Piano Lessons World

I love finding new ways to improve your musical skills or help others learn. Especially when new technology is involved! Test your music theory skills and see how you measure up against your peers! You can also add your own questions which will be ranked and refined through the unique crowd sourcing engine! take the test … [Read more...]

Hey, I just wanted to make sure you all saw the latest sheet I posted.  There are 3 short exercises that can help introduce the beginner guitarist to playing guitar chords. Free exercise to help beginners play guitar chords.     These "mini" chords are excellent for helping children and their little hands adapt to the challenge of playing chords on the guitar. As teachers, we would love it if our students would say, "I'm in this for the long-term and I plan on putting off chords until … [Read more...]

Don't you love when science proves something that we already know. Well it doesn't always win over the cynics but at least WE know we're not crazy. Robert Zatorre and his team of neuroscientists at McGill University found that music which brings out intense emotions also causes dopamine release in the brain. You know that feeling that we get when we listen to certain songs? Well apparently the number of goose bumps you get is directly related to the amount of dopamine released.  Not only … [Read more...]