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🎹 The Best Digital Pianos Money Can Buy: Yamaha, Kawai, Roland & More! 🎹Watch this [...]
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Welcome to another piano comparison blog. My name is Stu Harrison, and today we will [...]
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Hi everyone, and welcome to another piano review here at Merriam Pianos. Today we’re with [...]
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Today we’ve got two Roland portable digital pianos from the FP series that includes the [...]
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Today we’re comparing the Kawai CN29 digital piano, part of the CN series of pianos [...]
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Musicians typically need to put in endless hours of practice to enhance their art. As a result, while everyone else it trying to get into a regular gym routine, physical fitness doesn’t seem to be much of a priority for many musicians. However, an investigation by Melissa Dribben reveals that the music world is starting […]
If you want to enroll your children for drumming lessons, the first real question that you will need to answer is whether the child wants to play the drums or not. But if you see your child tapping along to music one day and decide to look into the possibility then it is very important […]
Anyone enrolling their child into beginner music lessons should ask themselves a fundamental question: should I register my kids for group or private lessons? Which format is more productive, which one produces the best skill set, which is really best for my child? Many parents feel private music lessons are superior to group lessons, but some […]
Any good band teacher doesn’t want to lose his or her students. But you will sometimes find that you can’t help it – a student may simply lack interest and drop out, and there’s not much you can do if the student simply won’t put the effort. In fact, you might breathe a sigh of […]
There has been a lot of talk about the need for good musical programs. In fact, Nicola Benneti, an award-winning violist, argues that all youngsters should be exposed to classical music, regardless of whether they want to. Saying the concept of letting children do exactly what they want in other areas of education is “alien”, […]
Meet William Hamilton- A retired Prince of Wales Public School music teacher. Recently, he was the guest speaker for Suzuki at a general meeting at Trinity United Church. His method of teaching is most notable for teaching children to learn music by ear before moving on to sheet music. Time and time again, this has […]
We’ve often heard music compared closely to language. We have even heard of music referred to AS a language. This recent study from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine in Baltimore has found a very strong link between language and music- specifically jazz improvisation. It makes sense to focus on Jazz. It is a predominantly improvised […]
As musicians, we create. However we often need tools to do so, like an instrument. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to create all of the tools needed to create your musical art? That’s what Gil Draper has been doing over the last 5 years. He truly gets to know his instruments from the inside out because […]
It is hard to quantify one song or album as better than another. These 9 albums are considered some of the greatest ever recorded from the “modern” jazz music era of the 40’s – 70’s. These records will be in any jazz musician’s music library, or any serious jazz listener. These albums paved the way […]
Vancouver’s jazz festival certainly attracts some big names. From Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis in the mid 80s during this jazz festival’s inception, to names like The Roots, and Tower of Power playing now. The VJF has been a powerhouse for over 30 years! There are a few more days left in the festival, with lots of good […]
