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ScottSound Music's news, events, performance schedule, recitals, practice tips and feature
articles.
Spotlight on Sylvan Perlmutter
Sylvan Perlmutter has been a student
at ScottSound Music for over five years. He has taken clarinet, violin and guitar lessons. Sylvan started music lessons with
the clarinet when he was in the fifth grade and played in the Levine Academy Stallion Band for four years.
He is now a sophomore at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, TX. After becoming a very good clarinetist, he played
violin for a few months and then decided to pick up guitar. Since taking guitar lessons with Scott Whitfield, his improvisational
skills have flourished. He and Scott have prepared some great YouTube videos of Sylvan playing blues, jazz, pop and rock tunes
on guitar. They are posted on the ScottSound YouTube account (ScottSoundMusic1) and he will be featured throughout the next
few weeks. We hope you enjoy listening to some great songs played by a great young guitar
player. All of us at ScottSound Music are proud of Sylvan's hard work and musical accomplishments.
ScottSound Music guitar student Sylvan Perlmutter on scottsoundmusic1
Music Theory Classes
An important part of learning
to play any musical instrument is the understanding of music theory. ScottSound Music offers a forty-five minute class
each month on a specific aspect of basic music theory. This helps students to understand and read musical patterns,
even at early ages, thereby improving performance.
Classes are offered twice a month. This will allow
you to pick the class that best suits your schedule each month.
These classes are also available as a make up time when
a student misses a lesson. The dates of the classes will be included in the monthly newsletter,
The
music theory class is a great addition to our students' musical education. It is also a helpful way for a student
to make up a missed lesson.
We look forward to seeing you at these classes to help you enjoy your playing
even more.
Music Theory classes for February will be held Saturday,. February
11, at 1:00 p.m. and Monday, February 27, at 7:00 p.m. at ScottSound Music.
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Main Street Arts Festival
Scott Whitfield and his Dixieland band, the Jazz Cats will make their
24th appearance at the Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival Saturday April 21 at 11:30 AM. The hard swinging jazz trio will
be strolling Main Street entertaining festival patrons. Please look for us while you're there.
New Look
ScottSound
Music has a new look. We've added some information to our storefront window. Check it out.
ScottSound Music on Facebook
ScottSound Music has a Facebook page.
Be sure and like us and watch our page for news, practice tips, and music trivia.
Just go to Facebook and type in ScottSound Music.
Scott's Practice Tips
How to count eighth notes "downbeats and
upbeats" in your music.
Tap your foot on the downbeat of each count and say 1, 2, 3, 4 each time your foot taps
the floor.
When learning to sub-divide
and play eighth notes evenly, imagine the highest point that your foot comes up to, before it returns back down. That is where
the "upbeat" is. If you have 2 eighth notes in the beat, that "upbeat" is the second eighth note within
the beat. Now count as you tap your foot and say "&"
(and) when your foot comes up to that highest point. (You should now say 1 &, 2 &, 3 &, 4 &, for each measure.)
As you tap your foot you
can see and feel where the "downbeats" and the "upbeats" are in the music. So now it is easy to know where
all of the eighth notes fall and how fast to play them.
As you practice this technique make sure the "downbeats
and upbeats" are evenly spaced.
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Performance Schedule
Sat. 2/11/12 8pm
8.0 Club
Ft. Worth, TX
Thurs. 2/16/12 5pm
Private Party
N. Dallas, TX
Fri.
2/17/12 8pm
Sons of Hermann Hall
Deep Ellum, TX
Sat.
2/18/12 5pm
Private Party Jefferson, TX
Tues.
2/21/12 5:30pm Mardi Gras Event
Ft. Worth, TX
Thurs. 2/23/12
7pm
Turner House
Dallas, TX
Sat. 3/10/12 8pm
8.0 Club
Ft. Worth, T
Fri. 3/30/12 8pm
Swing Dance Society Ft. Worth, TX
Tues. 4/17/12 7pm
Bavarian Grill
Plano,
TX
Thurs. 4/19/12 6:45pm
Private Party
Highland Park, TX
Fri. 4/20/12
11:30am
Main St. Arts Festival
Ft. Worth, TX
Sat. 4/21/12 11:30am
Main
St. Arts Festival
Ft. Worth, TX
Sun. 4/22/12 11:30am
Main St. Arts Festival
Ft. Worth,
TX
Tues. 5/15/12 7pm
Bavarian Grill
Plano, TX
Wed.
6/6/12 7 pm
Denton on the Square
Denton, TX
Tues. 6/20/12 7pm
Bavarian Grill
Plano, TX
A few policy matters...
Be Considerate...
Don't be a No-Show!
Give 24 hrs notice when canceling a lesson.
Call 972-248-9006
24 hours notice is required for obtaining a make-up lesson. Students will be expected to pay for lessons with no notice or
less than 24 hours notice to the studio.
Credits are not issued for missed lessons. They may be made up by rescheduling or attending a Music Theory Class.
Remember payment in advance for lessons is due on the student's first lesson of the month. Please don't be tardy in paying
your bill. ScottSound Music has bills to pay too!
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ScottSound Music of North Dallas
17194 Preston Rd.
Suite 219 Dallas, TX 75248
Studio: 972-248-9006
scottsoundmusic@gmail.com
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