D7 is often the first seventh chord that one learns when starting to play guitar chords. In my children’s guitar method book I introduce the D7 even earlier than D major triad. I do it because very often the D7 is preceded by C major and then it is possible to leave the first finger… Continue reading
Play Your Chords So That The Picture And Sound Match
I have just finished a long guitar course for middle school music teachers. We started in Aug 2013 and had 32 x 45 min group lessons during the year. The main goal was to teach them to teach chords. Btw, Estonia is probably the only country in the world where guitar is now in the… Continue reading
Kristo Käo & Leonora Palu at TMW 2014 Gallery
Yesterday we presented a mini concert at the Nokia Concert Hall. This year the Tallinn Music Week’s classical artists’ showcase was organized by Pille Lill Musicians’ Fund. Our program included three pieces by Estonian composers: Matbeth by Rene Eespere, Water Dance by Jüri Reinvere and For BBB And His Friend by Lepo Sumera. The first… Continue reading
Chord Of The Week: F
Last week I was talking about grand barré and the difficulties that it causes in F-major. Let’s go on with exploring the possibilities of the barré – this time it is a medium barré (also called ‘half barré’). If full barré needs a fully extended straight finger to cover all the strings, then half barré means… Continue reading
Tallinn Music Week 2014
Kristo Käo (guitar) & Leonora Palu (flute) at Nokia Concert hall on 27th of March, around 21:30. This is the annual Tallinn Music Week – the biggest showcase festival in Nordic and Baltic region: http://tallinnmusicweek.ee/artist_2014.php?nid=484 Here is what we will play: R.Eespere / Matbeth J.Reinvere / Water Dance L.Sumera / For BBB and his Friend
How We Will Change The Online Music Education
We have been working on something that will change the online music education forever. There is one very important thing missing from all available musical instrument method books and online courses: the instant feedback. Yes, the kind of feedback that you get when you play to an actual human teacher. Minus the stress. Well, until next week:… Continue reading
Introducing Sound Recognition-Based Tools For Music Class At HITSA Conference 2014
In March I was invited to speak at the HITSA spring conference. The main focus of the conference was educational technology at schools and teaching programming. My topic was “The Sound Recognition-Based Tools In Music Education” and I introduced our MatchMySound automated feedback system. My presentation is on YouTube but in Estonian. Here are my… Continue reading
MatchMySound: An Automagical Feedback Plugin For Any Music Instruction Website
There is one very important thing missing from all available musical instrument method books and online courses: the instant feedback. Yes, the kind of feedback that you get when you play to an actual human teacher. Minus the stress 🙂 However, things are about to change. This small guitar melody course here is demonstrating our brand… Continue reading
Chord Of The Week: B9
One last time back to the barré, this time a bit different. As you can see from the picture, it is possible to use other fingers than the first to press down multiple strings. In this case it is the third finger. Some players also use fourth finger in similar cases. And that is basically… Continue reading
Chord Of The Week: C7
Once you have mastered some triads (chords that have no numbers in their name), it is time to widen your knowledge and learn a couple of seventh chords. A seventh chord is made up of a triad plus one extra third. It means that if for example in C-major you have three notes: c-e-g, then… Continue reading