the first time. Often, the last lesson preceding their event is spent discussing the finer points of stage presence, and its ability to boost a performance. Inexperienced performers are often overwhelmed by nerves leading up to and during a gig. Shaking hands, knees, racing heart, difficulty breathing:...
Read MoreI have long been searching for an alternative theory method for my string players. There are purely theoretical methods (Ultimate Music Theory), and Keyboard Specific methods (Snell Fundamentals), but few (and incomplete) methods for the string player. The biggest hurdle for a beginning string player is understand how their instrument relates to the music written on the page. This is especially difficult if a student...
Read MoreOne thing I’ve noticed being a guitar instructor is the wild fluctuations of the right hands of new students. From using a pick or thumb only, or a finger-style where the hand looks painfully contorted. Often these students are coming from a class room setting or self-taught back ground where poor technique tends to flourish. Most often when I question a student as to how...
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