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For more than a decade now band directors have lamented the influx of ultra low-cost musical instrument brands being made overseas in China and in other countries. The complaints have, for the most part, centered around intonation problems, lack of durability, and difficulty in getting repairs done quickly. To have heard the complaints back in the late 1990’s one would... Read more
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If you are a public school band director you have to face the facts. No matter what you say, no matter how you say it, you will still wind up with inferior quality instruments being brought into your band rehearsals. We have complained and argued about the percieved poor quality of these instruments, coming from dozens of different manufacturers and... Read more
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Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me.... Today I stopped into my local music retailer to pay off a bill and sitting behind the counter was a brilliantly colored yellow trombone. Walking around... Read more
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June 30, 2012 will be the last day that episodes of iTunes musicteachers911 podcast will be available. Sadly, other pressing obligations have made producing episodes on a regular basis an impossibility. Episode #1 premiered on June 7, 2008 including an interview with "Bands of America" Hall of fame member, Wayne Markworth. Within the first month, musicteachers911 became one... Read more
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One of a growing number of guitar apps that provide the user with a way to play a synthesized guitar without going to the trouble of learning HOW to really…
There are dozens of tuner apps on the iPad but few that are as configurable and versatile as Cleartune.
Scorio is an iPad app that works together with the Scorio online music notation site allowing you to create and edit sheet music using the iPad's touch screen interface. Creating sheet…
Musicopolous is an iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad app that is intended to help the user practice music theory skills, mostly related to building scales, intervals, and chords as well…
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