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Music School Opens With Fresh Approach
New Britain Herald by Scott Whipple If you believe the only way to learn how to play an instrument is from a musty music book, while you pick out chords to “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” you won’t want to enroll at the Macri School Of Music. “We believe passion is most important,” said Frank Macri. “We ask our students to list music they [...]
Voted Number One In CTNow Readers Poll For A Fourth Straight Year!
Thank you so much for voting Macri School Of Music #1 in CTNow’s Best of Hartford 2017 for the 4th YEAR IN A ROW!! We will continue to work hard to be your music school of choice and provide the best music lessons in our community for many years to come.
New Guitar School Opens In Plainville
Central Connecticut State University: The Recorder By Dennis Ryder Anyone who has taken guitar lessons at one time or another knows the standard procedure: sit down with an instructor in the back of a music shop once a week and play standard beginner songs out of a book. If the student is lucky, the instructor won’t pressure them into buying equipment from the store. [...]
Intro to Drop 2 Chords – (Part 2)
n this further exploration into the use of drop 2 chords we’ll look at a simple way to add tension to the V chord in a Major ii-V-I progression. We’ll continue using the drop 2 chords on the top four strings as was covered in part 1 you can find here. In the key of C the V chord is a G7. Dominant chords are [...]
Transcribing Songs and Solos- Free Guitar Workshop
Free yourself from your over dependence on TABS! Sure, we all need some instant gratification in our quest to improve on guitar and that means for most of us, finding tabs to learn solos and songs. Transcribing will vastly improve your playing by training yourself to play what you hear. You will learn to play solos and songs better, remember them more easily, apply [...]
Intro to Drop 2 Chords – (Part 1)
In this series on Drop 2 chords we will focus on playing using the top four strings. This is useful for several reasons. Firstly, they are the easiest forms to start playing rather than on other string sets. They produce a clarity in their sound that cuts through a mix as well as staying out of the range of other instruments thus preventing the [...]
Guitar Master Class: The CAGED System For Guitar
Highlights from last night's workshop on the CAGED system for guitar. To get the most out of your guitar playing, you need to have a deep understanding of the fretboard. Did you know that the guitar was laid out in a logical fashion? Once you know and understand the CAGED system, you’ll be able to “crack the code” and see the fretboard’s inherent logic. This [...]
Free Guitar Workshop Series- Understanding And Using The CAGED System For Guitar
The CAGED system is a method of fretboard organization based on five familiar open chord shapes that can be used in any style of music. It allows one to visualize any chord all over the neck and know its interval structure. It also provides a system of seeing the associated arpeggios and scales overlaid on top of any chord. This provides an integrative approach [...]
Free Beginner Acoustic Guitar Group Class
Macri School Of Music is excited to offer a free beginner acoustic guitar group class! Every student will learn about the composition of a guitar, chords, techniques on strumming and picking and finally learn a song. Topics Include: Meet and greet Parts of the guitar Names of the strings Tuning Reading chord diagrams and tab Fretting strings Holding the pick Playing chords - [...]
Harmony And Chord Progression Workshop
A big thanks for all the students who showed up to last nights "Harmony and Chord Progression Workshop" and making it a big success. Some of the topics covered last night included: Principles Of Western Harmony Understanding and Analyzing Chord Progressions Adding Fresh Ideas To Songwriting
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