Piano & Music Production Tuition - Chantelle Elizabeth Scott

🎶 🔥 Win a Free Drink and Dance the Night Away! 🔥 🎶
Who’s ready to experience the electrifying sounds of Latin music with July Julay and the Mambo Kings?
🗓 December 7th | 📍 Carlton Club | ⏰ Doors Open at 7 PM

We’ve got a challenge for you! Solve our Latin Music Puzzle & Riddle, and if you get the answers right, tell the event organizer on the night with your Facebook name and they’ll get you a free drink on the house! 🥂

Puzzle:
Can you name these famous Latin music genres? 💃🕺

_ _ L _ _
S _ _ _
R _ _ G _ _ _ _ N

Riddle:
"I was born in the Caribbean,
My rhythm makes you move,
With horns, percussion, and dancers in a groove.
From Puerto Rico to Havana I sway,
What am I? Can you name me today?"

How to Win: 1️⃣ Like and share this post and drop your answers in the comments!
2️⃣ All correct answers will be noted down – on the night, simply tell the event organizer your Facebook name, and enjoy a free drink!

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Tag your friends and let’s see who can solve the puzzle! 🌟 See you at the Carlton Club for an unforgettable night of Latin music and dancing. 🎶💃🕺

Just done my first series of Skype lessons and they have gone just super duper. In this crazy time of lock down, maybe it is time to dust of the old keyboard and start tinkering on the piano.
A passionate, fun and totally inspiring teacher - come learn with me.
Contact me for prices as I am open to suggestion in this crazy time.

The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. Cristofori was unsatisfied by the lack of control that musicians had over the volume level of the harpsichord. He is credited for switching out the plucking mechanism with a hammer to create the modern piano in around the year 1700.
When Cristofori invented the piano he originally called it “Gravicembalo col piano e forte” which is Italian for “harpsichord with soft and loud”. The name “Gravicembalo col piano e forte” was then shortened to pianoforte which became the common Italian name for the piano which means soft-loud.

When learning an instrument, always have something to work towards

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Surprising emotional benefits to playing an instrument.

Reasons to learn an instrument part 8;
* Achievement – There’s nothing like the feeling of finally mastering one of your favorite songs! Setting a goal, putting in the work, and eventually reaching that goal gives you a strong sense of achievement. It will improve your confidence in other areas of life in the process.
* New Friends – Whether you use music as an icebreaker when meeting new people, or as a way to actually meet new people – playing in a choir, band, or orchestra, for example – music is a great way to make new friends.

Surprising emotional benefits of learning an instrument.

Reasons to learn an instrument part 7;
* Self Expression – Whether you’re writing your own piece of music or playing someone else’s, music allows you to express yourself in new ways. You also get to be creative when choosing your own unique style and genre.
* Therapy – Playing music can help with stress, insomnia, and depression because it acts as an outlet for difficult emotions. It can be a form of self-soothing in tough situations, and a healthy distraction from a stressful day.

Reasons to learn and instrument part 6;
* Listening Skills – Learning music doesn’t just improve your ability to hear details; it also makes you better at listening. Whether you’re practicing on your own or playing with other people, you have to listen for timing, expression, and whether you’re in tune. This can make you a better listener even in everyday conversations as well.
* Concentration – Focus is a necessary part of learning an instrument. Improving your musical skills forces you to use all the parts of your brain involved in concentration, making you better able to concentrate in other life situations. This is another reason why music is beneficial for those with disorders like ADD.
* Mathematics – Learning music is all about pattern recognition, which is mathematical in itself. But even more than that, learning about how music is divided into equal measures and beats, and how those beats are in broken up, can help improve your math skills!

Surprising mental health benefits to learning an instrument

Reasons to learn an instrument part 5;
* Time Management – Learning an instrument requires practice, of course! But more specifically, it requires consistency and routine. Figuring out how to fit practice into your busy schedule and really stick to it helps you develop better time management and organization skills.
* Reading Skills – Reading music helps strengthen your ability to process information by creating new connections between the synapses in your brain. As a result, reading and absorbing information from other sources becomes a lot easier.

Surprising mental benefits of learning an instrument.

Reasons to learn an instrument part 4;
* Mental Performance – Playing music is like doing a workout for every part of your brain. It helps improve your mental performance and memory. There’s even evidence that music can help a patient’s brain recover from a stroke, as well as slow the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
* Coordination – Using your fingers, hands, and feet in a rhythmic manner for a sustained amount of time, while also being conscious of playing the correct tones, can be a challenge for even the most coordinated people. Over time though, playing music refines your motor skills that go beyond the hand-eye.

Reasons to learn an instrument part 3;

Physical Benefits of Music
* Exercise – Playing an instrument naturally leads to increased physical activity. Whether you’re playing the piano, guitar, strings, or a wind instrument, you’re using your arm and back muscles to play and/or hold up your instrument. And if you play the drums, you even get to do some cardio!
* Posture – Any good music teacher will correct your posture during lessons. This can help you get into the habit of sitting up straight and having proper alignment even when you’re not playing. These are all great ways to alleviate neck and back pain.

Reasons to learn an instrument part 2;

Physical Benefits of Music
* Stress Relief – Playing music puts your energy and focus on positive activity, which can help alleviate stress. Those reduced stress levels can help get your blood pressure and heart rate down to a healthy level.
* Fine Hearing – Learning music refines your hearing skills by training you to isolate sounds as they occur. Studies have even shown that musicians are better at picking out specific voices and sounds in a noisy environment.

Reason to learn an instrument part 1:

Physical Benefits of Music
* Deep Breathing – Most of the time our breathing is very shallow, but activities, like singing or playing a wind instrument, require deep breathing from the diaphragm. This strengthens your lungs and respiratory system. Playing the harmonica can even help with pulmonary disease!
* Immune Response – When we learn to play an instrument, we often become inspired to create our own music. According to an article by Live Science, making music “enhances the immunological response, which enables us to fight viruses.”