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Tired of playing the same music? How about some new sheet music!

Tired of playing the same music? How about some new sheet music!

Newertunes.com is the home of music by composer Jon Jeffrey Grier. Here you can peruse compositions for a wide variety of styles, media, and degrees of challenge. Score excerpts, audio excerpts, and background information are provided for each work. Prices are low, designed to cover the expenses of making the music available. Proposals for commissions are also welcome. Jon Jeffrey Grier holds a…

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The Myth of ‘Practice Makes Perfect’

By Annie Murphy Paul

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice. In a groundbreaking paper published in 1993, cognitive psychologist Anders Ericsson added a crucial tweak to that old joke. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Deliberate practice.

It’s not a minor change. The difference between ineffective and effective practice means the difference between mediocrity and mastery. If you’re…

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Back to School Discounts Don't forget your music supplies when preparing for Back To School. Save 10% off ALL items at…

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Helping Patients Through Music

Helping Patients Through Music  — video available with this link.

Beverly Casson settled back in a…

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How To Prevent Cracks In Your Oboe

A modern oboe with a reed. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

No one wants to see a crack in their beautiful…

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Reeds for Christmas

Don’t wait too long to order oboe reeds in time for Christmas!

Visit us at www.reedpros.com

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How To Care For Your Oboe

Rosewood Patricola Full Conservatory Oboe

Here are the key points I make sure I tell my students…

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How to Practice Effectively, Efficiently and Make It Stick

Why the Progress You Make in the Practice Room Seems to Disappear Overnight

by Dr. Noa Kageyama 

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Oboe Reed Cases, Reed Making Kits, Reed Knives and More

Summer is coming to an end and school will be starting again before you know it. Reed Pros is happy…

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Oboe Reed Customer Reviews

  Very few things give me such pride as when a customer takes time out of their day to write to me…

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How To Practice With A Metronome

Korg MA1 Metronome with subdivisions

I haven’t encountered a beginning musician yet who enjoys…

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The Best Coin Ever Spent

This girl drops a coin in this man’s hat when something unexpected happens    I couldn’t stop…

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Oboe Reeds - How Long Do They Last?

Back lit hand crafted oboe reeds

How long does an oboe reedlast? The average consensus is 10 -15…

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Importance of Oboe Reed Cases

Oboe Reed Case, French style reed holders

Yes, you really do need a reed case.

Oftentimes one of…

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Double Reed Day - Cal State Fresno

Reed Pros at Cal State Univ Fresno Double Reed Day

I had a wonderful time at the California State…

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Congratulations Region Band 2013 Winners

Congratulations to Emily Low!

She won 1st chair for the Arkansas Senior High division on oboe. There were some tough pieces to have to learn this year for the audition but Emily knocked it out of the park.

Congratulations again and now on to All-State…

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Even A Few Years Of Music Training Benefits The Brain

Fantastic article in the Scientific American.

Music has a remarkable ability to affect and…

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