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What is Yamaha Music Education System (YMES)

At 7 Notes, we offer a comprehensive and timely education, that allows the fundamental elements of music to be taught. By 'listening', 'singing', 'playing', 'reading' and 'composing', Yamaha Music Education fosters the musical sensitivity and development of your child to enhance their learning potential and develop a lifelong love of music. Our Core Features: 1. Comprehensive Music…

Music Lessons Make You Smarter

Math might not be your strongest subject in school. There are a lot of ways to improve—getting a tutor, doing extra practice, or studying harder—but one method may surprise you: music lessons . Music and Mathematical Skills Rhythm → improves pattern recognition Counting beats → strengthens basic arithmetic Reading musical notation → supports…

Should I Learn Piano By Ear or, By Reading Music?

The ear versus read debate around piano learning strategies encompasses all instruments ranging from the guitar and drums, to the piano and keyboard. Those who have been playing the piano for a while say that both methods of learning to play are essential, but in the end a performer generally adapts to what suits him…

Music Therapy: Music as Medicine

Music Therapy – it’s been around for some time…let’s say as long as we’ve had music. As a credentialed profession, it’s still relatively new. The first program to award a degree in music therapy began at Michigan State University in 1944. The American Music Therapy Association came into being in 1998. To many, the profession is still…

Using a Yamaha Clavinova to Record and Print Music

One of the most popular features of the CVP Clavinova is the ability to display a music score in the large LCD screen contained in the center of the CVP panel. Techni cally, what you see in the screen of the Clavinova is not “sheet music” – it is a momentary display of MIDI information in…

You have to Practice?

Most parents sign up for lessons just to learn how to play the instrument without the big picture in mind. When parents sign their children up for lessons at 7 Notes it is generally for the simple reason that they want their child to play a musical instrument. Without sufficient parent education before the child…

The Making of the Legend of Zelda, Piano in McKinney Texas

The video creation process for the Legend of Zelda was our trickiest yet. Securing the spot for filming was quite a wonderful thing, thanks to the generous support of the Mayor of McKinney, Texas, George Fuller. He owns the beautiful Crotia inspired Adriatica Villa and we were honored as to have the Zelda video be…

What is Yamaha Music Education System (YMES)

Music Lessons Make You Smarter

Music Therapy: Music as Medicine

Using a Yamaha Clavinova to Record and Print Music

You have to Practice?

The Making of the Legend of Zelda, Piano in McKinney Texas

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