tai-cheriApr 6, 20201 minPiano Basics: C? It Isn't That Hard to Find!On the piano you find white and black keys. 🎹 How do you navigate it all? Because just looking at them can make some people dizzy! Yes...
tai-cheriMar 18, 20201 minSchool May Be Out But Music Can Live On...The world is in grips with a virus that has halted civilization. Schools have been cancelled and many are unsure if they will ever get...
tai-cheriMay 2, 20192 minDon't Run So Fast...When we are really young we love to jump, climb, run, skip, move all over the place. Wait, what am I saying? I still love to do those...
tai-cheriApr 22, 20194 minTuning me Crazy!I recently had a friend come to me asking for help with tuning her violin. She recently started playing it again and she was finding it...
tai-cheriApr 2, 20191 minJazz RootsThough jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century black music innovations, certain characteristics found in jazz do have...
tai-cheriFeb 9, 20191 minJump, Jive, and WailIn 1817 New Orleans city council establishes "Congo Square" as an official site for slave music and dance.
tai-cheriJan 18, 20183 minNobody is PerfectThe adage goes: Practice Makes Perfect. It’s literally an impossible task. Why? Because no one in this world is perfect. Philosophy...
tai-cheriDec 20, 20171 minPerforming to the MaxWhen I am performing, I try and go all out. My father has always told me that you are only as good as your last performance. If anything...
tai-cheriDec 4, 20172 minYou Probably Like JazzI get a lot of people that come up to me and ask what type of music I tend to play a lot of. They are a little surprised when I tell them...
tai-cheriSep 8, 20173 minScaling is Not Just for WallsWhy do we do scales? For many adults that attended music lessons in their youth, they will tell you it was a torturous device that us...
tai-cheriAug 22, 20172 minYour SpeedOften times my students psych themselves out at our lessons. They have practiced all week and have worked really hard and then they get...
tai-cheriAug 8, 20171 minDo You Know "Y"?Many people find that when they are playing an instrument, their ring finger tends to feel the weakest. Why is that? It is the way the...
tai-cheriAug 1, 20171 minTunnel of HealthWhen you are playing music it is important to be healthy about your movements and technique. If you are not healthy and careful then you...
tai-cheriAug 4, 20151 minLearning the MusicSometimes learning our notes can be a real pain in our brain. When I was younger my brain would get all confused...but that might be from...