Three ways to practice scales
There are a lot of scales, not to mention arpeggios, broken chord patterns to practice, especially as you progress in your musical...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Jun 17, 20193 min read
What’s the difference between a major and minor scale?
When you go to practice scales, you will find that there are lots of them. Each note has more than 2 different types of scales that start...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Jun 3, 20192 min read
Scales, how to play them on the flute
Scales and arpeggio are great exercises to do on the flute. Not only will they help you with understanding the key pieces of music are...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
May 20, 20192 min read
Scales, how to play them on the piano
There are different schools of thought on the best way to introduce scales for beginners. You can either teach the C major scale first or...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
May 6, 20192 min read
Scales: What so good about them?
Scales (and arpeggios), love them or hate them. They play a big part in musicians learning and life. For a long time when I was first...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Apr 22, 20191 min read
Spring Term News 2019
It has been another busy term for Rachael Inwood Music. With a full schedule of piano and flute students, a couple of great grade one...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Apr 8, 20192 min read
Seven Other Benefits Of Music That You May Not Have Thought Off
I’ve already discussed how music changes your brain and how it can make you smarter. But music can do so much more. This blog post looks...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Mar 25, 20193 min read
6 Ways Music Can Make You Smarter
Learning a musical instrument does a lot more than changing the shape of your brain (see my previous blog). It can also help to make you...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Mar 11, 20192 min read
What Playing A Musical Instrument Can Do To Your Body
Playing a musical instrument is a wonderful thing to do. Not only is it an enjoyable activity to do it, but it also has some surprising...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Feb 25, 20192 min read
How you think can affect how you feel going into a performance.
In my previous posts on Music Performance Anxiety, I explain some physical symptoms and how to deal with them. One important thing that...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Feb 11, 20192 min read
How to stop anxiety from ruining your performance
Everybody will have to deal with nerves at some point in their lives, when they have to give any kind of performance, whether that is a...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Jan 28, 20192 min read
The symptoms of performance anxiety
You are about to go on stage, but your stomach in knots. Your heart is racing, you don’t think it's possible for it to beat that fast....
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Jan 14, 20192 min read
What to expect from instrumental lessons with Rachael Inwood Music
We cannot escape music. It brings us joy and helps us reach places emotionally we otherwise might not. Learning an instrument should be...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Dec 31, 20182 min read
Autumn Term 2018 News
There has been loads going for me this term. Here is a quick summary of what I have been up to. I’ve been very busy teaching. I had three...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Dec 17, 20183 min read
How to support your child’s instrumental practice
Your child has started learning an instrument! You are paying out large sums of money for your child to learn that instrument, not to...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Dec 3, 20184 min read
How to practice your instrument
In your instrumental lesson, it is easy to know what to do, because you have your teacher sitting next to guide you in what to do. But...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Nov 19, 20183 min read
Why Practice?
There are 10080 minutes a week. If you have a 30-minute instrumental lesson, that means there are 10050 minutes when you are not playing...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Nov 8, 20182 min read
ABRSM Teacher's Conference 3rd November 2018
Last Saturday I took a trip to London to attend the annual ABRSM Teacher's conference. It was a good day, a chance to meet up with...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Oct 1, 20182 min read
The simplist way to make reading music easier
This is the final post in this series in teaching beginners. Teaching a child to read music cannot be rushed. If a child starts to play...
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rachaelinwoodmusic
Sep 17, 20182 min read
The Insiders Guide to Rote Learning.
Following on from my previous post on why learning music is like learning a language. This post will explain one way I approach learning...
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