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The Art of Practice: Turn Off The Metronome
In the music world, its common knowledge that it’s beneficial to practice with a metronome. It can help develop consistency. However, many players find using a metronome difficult and irritating!…
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The Art of Practice: Reduce Variables
Do you struggle developing coordination? You are likely trying to do more than one new move at a time. If your fretting hand chord changes are not comfortable,…
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NAMS Alumni Adrian Lyles on Disney +
NAMS Alumni Adrian Lyles signed a deal with Walt Disney Records after he was cast as a series regular on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 3 on…
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Universal Support
Music is a universal language. It unifies us as people of all different cultures. NAMS strives not only to teach students the incredible power that music can have, but…
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What is Natural Talent?
Is it real or a myth? If you ask the masters about their “natural talent”, most will remind you of the hard work it took to get them their status.…
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What Strings Should I Get?
Guitar won’t stay in tune? Difficult to play? Strings & fretboard are sticky? Change your strings and clean your guitar!! Strings have a lifetime and it’s not long depending on…
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Learn Scales On One String(Ear Training/Fretboard Mapping Exercise)
Stringed instrument players: Learn scales on one string at a time. One’s melodic intuition, or INNER VOICE, can develop more comfortably by digesting the sounds and pitch movements in…
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Learn the Notes & Memorize Them On Your Instrument Today!
To fluently speak the language of music, it helps to learn the names of the notes. *Guitar players*: Memorizing the fretboard is easy when you can name all 12 notes…
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Make A Forever Memory
Let’s create something together! $150 Recording Gift Good for 2 hours of recording time. Includes engineer, recording time, editing, and mixing/mastering. With the holidays full swing ahead, we are opening…