(If) I Got Rhythm, (then) I Got Music! If there's one thing that we at Desert Home Music seem to pay more attention to than any other, it's rhythm. Every teacher has their own priorities, but I've noticed that many students that come to us from other schools and teachers seem to be lagging in this regard. The student will play all (or mostly all) the right notes, but they don't play them with a solid sense of where the "beat" is, and this makes their music sound, well, not li

It's a valid question. When I was a young music student in Canada, it seemed crazy to even consider taking music lessons over summer vacation, and I'm sure my parents were happy that they didn't have to drive me to my music teacher's house in the middle of summer with no air conditioning in the car! But I also remember going back to my lessons after a long summer holiday and being frustrated that the songs I'd played so beautifully in June seemed impossible in September. As a