{"id":4,"date":"2008-04-02T09:51:08","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/2008\/04\/02\/instrumental-music-tests-and-other-helpful-information\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T09:51:08","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T14:51:08","slug":"instrumental-music-tests-and-other-helpful-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/2008\/04\/02\/instrumental-music-tests-and-other-helpful-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Metronome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A metronome is an important tool for musicians.\u00a0 It is a small piece of equipment that\u00a0produces a steady beat at varying speeds.\u00a0 Musicians practice with\u00a0a metronome to learn the nuances of playing music in a steady beat (our natural tendencies are to speed up).\u00a0 Metronomes come in different sizes and shapes.\u00a0 I recommend\u00a0a quartz metronome that is loud\u00a0enough to be heard while playing but can also be used with an earpiece.\u00a0 \u00a0 Metronomes are used by everyone from beginners to professionals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuners are an important piece of equipment for musicians.\u00a0 They tell you if you are playing in or out of tune and how far in\/out you are.\u00a0 They also aid our ears while tuning the actual instrument.\u00a0 \u00a0There are several styles of tuners with a large price range.\u00a0 I recommend the Korg CA-30.\u00a0 Tuners are used by everyone from beginners to professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metronome A metronome is an important tool for musicians.\u00a0 It is a small piece of equipment that\u00a0produces a steady beat at varying speeds.\u00a0 Musicians practice with\u00a0a metronome to learn the nuances of playing music in a steady beat (our natural tendencies are to speed up).\u00a0 Metronomes come in different sizes and shapes.\u00a0 I recommend\u00a0a quartz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}