In basic piano theory, Understanding how to play legato, non-legato, and staccato notes is one of the fundamental things that every pianist should know. In this article I will explain what legato, non-legato, and staccato means. Legato Legato is an Italian word which means “tied together”. Legato is a method of playing notes, which indicates […]

Learning Outcome: The successful student will be able to build the natural major scale from the chromatic scale and harmonise it with triads. The natural major scale, also know as Ionian, is the basis of all western music. The natural major scale is made up of 7 notes of the 12 note chromatic scale. To

Although I had studied Psychology at A-level, stepping into the world of an undergraduate definitely gave me a lot to think about and was a very interesting learning curve. Despite having to grasp new theories and ideas, one thing I did not anticipate was the amount of things I had learned about psychology as a

There are a considerable amount of students that find creative writing the most challenging aspect when trying to improve their English. Many times throughout my career as a tutor, I have encountered high achieving students who prosper in areas of academia that require pure logic.   A Logical vs An Abstract Mind These particular students

Exam preparation is often directly correlated with your exam performance. No matter how much we dislike sitting exams, we are all bound to face them. From my personal experience, I have found that with the correct method of revision and exam preparation, I would have a much better exam performance. Here are 5 useful tips on

School systems around the world all follow one principle. They start teaching by the basics. We learn our ABCs before we form our words in writing. We write words before we can form sentences and then move on to more advanced teachings and grammars. Everything comes down to the foundation Likewise with Maths, it is important

  Your learning experience can be enhanced if you consciously make a decision to doing so.  Doing something that we do not enjoy but are expected to do will eventually feel like a burden. This can lead to just being physically present without understanding why we are doing it. If this same practice is applied

Learning is not just an intellectual activity: it involves emotion. To get the best out of one’s learning experience, it is important to decrease stress and build interest as much as one can, and this means developing compassion. Based on Marshall T. Rosenberg’s technique of nonviolent communication, the OSLO method promotes this compassion by alleviating

  There are so many benefits of reading; it allows me to unwind and detach from my day to day environment. I am coming to the end of a university career that has been built around books: novels, essay collections, criticism, and theory. This has not stopped me, however, from choosing to spend my free time

Having been a student for a little over 80% of my entire life, I feel like I should share my experience of how to deal with the feeling of being stressed by the amount of workload or even the content of work assigned at school. Here are three tips on how to overcome stress at