AMEB on iTunes!!

AMEB Recordings are now available to purchase from the iTunes store.

Music Quote #9

Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.
Robert Schumann, Advice to Young Musicians (1848)

Music Exam Tip

As this term are the Series 1 practical/music theory exams, avoid last minute cramming. We all know that knowledge quickly gained is knowledge quickly forgotten. Work through at least the last two weeks before your music exam to do steady revision each day – don’t leave it all to the night before!! I'm sure that sounds familiar!!

Music Term 2 2011

Welcome to Term 2 2011!!
This term is jam packed with the Series 1 AMEB Music Theory examinations being held in May. Also the Series 1 AMEB Sydney and Wollongong practical music examinations being held from now to the end of term.

Happy Easter!!

Wishing you all a Happy Easter filled with yummy chocolates!!
See you all in Music Term 2.

School Holidays

The School holidays are the perfect time to catch up on all music practice and music theory. All Students can also get a head start for the Music Term 2.

Successful Music Sight Reading

Ask anyone who is a good sight reader how they came to be so. They will tell you: because they do it ALL THE TIME. There is no-one ‘born’ a good sight reader, just like there is no-one who is born able to read English fluently without having read a lot. The only way to become a good sight reader is to sight read constantly.

There are many factors involved in successful music sight reading:

· Rhythm reading
· Random note reading
· Melodic pattern reading
· Chord reading
· Melody playing
· Fingering
· Two hands reading/playing
· Playing with dynamics/articulation
· Playing under pressure