Month: September 2012
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To rent or to purchase?
When beginning an instrument, your first step is probably to head over to your local music store and ask about pricing for rental vs. purchase of an instrument. Odds are they will give you a spiel which includes semester pricing, instrument prices, and a pitch about how renting an instrument offers so much more bang…
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Taking Care of Your Body
When you play an instrument, you use your body- right? Though you may not be engaged in an Olympic athlete sort of activity, you still utilize muscle groups, joints, tendons, and several different systems in order to perform the task of playing a stringed instrument- your pulmonary system’s engaged, as well as your vision, your…