There is a prevailing notion that if you're not reading music notation from day one, from the first lesson, then you can't be learning music and the method can't be good.  But is it necessary to start learning music by first reading it?
 

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"The fact that music can come so naturally to us all is something that every human being deserves: to have music at least as a companion – if not a passion or profession – for our entire lives. Simply Music is something that is truly special. As a witness to how many l...

Music and The Art of Long Term Relationships ~ How to negotiate long term relationships by Neil Moore, Founder and CEO of Simply Music International, the largest playing-base music training organisation in the world.   This is a must read book for parents and students...

"Long-standing Simply Music Teacher Greta Moré from Sydney, Australia shares her story of growing up with a unique life outlook that drew her naturally to Simply Music, and her experience teaching the program to students with dyslexia. Drawing from her extensive study...

"If your parents forced you to practice your scales by saying it would "build character," they were onto something. TheWashington Post reports that one of the largest scientific studies into music's effect on the brain has found something striking: Musical training doe...

In the method that I use which is the Simply Music Piano playing-based method, teachers constantly reminds students to 'go slow to go fast'.  This fantastic article by Graham Fitch titled Enjoying Ultra Slow Practice is a testimony to this motto .

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"Lutz Jäncke, a psychologist at the University of Zurich, said: "Learning to play a musical instrument has definite benefits and can increase IQ by seven points, in both children and adults. We found that even in people over the age of 65 after four or five months of p...