Playing an instrument is fun… or at least it should be. Theory? Well, the existence of any fun factor can be a little more difficult to find, but we have to try if only “because you have to” will only get you so far! Fortunately, there are things that can help. So, what is the…
Not a problem, I’ll look online – BUT: suddenly I am faced with dozens and dozens of different rosins, so which is the right one for me? There are so many factors to take into account. If you are an orchestral player, you will probably need one of the stronger rosins but if you are…
I’d decided to concentrate on my other academic love, Science. I wanted to do a degree in Physiology and Biochemistry but my Physics A-Level was one grade lower than I needed, so I thought I’d get a job as a lab tech at a local hospital and resit the next year. This was when I…
Scales, arpeggios, exercises. Why bother? I mean they’re so absolutely boring right? Who uses them? Who, in their right mind, would use them? Why on earth would I want to spend time learning Bach two and three part inventions? (Keyboard players know what I mean. they were written, after all, just to teach his kids…
Aimed at introducing young children to classical music with information about the composers and their works as well as instruments of the orchestra. Shame it only comes with a CD rather than audio access. Nonetheless with music ranging from Mozarts’ Magic Flute to Williams’ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone there’s a range of music…
A great way of introducing your children to classical music. A range of well known favourites that we at The Music Realm listened to ourselves when we were young…which was, admittedly many years ago, but they are timeless classics for a reason! In this series you’ll find Prokofievs’ Peter and the Wolf, Holsts’ Planets Suite,…
