Posted on December 14th, 2016 by shineuser
If you’re looking for an exercise that’s fun, interesting, and will work out your entire brain, grab an instrument and start playing.
When you play music, the entire brain lights up because you’re using almost every region of the brain. Specifically the regions dedicated to audio, visual, and motor functions. Naturally, those regions are strengthened as you practice and play your instrument more and more, and that leads to many benefits outside of music. These benefits include a better attention to detail, stronger planning and strategic skills, and a better memory.
Researchers at Northwestern University found that people who play a musical instrument generally have a greater memory, attention span, and ability to convey emotions. Such activity can also help develop enhanced speech and language skills. According to the researchers, the brain builds new neural connections (paths for information to travel through your brain) while learning to play music. This increases the brain’s ability to adapt and change.
The influence of music on society can be seen clearly from modern history. Thomas Jefferson played the violin for hours at a time while in the process of writing The Declaration of Independence to help him relax enough to write. Albert Einstein, recognized as one of the smartest men who has ever lived, was very fond of music as well and played the violin and piano. Not only was music relaxing to Einstein, but it also helped him with his work on his theories. He would go back and forth from working on a theory to playing a few chords on the piano, jotting something down and then returning to his study. In both cases, music has influenced these well-known people in history, specifically helping them to focus and relax when trying to perform a task.
So why not give it a try?
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Posted on November 30th, 2015 by Milos Sajin
Shine Music School held their 60th student music concert on the 29th of November 2015 much to the enjoyment of all who attended. The concerts continue to foster a love of music within the community, where both our beginner and advanced students can showcase their preferred musical style, instrument and what they have learned in the past months. It is an opportunity for all our learners to play in front of an audience, something the school strongly advocates as a huge part of studying and appreciating music.
We were very pleased to welcome back the Prof and Zana Sajin after their stay in Spain. A fantastic time was had by all as we listened to students perform pieces on a variety of instruments, from violin to drums as well as singing! Thank you all for coming!
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Posted on April 7th, 2015 by shineuser
Many of us wish to play our favourite songs, but where can you find reliable chords and tabs for guitar online? With a little searching you can almost find everything you need and we are here to help. The following short list show some places you can look for the piece of music you want to try to master. Remember that the chords and tabs are not always the original, so you may have to improve on them yourself.
If you are a student of Shine School of Guitar, you can always work on a piece with your teacher. They have years of experience both writing original music and, you can be sure, hunting for tabs to practise for themselves!
TOP 5 ONLINE GUITAR TAB & CHORD RESOURCES:
OLGA The Online Guitar Archive– The original (and first) online resource for tablature. The website is no longer updated. This is an archive of the archive.
Songsterr – You have to have a subscription, but you can also access this on your mobile phone. Very handy!
Jellynote – A nicely designed website with over 150 000 songs available. If you sign up, there are also many excellent practise exercises available.
Chordie – plenty of chords, tabs with lyrics on this website. The pages are also easy to print for playing.
Beginner Guitar HQ – explains with images how to start playing chords.
Cifra Club – a Brazilian website, available in both Spanish and Portuguese, the website has many useful videos showing tabs while they are being played on guitar. You will find all kinds of Brazilian and Spanish music, as well as popular songs. The website also has downloads for your phone.
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Posted on January 25th, 2015 by Milos Sajin
Shine Music school offers private classes online over Skype with Professor Sajin. For more than 5 years, students have been able to enjoy their classes with the Prof from the comfort of their own homes!
Offering classes over Skype has also enabled the Professor to stay in contact with his students while visiting the Barcelona Branch of the Shine Music School, Estudio Shine. We think it is a fantastic way to stay connected, and the school in Randburg has special classrooms set up for Skype lessons. So even if you don’t have internet at home, you can still enjoy music with the Prof at the school any time!
In the future we hope to offer our South African students all the benefits of having specialized teachers all over the world, available to teach them over Skype!
You can sign up for online classes, learn about what we offer here!
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Posted on April 15th, 2014 by shineuser
Check out the videos below for some of the celebrated guitarists of our times:
Mediterranean Sundance, Paco de Lucia & Al di Meola:
Minor Swing, Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli:
Asturias, John Williams:
Blues Boys Tune, B.B. King:
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