Music News And Tips
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
We are honored to be a finalist for the 2017 "Best Place to Learn How to Play an Instrument" in the Mommy Poppins Connecticut bestie awards. Macri School Of Music is honored by this recognition. Our instructors always maintain the highest level of professionalism and strive to provide an inspirational relationship with our students.