by Jenny Peters | Aug 11, 2023 | Ukulele
The ukulele is affordable, accessible and fun. Its joy brings people together for fun times and memories. Anyone from age 8 to 88 can successfully learn the ukulele. It’s no surprise that the popularity of the ukulele is growing rapidly. It is now ‘cool’ to play the...
by Jenny Peters | Aug 7, 2023 | Children and Music
“String students need to read music. They will never function in an orchestra without this skill.” -Every Music Teacher While this statement is true, getting to that point is a challenge. When we teach reading in English/Language Arts, we allow students to point at...
by Jenny Peters | Aug 7, 2023 | Practicing Tips, Technology in Music
Here are some ideas for practicing that are unique to our modern age. Use your cell phone and Bluetooth speaker. With the click of a button, your cell phone can get you to all kinds of apps. You can download a free metronome and tuner. You can go to YouTube to...
by Jenny Peters | Aug 7, 2023 | Children and Music, Creativity
Flexible Fiddling is a method I created for my elementary and middle school orchestra students. There are books for Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello and Bass. Each tune has a Building Blocks page and a String Orchestra Arrangement page. On the Building Blocks page,...
by Jenny Peters | Jul 6, 2023 | Practicing Tips
So, you have a musical instrument. And you’ve invested in lessons and materials. You enjoy your lessons. And you like your teacher. Now you want to improve. To improve at anything, you have to commit to it. Be it exercise, diet or learning a musical instrument, it...
