MTMS Blog
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December Theme: Mariachi Music
Composition and Music History lab themes will be focused on mariachi music this month. This style of music has become popular as Mexican folk music since the 18th century. While we recognize violins and trumpets, mariachi also features a high-pitched guitar called a vihuela and a bass guitar called a guitarron. Learn more this month…
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November Theme
Welcome to 70s music! If you’re thinking Disco, you’re right on the money. However, there were also other important styles during this decade, including funk, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, soul music, rock, and punk rock. For our youngest students, we always have new activities like coloring pages to keep them engaged with musical studies.…
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It’s a Great Time for Lessons!
There’s a convincing body of research that states the best time to immerse your child in music is from birth to age 9. That doesn’t necessarily mean your newborn should be learning guitar, but that parents and communities can improve a child’s musicality. The goal of lessons at different ages becomes important. Your newborn may…
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Is Your Kid Ready for Music Lessons?
As adults, we say age is just a number. When we have babies, often adults are looking at them to be sure they’re normal, or something, by checking milestones that happen at certain ages. Music lessons are not one of those checkbox milestones, but there are ways to see if your child might be inclined…
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October Theme
MTMS has chosen Barbershop Quartets as the theme for October. Whether you’re trying Lab Composition station or Music History, you’ll get to learn more about barbershop quartets and what they could sound like. We’ll also have offerings for our youngest students. You may have seen barbershop quartets before. There are four parts: lead, tenor, baritone,…