Meri’s Musical Musings

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Why I almost always buy my sheet music and equipment locally

Posted by: clariniano on: July 18, 2009

First, I often need something on short notice, especially if I get a student who wants to meet right away. (Especially early beginning materials for the instruments I teach) The staff get to know you–at one of the music stores they rarely have to ask for my name or phone number to save on purchases. [...]

1. They have experienced their first case of “water in the tone holes” 2. They start desiring for a better instrument, and are working on saving the money for it. 3. They spend their money on things related to their instrument 4. They tell clarinetists who don’t swab their instruments after playing that they are [...]

Many people when choosing a private music teacher are often concerned with either price or location. But there are other, more important questions to ask. Here are some of them: 1) What method books do you use to teach beginners? There are many teachers using old, outdated method books, especially in piano instruction books. Be [...]


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