How much do you know about Sonata Form. Read all about this musical structure here.
Facts About Sonata Form
Facts About Rondo Form
Want to know more about different musical structures that you could use for your composition? This post is about the Rondo Form musical structure.
Facts About Binary Form
Want to know more about different musical structures that you could use for your composition? This post is about the Binary Form musical structure.
Facts About Theme and Variations Structure
The first in a new series of Facts About…. posts, this time about different musical structures. This post is about the Theme and Variations musical structure.
Facts About Big Band
Want to know more about Big bands? What is a Big Band? Who plays in a Big Band? What music do they play? Read on to learn the answers to these questions and more.
Facts About Swing Band
Want to know more about swing bands? What is a swing band? Who plays in a swing band? What music do they play? Read on to learn the answers to these questions and more.
Moseley Violins
If you are looking to buy a violin, viola, cello or double bass, or need yours repaired, where would you go to? There is a lovely shop in Moseley, just south of Birmingham in the UK, where you will find a specialist shop for all things string instrument. Read on for more information about the fantastic Moseley Violins here.
Facts About Brass Bands
Want to know more about brass bands? What is a brass band? Who plays in a brass band? What music do they play? Read on to learn the answers to these questions and more.
Facts About Wind Bands
Want to know more about wind bands? What is a wind band? Who plays in a wind band? What music do they play? Read on to learn the answers to these questions and more.
Facts About The String Quartet
What is a string quartet? Who plays in a string quartet? Where did they come from and what music do they play? Learn more about this fantastic music ensemble here.
Facts About The Choir
What is a choir? Who sings in the choir? When did the first choirs start forming? Read on for the answer to these and more questions.
The power of singing!!!
Singing is so powerful and bring so much joy. A post which talks a little bit about that joy that singing in a choir can bring to your life, as well as a hint about what is coming up on the blog in the next few weeks.
Facts About The Orchestra
In my series of posts about different musical instruments, I have, over time, managed to cover most of the most common instruments that feature in Western music - those instruments that your children are most likely to be learning to play, or to come across in some way during their time in education at least.... Continue Reading →
Facts About The Harp
What do you know about the harp. Learn more about this fabulous instrument - how to play it; which famous people play it; what is it made from; what is its history?
Facts About The Ukulele
What do you know about the ukulele. Learn more about this fabulous instrument - how to play it; which famous people play it; what is it made from; what is its history?
Facts About The Guitar
What do you know about the guitar. Learn more about this fabulous instrument - how to play it; which famous people play it; what is it made from; what is its history?
Facts About The Double Bass
In January I wrote about the different families of musical instruments, or ways of categorising musical instruments. You can read my post by clicking here: Facts about Families of Musical Instruments I have spent the first few months of this year looking at the different instruments of the string family. I have already written about the... Continue Reading →
Facts About The Viola
What is a viola? What do you call people who play the viola? Which famous composers also played the viola? Read on for the answers to these questions and more.
Facts About The Cello
How much do you know about the cello? What is the cello and how do you play it? What is the largest number of cellos to play all together at once? The answers to these questions and more can be found in this post.
Facts about Families of Musical Instruments
When people talk about a musical instrument belonging to a 'family" of instruments, what do they mean? And which instruments belong in those different families? Read on for the answers to these questions.
Facts About The French Horn
What do you know about the most mellow of the brass instruments? Find out more about the French Horn in this post.
Facts about the Trumpet
What do you know about the trumpet? How do you play the trumpet? What is the history of the trumpet? The answer to these questions and more can be found here.
Saxophone
What is a saxophone? Who invented it and why is it a surprise he made it to adulthood at all? How do you play saxophone? These and more questions are answered in this post.
Facts About the Bassoon
In this post I turn the spotlight onto the bassoon, one of the lowest pitched and largest members of the woodwind family of instruments. What do you know about this unique and fabulous instrument? A lot more than before, if you read this post!
Facts about the Clarinet
Fun facts about instruments of the orchestra - this time a member of the woodwind family, the clarinet. How much do you know about this musical instrument?
Facts About the Oboe
This month’s featured instrument of the orchestra is a member of the woodwind family: the oboe.
Facts about the flute
How much do you know about the flute? Some interesting facts about my favourite wind instrument (the one I play myself).
Facts about the Trombone
How much do you know about the trombone? Here are some trombone facts to increase your musical general knowledge on this brass instrument.
Interesting facts about the piano you should know
How much do you really know about the piano? Here are some fun and interesting facts about this family favourite musical instrument.
Spotlight on Halilit Calypso Band set for babies over 6 months old
Reviewing a gorgeous set of baby instruments, this set of shakers and tambourines are made specifically to be baby safe musical instruments.
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