Maybe too much free time has taken it's toll, but let's think about the relationship between Fragrance and Music...
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
What music would the smell of Strawberries be?
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Geniuses from Mozart to Leonardo da Vinci have used the Fibonacci Sequence. But what is it and why does it make great music?
The Fibonacci Sequence has been nicknamed ‘nature’s code’, ‘the divine proportion’, ‘the golden ratio’, ‘Fibonacci’s Spiral’ amongst others.
Continue readingThe string bass (pronounced like ‘base”) is the largest and lowest sounding member of the string family. It is sometimes called contrabass, sound is produced by drawing a bow across the strings or by plucking the strings.
Continue readingWhat a life of a young musician! We see hundreds of young children everyday at the store. They need a new 'E' string because they tried to tune the instrument and tightened it too much. They need their first "real" shoulder rest because they've grown out of the foam sponge.
Here are some pictures of Golden Music's world of strings:
Continue readingScience has made it quite clear that drumming has some profound and holistic uses to enhance physical, mental and emotional health, as demonstrated in a series of studies and research papers.
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Continue readingMusic Making is not leisure, nor a hobby, nor a job. It's something I do to express myself as a human being...
Seem frivolous? Intimidating? The benefits outweigh the expense and awkwardness.
It's been proven that:
1. Music lessons lower stress and make you smarter.
2. Learning to play an instrument comes with a built-in community.
Continue readingIt is the beginning of the school year, and just like every other school year, we get several phone calls a week asking the same question, “WE really want our child to play a musical instrument, but WE don’t know which one!”
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