Here is a super-simplified guide for all the teachers and parents who care to educate their students/children about art: Art helps you. Art makes you feel better. Art helps you understand better! On the other hand, entertainment makes you a little happy or excited, only for a short time. Art makes you happy for a long time, is good for you and it’s healthy. Sometimes, art makes you think or gives you ideas! Art can make questions for you too. Also, art can teach you something new! Which one of these pictures do you think is a work of art? why? Also, art is beautiful! Antonio Vivaldi c ..read more

Learning an instrument can teach us lessons about life and ourselves. Learning these lessons will not only help us have faster and better progress in learning that specific instrument but can also give us a boost in life. Music is about the relationship between sound and silence – also the relationship of notes with each other, which can represent the relationship of an individual with him/herself and others. As well as the relationship between communities, cultures and countries. A good understanding of music can give you the wisdom to understand the other aspects of life and almost everythi ..read more

Julian Bream (1933 – 2020) had inspired many people, musicians, especially guitarists. He will be continuing his journey in another form and dimension. His recording made him immortal. He was known for his big palette of colors and his outstanding interpretations on classical guitar and lute. Also, he has commissioned many composers namely Lennox Berkeley and Benjamin Britten to write music for guitar. In the meantime, he has been a very good teacher. See you somewhere up there ..read more

When learning or performing a piece, we may have the option to play certain passages or chords in different positions, with different fingerings. But which one is the right one? Each position has its pros and cons, challenges, unique tone, timbre and sonority. One can easily get lost in the interpretation and details. Therefore, it is always good to have a holistic view when interpreting a piece or choosing the right position – just like in life. A certain position/fingering may be easier to play but that is not all that we should take into account! One should consider from where we are going ..read more

We didn’t know that 2020 is going to be like this. They say you never know the value of what you have until you lose it. By now, we should know the value of so many things! People around the world have experienced more or less the same problems, miseries, frustrations of all kinds. Certainly, you can think of various examples. At least, we might have come to the realization that people around the world regardless of their race, social level, and nationality – we feel, think, act or react almost the same, under nearly the same circumstances. So hopefully after it’s all over, we will have more ..read more

Sight-reading, déchiffrage (French), or prima vista (Italian) is the ability to read and simultaneously play/sing the music notation. This practice is more common for classical musicians. Just like any other skill, one needs the practice to improve this skill gradually (Learn how to improve your sight-reading here). However, pianists, flutists, vocalists, and many other instrumentalists may seem to have faster progress in this skill, compared to guitarists. Why? Are guitarists neglecting this skill? Polyphonic instruments such as piano and guitar that can play a lot more than one note at a ..read more

With the new lifestyle that Corona virus has brought us, as well as new challenges, we might have time to do new things or achieve goals that we had little or no time for before. Of course, you may have more time to listen to music. So, here are some various playlists for you – from working time music to reflecting, contemplating, relaxing and sleeping music. These playlists get updated regularly, so stay tuned! Home Office Instrumentals Playlist (click here or on the picture to open): Relaxing acoustic instrumentals, good for focusing and working from home – mostly easy-listening classical ..read more

For years, I have been suggesting online lessons as a great solution for people who have a busy schedule, limited access to good experienced and resourceful teachers, and/or want more professional help than they can get from a local teacher. With online lessons, you can have access to a good professional teacher from the comfort of your home. I have successfully prepared many online students for international examination board assessments (in classical and acoustic guitar, theory and composition) such as London College of Music (LCM), Trinity College (TCL), ABRSM, etc, auditions, or recitals ..read more

Sadly, CDbaby store has retired at the end of March. But you can continue to order the download version (Hi-Res – available in various formats e.g. wav and mp3 320 kbps, etc) or CD by contacting me. More info on the album here. The album is still available on iTunes, Amazon, etc. for purchase as well. Also, it is available for streaming on Spotify, Deezer, Yandex, LinkTree and all the major distributors – just search me up ..read more

By having a quick and holistic look back at the history of music, we realize that music at the top level has always been considered divine and the means to connect the human soul to the source of all divinity and truth. The prodigies and masterminds that we still remember as great composers, the ones that have developed music by their works, had strong beliefs – from J. S. Bach to Beethoven, Brahms to Bruckner. Music’s only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit. – J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750) It was not a fortuitous meeting of chordal atoms that made the ..read more