by monica | Feb 3, 2025 | C Sharp
One of the most real and unforgettable things I’ve experienced as a student of music is this one point in time where your ear suddenly “actually hears” an odd time signature or an unusual scale in a riff, unlike the previous times when you’ve listened to it, you now...
by monica | Jan 27, 2025 | C Sharp
Having worked at Taaqademy for sometime now, I’ve noticed many remarkable points about how things work around here. As most of our faculty are professional musicians with their own projects, bands and other musical commitments, students are sometimes assigned...
by monica | Jan 20, 2025 | C Sharp
The term ‘Jam session’ is derived from jazz music. It involves a musician improvising, unlike a band practice session that’s more structured. A jam session will give you the chance to have fun playing your chosen instrument, while improving your technique, often...
by monica | Dec 16, 2024 | C Sharp
“Why should I learn to play a musical instrument?” – a fairly common question, with answers that range from cognitive benefits to social skills development. “Why should I learn to play another instrument?” now, that is a slightly rarer question. Learning to play...
by monica | Oct 21, 2024 | C Sharp
If you’re a pop music fan, you might have seen Charlie Puth (the artist behind the hits Attention and We Don’t Talk Anymore) gain even more popularity after he spoke about what it’s like to have perfect pitch. One of the stories he told on Jimmy Fallon was that he got...
by monica | Sep 16, 2024 | C Sharp
If you’re a drummer, sometimes it’s easy to look at the seemingly endless amount of music theory that guitarists or piano players need to learn to play their instruments and feel like you got off the hook. As a drummer myself, I prided myself in not having to learn...
