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Caroline Neeling
May 4, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturday: your weekly glimpse into music theory...
Let's talk about the black notes on the keyboard. If we start on C and play all of the notes, black and white, up to the next C, it...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 22, 20241 min read
C, See, Si
Hello there and welcome to Step Five in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music! This step features the left hand playing octave Cs. The pace...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 21, 20241 min read
Sunday Beauty Spot
Here is your Sunday Beauty Spot: you are invited to contemplate this image and... breathe in for four counts, hold for four counts,...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 16, 20241 min read
The voice inside our head
One of our SLM students recently rocked up for her fourth lesson. She's smart, accomplished, experienced, lauded in her field. But she...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 13, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturdays: Week Two
As mentioned last week, if you spend seven seconds with us each Saturday, you might be surprised how much you've learned about reading...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 11, 20241 min read
Performance anxiety
It can strike anywhere, at any time: in the board room, the concert hall, the lecture theatre, the exam room. We might know that we've...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 8, 20241 min read
10 Steps to Stress Less Music
As promised, our Monday posts for the next little while are being devoted to the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music, offering you free access...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 4, 20242 min read
How alarming
School holidays: stressor or stress buster? People who have school-aged children most often have strong feelings about school holidays,...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 22, 20241 min read
(Don't) Go With the Flow
Have you heard of the miniscus line? It can be thought of as the curved (convex or concave) surface of (eg) water. It looks as though the...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 20, 20241 min read
Bashful, Coy, Demure
Shyness. It's probably not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about stressors, but shyness can be very stressful indeed....
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