Online Links for Students
Practice Help
Practice your music theory for free online at musictheory.net
Download NotePad, a FREE notation software program from Finale, one of the music industry's leading music-notation software companies.
Visit the Piano Education Page, a site with interesting information about anything related to the piano.
CLICK HERE for a bunch of links to interesting VIOLIN sites.
CLICK HERE for a great GUITAR site for learning chords, scales and arpeggios.
Here is a great article describing what to consider when purchasing guitar strings.
Music Stores
Visit Harmony Central, one of my favorite online musician's communities with discussion forums, industry news, guitar tabs, user reviews on music gear, articles, etc.
Shop for music online at Pepper Music, one of my favorite music stores I frequented while living in Plymouth, MN (15 minutes west of Minneapolis). They were always very friendly and helpful! Kudos to Pepper for great service!
Groth Music was my absolute favorite music store to shop at while living in Minneapolis! I was sad when I moved to Plymouth, MN because I now lived too far away to justify spending gas $$ driving there when other music stores were much closer. However, I still visited Groth a couple of times a year. Going there was like a warm fuzzy. They had just about everything I could possibly want including a facinating array of ethnic instruments.
Schmitt Music is another great store. They have several locations in the Twin Cities, and I frequented their stores probably a couple of times a month, even if just to browse their music selection. They also specialize in piano sales.
I visited Guitar Center for anything electric (keyboards, guitars, amps, etc.)They always had helpful people available to answer questions. They also specialized in guitar and bass books. This was another store I loved to visit!
Another great online site is Musician's Friend. I purchased my piano lab from them. If you are looking for great deals on anything electric, definately check out their prices.