As musicians, we're always told 'practice makes perfect' and to keep to a regular routine but it's also good to know when not to practice.

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As an instrument teacher, I wanted take a moment to state and compare the positives and negatives I have found when doing video lessons.

It's been 7 months since I had to make the move to video lessons. Here's what happened to my routine amid the COVID pandemic.

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Everybody knows that scales are an important part of warming up but there are other parts of an instrument that may be missed by only...

At some point, we have all had a favourite reed; one that we have kept using for longer than we perhaps should have, simply because it...