Monday 27 October 2014

Avail Efficacious Piano Lessons at Budget Friendly Prices

The overwhelming demand for the music of piano has led to the rise of piano schools all over the world. It is obvious that a music loving country like Singapore won’t be devoid of such piano teaching schools. There is a pool of major and minor reputed music academies in Singapore that offer comprehensive theory as well as practical lessons in piano. However, it is a fact that not all music academies offer effective classes at budget friendly prices.

Mostly, it is witnessed that the academies charge an exaggerating fee for the piano courses and fail to deliver effective classes corresponding to the fees. Stradivari Strings is a premium music academy that offers high grade piano lessons in Singapore at affordable prices. The academy offers courses in handling, maintaining and playing the instrument for beginners, intermediaries and even advanced players.

Stradivari Strings has a group of knowledgeable, skilled and experienced teachers who are constantly put in rendering quality lessons to the enrolled students. All teachers at the academy have got proper certification from Trinity or ABRSM (Associated Board of Royal School of Music). The lessons that are offered to beginners include:

•    Correct body posture
•    Correct hand movements for playing the instrument
•    Correct chord progressions
•    Proper finger exercises emphasizing on speed
•    Proper aural or ear training
•    Proper counting of notes including whole notes, quarter notes and half notes
•    Playing of simple songs

The lessons that are offered to intermediary or advanced players include:

•    Correct advanced piano chords
•    Correct knowledge of theoretical aspects
•    Correct knowledge of practical aspects
•    Appropriate improvisation

Stradivari Strings has earned name and fame far and wide for its extensive piano classes to the enrolled students in the academy. If you are an interested candidate for the same, you can contact the academy at the earliest.

Monday 20 October 2014

A Detailed Study on the Tuning of Piano

A piano is acclaimed as not only a piece of exquisite home décor but also as a commendable piece of musical instrument. As such, it has won several countless hearts across the world, sometimes as a piece of home décor and sometimes as a piece of incredible music instrument. Owning something as gigantic and grand like a piano involves taking adequate care of it so that the piece lasts for a long period of time. Tuning the instrument on a frequent basis is one of the most important techniques of taking care of the instrument.

Here are some important points revolving around the tuning of a piano:

•    A piano has over 200 strings that are expanded at high tension over the frame of the instrument. Tuning of the instrument involves checking and adjusting the tension of all these strings so that the music emitted by each string sounds harmonious and standard one.

•    Tuning a piano is really important because it helps notice the internal problems within the instrument (owing to different reasons) that generally go unnoticed and thus rectifying them well on time.

•    A piano, whether it is used often or not, should be tuned almost two times a year. This will enable the piano to be played in tune all the year round.

•    Besides getting your piano tuned regularly, if you want to maintain the instrument in a perfect condition, you need to know what makes the instrument go out of tune most of the times. Extreme weather conditions like extreme heat or extreme cold or extreme dryness generally causes the instruments to go out of tune. Keeping the instruments in a stable room temperature will help to maintain the instrument for a long time.

If you are looking for commendable piano lessons in Singapore, Violin Lessons Singapore can help you attain the same at affordable prices.

Friday 17 October 2014

The Preparation before Starting Cello Lessons

Cello produces a warmer music among all the stringed instruments. This is also beautiful hand crafted instrument, the sound of which is mind blowing. There is nobody to dislike the music composed from it. A good cellist is well accepted in the large and reputed bands. When you have decided to learn the lesson, you have to keep in mind of the following facts.

Buy a cello

People always show interest in a new instrument. This always refreshes mind and makes eager to learn the lesson. The attraction of new instrument and its design always attracts the learner. He touches it, picks it up and tries to play whenever he gets time. On a hand, a cello is essential to play, the learner got it, and the inspiration that should be produced to practice will be generated automatically.

If someone does not want to buy at the very beginning, he can rent a cello. The investment will be fruitful when the learner will is eager fully to learn it. However, the cello lessons Singapore always arranged logically so that the learner become eager more and more to learn it. They also set the supreme goal so that the students run towards it.

Now select suitable cello bow

The cello bow is also the fundamental instrument to play it. According to the size of the cello and the height of the learner, the bow should be selected. Most of the cases, the cello bow is preselected with the cello. But, at the time of purchasing, it should be checked out so that it plays well and produced sweet sound. Different bows produce unique music tone, you have to chose delicately so that you feel delight in playing the instrument more often.

Music theory book

The cello lesson Singapore teaches theory lessons, but, the theory books in addition with it makes you more confident to the theory of it. Sometimes, you will get some different logic on theory in different lesson. It you will feel interested if you get the different logic on playing cello. You can also buy a music stand if you want.

These are the essential instrument before starting a cello lesson.