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Realistic Music Goals For 2022

‘Tis the season to start making resolutions for the New Year! We’re here to help you make realistic music goals for 2022. Read on for our advice on setting goals that will make you feel more confident, more self-aware, and that set you up for success. Make A Realistic ‘Big Picture’ Goal Part of making a realistic music goal for 2022 that you will accomplish is thinking of the big picture. For the student who started taking lessons a couple months ago, make it your ‘big picture’ goal to feel confident & capable in TWO major techniques regarding your instrument. […]

Guitar Lessons for Kids

by Martucci Music June 16, 2020 in Guitar Lessons

A lot of parents want to know how and when to start guitar lessons for their kids. Here are a few main points we tell those parents who call our music school with questions. We Have a Guitar, So Where Do We Go From Here? First response on our end is the question, “How old is your child?” And then, “Is it a full size guitar?”. There is a right guitar fit for different children. A full-sized guitar wouldn’t be appropriate for an eight year old, for example. Oftentimes, the parents aren’t sure and in that case, we just have […]

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How to Prepare For Your Guitar Lesson

by Martucci Music March 9, 2020 in Guitar Lessons, Music Lessons, Music School

There are things that every student, young and old, can do to prepare for your guitar lesson in order to gain the most you can from the money you spend to be trained. In this article we give you a sort of checklist of things you can do to be the most prepared for your guitar lessons apart from your daily practice routines. Do these things before every guitar lesson and you will quickly become one of your guitar teacher’s favorite students! Eat a Snack Before Your Guitar Lesson In order to gain the most out of your guitar lesson […]

Which Size Guitar for Kids?

by Martucci Music March 1, 2020 in Guitar Lessons, Music Lessons, Music School, Ukulele Lessons

When it comes to children learning to play guitar there is a size guitar that would be best for a child to use when taking guitar lessons. A full-sized guitar may be too big for many children to start with. It is important that an appropriate size instrument be used during a child’s guitar lessons so that they learn to play guitar correctly. Playing a guitar that is the incorrect size for a student will lead the student to compromise good technic. In this article we will show you the different guitar size options that can be used for a […]

Exploring Guitar Lessons

by Martucci Music February 17, 2020 in Guitar Lessons, Music Lessons, Music School

When you first start on the idea of exploring guitar lessons, you hardly know what to expect. Perhaps even less, do you know how to answer when your instructor asks you “what your goals are”. It’s hard to express what “ideas” you have about playing guitar if you don’t have the proper guitar vocabulary to express it. We put together this article to help you understand some of the basic concepts you can pursue with your guitar lessons. We hope that it will help you communicate with your guitar instructor on what “your goals are” or what you would like […]

Guitar Teacher Interview with Billy Sanders

by Martucci Music February 19, 2019 in Guitar Lessons, Music Lessons, Music School

Teacher Interview with Billy Sanders at Martucci Music Billy, remind me, why exactly did you want to get your degree in music? I’ve always loved music. I was raised watching Sesame Street and MTV every day. I wanted to study music since JR high and I had an offer to study guitar at a university out of high school but no one in my family had been to college so they told me they wouldn’t help me because there was no money in being a music major. So I ended up in the army to get money for music school […]