The 3 best guitar books for beginners ← All blog posts Table of Contents: Intro The Complete Acoustic Guitar Method Guitar For Dummies The Hal Leonard Guitar Method What’s the benefit of having a guitar book in an age where you can learn effectively through videos? There are still some really important reasons why having a good book is a must: A well-structured guitar book will give you a good overview of everything you have to learn. Being able to see the big picture is one of the key concepts in skill acquisition. It’s an all-in-one package that contains all the sheet music, tab ..read more

← All blog posts 5 Best Violin Books for Young Beginners (with sample pages) Table of Contents: Intro Fiddle Time Starters Fiddle Time Joggers Abracadabra Violin Hey Presto! for Violin Book 1 Suzuki Violin School, Volume 1 Conclusion What the best violin books for beginners are, isn’t entirely an objective matter. It depends on the student’s learning style and personal preferences. But still, there are some books that have a proven track record of giving young violinists a great start to their musical journey. We have years of experience watching how young beginners react to different ..read more

← All blog posts Choosing The Right Pieces For Your Students Choosing the right pieces for your students can often be a trickier task than you would think. The pieces you pick for your students can sometimes determine their attitude towards the instrument. Pick the wrong one, and it might put them off playing for several years. But if you continuously pick pieces that are right for them, you will nurture their passion for the instrument. And that’s one of your main goals for your students, isn’t it? An important question you have to ask yourself is – should you choose a challenging piece ..read more

← All blog posts Duett is One of the 100 Best Music Education Sites on the Planet! It’s time for an announcement here at Duett. Earlier this week, we received some pretty amazing news that made us really excited.   Duett (previously called Beyond Music) is now featured on Feedspot as one of the 100 best Music Education sites on the web!     No question why we are so excited! And yes, we are aware we’re on 116th place instead of one of the 100 best… But still, we have reached another milestone!   Duett has been around for a couple of years, and we are already e ..read more

← All blog posts 4 Tips to Instantly Become a Better Music Teacher To become a good music teacher, it’s not enough to use a few hacks. It requires experience, and you need time to get to know your own style. Having said that, there are a few things you can do that will instantly make you a better teacher and as a result, improve your student’s learning experience. In this article, I’m going to reveal 4 of those tips to you. 1. Write thorough lesson notes The homework notes you make for your students after each lesson often dictate how they will practise for the rest of the week. These not ..read more

← All blog posts How To Write Lesson Notes For Your Students The notes you make for your students after each lesson can sometimes be the deciding factor of how quickly they will progress on their instrument, and how well their understanding of the instrument will be. A great teacher accompanied by good notes, supported by excellent teaching methods is a powerful combination that can result in a great learning experience for the student. How do you write good lesson notes? Well, that’s what we are going to get into in this article. I will also give you a few examples of how I write my own ..read more

← All blog posts The Visual Approach to Sight-Reading When reading sheet music, a lot of children find it difficult to remember what the different notes on the clef are. A widely used method to memorise notes on the clef involves designating a letter to each line and each space which makes up a word and a sentence: Treble clef: FACE (all the notes in a space)Every Good Boy Deserves Fun (all the notes on a line) Bass clef: All Cows Eat Grass (all the notes in a space)Good Burritos Don’t Fall Apart (all the notes on a line) But this method does not teach students how to think for themselve ..read more

← All blog posts Concentration in the 21st century The ability to concentrate over a longer period of time is very important, both for individuals in order to achieve tasks properly and for humanity to make progress. Today, this importance has become very clear, as for the first time in the history of humanity, we are experiencing a decline in the ability to concentrate. This collective decline in our ability to concentrate is one of the most unfortunate intellectual regressions of today’s society and one of the main reasons for the decline in mental energy among the general population. T ..read more

← All blog posts How to Perform Well If You Are Nervous One of the reasons why we get nervous is because we are entering a situation we are not used to being in and we are expected to do something well in this situation. A way we can solve this is to be exposed to this situation for long enough and in such a way that you over time are able to think almost as clearly as when you are just playing for yourself without an audience.   A common scenario You are sitting in your bedroom with your guitar on your lap. You are just going to play through that piece one last time before tonight’s ..read more

← All blog posts How to Combat Your Performance Nerves Are you one of those who tremble with fear before you are about to perform, even though it is just a small performance in front of your family or friends? There is a lot of advice available on how to deal with nerves before a performance, and in this article, we will give you a couple of simple techniques you can use to decrease your nerves before performing. Before we get to that, let us share some remarkable news with you on this subject. What research shows Research shows that trying to calm yourself down before a performance will ..read more