Articulation
Taught by Maria Luisa Rayan
“We as teachers are always telling our students, ‘You have to articulate. Your articulation needs to be clear.’ And sometimes I wonder if we are being really clear ourselves in what we mean.”
Types of Triads
Taught by Angelica Hairston
Go beyond major and minor to build diminished and augmented triads, the building blocks for 7th chords.
Playing Slowly
Taught by Alice Giles
“If you focus only on the act of plucking, you’ll have individual sounds that don’t connect as beautifully.”
Two Exercises for Scales
Taught by June Han
“We all know how to play a scale…but sometimes when we encounter them in a musical context and they seem fast, or they seem longer than one octave, we do panic a little bit.””
Seagull
Taught by Sunita Staneslow
Learn how to play “Seagull” from Soaring Strings, by Kathyrn Cater. (Music available for purchase!)
Processional
Taught by Elzbieta Szmyt
“The first rule of three-finger chords, you place three fingers in the position ready to play.”
