MTMS Blog
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Is Your Kid Ready for Music Lessons?
As adults, we say age is just a number. When we have babies, often adults are looking at them to be sure they’re normal, or something, by checking milestones that happen at certain ages. Music lessons are not one of those checkbox milestones, but there are ways to see if your child might be inclined…
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October Theme
MTMS has chosen Barbershop Quartets as the theme for October. Whether you’re trying Lab Composition station or Music History, you’ll get to learn more about barbershop quartets and what they could sound like. We’ll also have offerings for our youngest students. You may have seen barbershop quartets before. There are four parts: lead, tenor, baritone,…
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September Theme
This month’s lab theme is all about Marching Bands! Did you know that armies have traveled with marching bands (percussion and wind instruments) since ancient times? Modern marching bands in America started with The University of Notre Dame Band of the Fighting Irish in 1845. Whether you’re trying Lab Composition station or Music History, you’ll…
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Play One Instrument or Many?
Our instructors help keep their skills sharp with training and discussion about different aspects of music and teaching. This month’s discussion centers around this podcast about playing multiple instruments. Walt says he has often run into sentiments of “lack of focus” or “not being serious” by playing multiple instruments (even by those who play multiples.…
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Scales and Arpeggios
Building blocks of music theory, these are important for practice and knowledge. Do you get bored doing them the same all the time? Mix it up. Play for fun. Here are a couple of videos to check out some possibilities. Can you create more? One of the best things about the building blocks of music…