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Supplementing Your Child’s Music Lessons with Apps

In this digital age, the marriage of technology and music education extends beyond the classroom. As parents, you play a pivotal role in cultivating your child's love for music. Discover how to seamlessly integrate digital technology into your child's music journey with our following App recommendations.

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How to Foster a Love of Music at Home: Tips for Parents

The love of music is an important component of learning an instrument. It’s important to foster your child’s love of music and motivate them with their musical journey by encouraging a love for music at home. In this blog post, we'll explore practical tips for parents to encourage a love of music into family life.

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The Awesome Perks of Group Singing Classes for Kids

In childhood development, there lies huge opportunities to nurture creativity, confidence, and social skills - especially from a young age. One avenue that can have a positive life-long impact is beginner group singing lessons for kids.

Beginner group singing lessons not only provide an introduction to the world of music but also offer a myriad of benefits that extend far beyond music - including confidence, emotional connection, friendships and brain health benefits.

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How Can Music Help us Ease and Manage Anxiety?

Anxiety is a human emotion and a mental health concern that can be experienced by so many people. Though the impact of anxiety can manifest differently in various people, it’s important to find tools to manage our thoughts and emotions. Music is one of the many powerful tools that can be used to ease anxiety. Whether through listening to calming music, playing an instrument, or singing, there are many ways in which we can use music to help us cope with stress and anxiety.

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The Amazing Impact Playing Music Has on Your Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing

Music has been a part of human culture for centuries, and it has always been associated with emotional and psychological benefits. Recent studies have shown that playing music can have a significant impact on mental health. In this essay, we will explore the link between playing music and mental health.

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7 Amazing Benefits of Learning to Play Music

Learning to play music can have numerous benefits for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, enhancing their personal and professional lives. Playing music - whether it’s the piano, guitar or singing - can provide a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence, as well as foster a lifelong love of music that can bring joy and fulfillment throughout one's life.

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How Do I Find the Right Music Teacher? Here are 6 Tips to Know You’ve Found a Great Teacher

Overall, finding the right music teacher can take a bit of time, research and effort, but it's totally worth it. It’s important to go the extra mile to find the right music teacher who can help you achieve your musical goals and guide you in your learning journey. Finding the right music teacher can make a big difference in your learning experience and overall progress as a musician.

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7 Tips for Making Music Practice a Fun, Enjoyable, Sustainable Part of Your Daily Routine

“How do I get my kid to practice their instrument?” We get asked this question all the time.

It is so normal for music students to feel unmotivated to practice at times. Factors like age, the piece they’re learning and the busyness of their week can all have an impact on students’ lack of motivation o practice. Here are several practice tips you can use to get motivated and stay on track.

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How can Playing a Musical Instrument Benefit our Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health?

Playing music can be a powerful tool for emotional regulation as it equips us a variety of tools to managing emotions which can promote our well-being. Playing music can also improve our mood, boost our endorphins and help us relax. It’s a different kind of therapy that is accessible to anyone, right at your fingertips.

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5 Incredible Ways Playing Music can Improve Your Brain Health

Learning to play music has been shown to have numerous cognitive benefits. Just like how we go to the gym, run around the block or stretch to keep our bodies healthy, learning to play a musical instrument has incredible benefits when it comes to keeping our brain healthy.

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How I know which piano to buy?

How I know which piano to buy? Where do I start? We get asked this question all the time.

Overall, choosing the right piano for you, or your child requires careful consideration of age, skill level, preferences, as well as your budget and available space. By taking the time to find the right instrument, you can develop a love of music that will last a lifetime.

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How Effective are Group Music Lessons? Do Group Piano Lessons Actually Work?

The attention that students receive in private lessons doesn’t have to be compromised in a group music class. Something that’s important to look out for is how large the music class is.At Music on Purpose, we keep our group classes intentionally small. The maximum number of students we’ll enrol in one class is 4 students. This is because we want our students to experience the benefits of learning in a group setting as well as receiving the tailored attention that they would in a private music lesson setting too.

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How Self-Directed Learning Can Bring More Fulfilment When Playing a Musical Instrument

How can we keep learning music fun? Just as music is an art form, learning can be seen as an intricate, multifaceted art form too. Growing in our own understanding of how we learn best and applying these concepts to our journey with playing the piano, guitar, or singing can be an effective way to keep lessons engaging, meaningful and fulfilling.

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How to Keep Music Practice Fresh When Demotivation Kicks In

How do we keep music practice fresh when demotivation sets in? After investing all the time and money into finding an instrument, music teacher and regular lessons — it makes sense that you’d want your kid to practice. Music is meant to be enjoyed, not endured — and this includes music practice too! How do we keep things fresh? It’s a matter of perspective and framing.

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What are the Benefits of Learning a Musical Instrument in a Private Lesson Setting?

Private music lessons, whether it be piano, guitar or singing — come with a whole heap of advantages. This goes for everyone - despite age, background or prior experience.

If you’re considering getting your child to start learning music, you might wonder if there is a point of paying for private lessons no top of the school curriculum? Are there really any added benefits from taking private lessons in addition to music class?

And if you’re beyond your schooling years — you may be considering picking up a creative or active hobby. So, why music? What’s the benefit? Are there any benefits?

Our answer is simple, and plain. Yes. There are incredible benefits to receiving weekly private music lessons outside of a conventional school, or online platform setting.

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