Oh summer! How I miss those lazy summer when I was a kid …. ……staying outside till the lamp posts went on, suntanning (ahem freckling), running after the ice cream truck, selling lemonade at the curb, and running through the hose. It also meant that since I wasn’t in school that my mother felt that […]
Cyber Academy is now in the finals nearing and I’m preparing for the last episode of this season of Pardalis 101 I’ve been so thankful for this opportunity as a music educator and as a performer. It has really helped me articulate my ideas, thoughts, and believes an artist. I have also met some remarkable […]
In this week’s radio show for The Cyber Academy (Pardalis 101), I mentioned the importance of proper physical posture in singing and use Alexander Technique as an example. Proper physical posture is so important in singing or playing any instrument. What is Alexander Technique and how can you find out more about it? The […]
I’m very excited to share my thoughts every Monday with the contestants of Cyber Academy but I believe that this show can beneficial for any inspiring artist On the first show, I talked about I believe is the 5 fundamentals to all artists! What are they to recap? Be sure to take a listen every […]
Pentatonic scales are fun ….. if you’re a pianist and you want to sound like you know what you’re doing …. play anything on the black keys and you’ll sound “cool” I’ll often have my little students play on the black keys on the black to write songs …. they become excited when they realize […]
Hope that your understanding of scales has improved …. we’re now on to melodic minors They’re similar to harmonic minors because they still have the raised 7th going up but they also raise the 6th but what makes them really neat is going down they lower both the 6th and 7th So what’s the Tones […]
Last week, I introduced minor scales in its true form — natural so today we’re going to take on harmonic minor This is probably my favorite scale …. it has that cool “Arabian Nights” Think Disney’s Aladdin As well, being Greek Orthodox I often hear this scale used in Byzantine Chant in church — so […]
A few students have asked me is there an easy way to learn scales and remember them? So for the next few weeks I will be blogging on all the different scales Today we’ll focus on Major Scales which is the most simple scale So do you have to learn each scale separately or can […]
Often when we go to practice we get lost in the all the details …. what do we need to work on? First and foremost, go to the basics! SO ….. Rhythm, Reading and Technique. So Rhythm Something, I’m always hearing students tell me is “I suck at rhythm” Of course you do! How can […]
Natalia Pardalis 