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The Musical Muse

Blog dedicated to music education, practice tips, health & wellness, and geeking out.

Rhona-Mae Arca
November 4, 2020
Health & Wellness

Posture Medic First Impressions

Rhona-Mae Arca
November 4, 2020
Health & Wellness
Posture Medic First Impressions

Last week, I picked up the Posture Medic in hopes of fixing my bad desk posture once and for all. Check out my unboxing and first impressions video.

Tagged: posture correction, posture, posture health, hunching, posture health problems, fix bad posture, Posture Medic

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Rhona-Mae Arca
October 30, 2020
Practicing Music

Practice Planning (2020 edition)

Rhona-Mae Arca
October 30, 2020
Practicing Music
Practice Planning (2020 edition)

My detailed walkthrough of my Trello Board and how I use Trello to plan not only my daily practices, but any studio livestreaming and recording projects.

Tagged: practice plan, practice schedule, practice planning, practice ideas, practice tips

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Rhona-Mae Arca
October 23, 2020
Music Theory, Studio Technology

Note Reading Apps for Android (Fall 2020 edition)

Rhona-Mae Arca
October 23, 2020
Music Theory, Studio Technology
Note Reading Apps for Android (Fall 2020 edition)

I explored three note reading apps for Android this week, two new ones and one old favourite: Jungle Music, Game of Clefs, and Note Rush.

Tagged: music apps, Android, music ed apps, note reading apps, note reading help, improve note reading

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Rhona-Mae Arca
September 12, 2020
Studio Management, Teaching Music, Recommendations & Reviews, Music Education

First Impressions of the Private Music Teacher Planner

Rhona-Mae Arca
September 12, 2020
Studio Management, Teaching Music, Recommendations & Reviews, Music Education
First Impressions of the Private Music Teacher Planner

Check out my first impressions of the Private Music Teacher Planner & Agenda by The Full Voice Music.

Tagged: studio planning, Studio Management, lesson planning, organization

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Rhona-Mae Arca
September 12, 2020
Learning Music, Freebies, Practicing Music, Teaching Music

Friday Freebie: 2020/21 Goal Setting Sheet

Rhona-Mae Arca
September 12, 2020
Learning Music, Freebies, Practicing Music, Teaching Music
Friday Freebie: 2020/21 Goal Setting Sheet

This week’s Friday Freebie is a goal setting sheet for music students and teachers.

Tagged: practice planning, goal setting, learning goals, learning timeline

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This young go-getter has been practising hard since we resumed lessons in July. Her hard work has paid off! Today, she earned enough Maestro Bucks to take home two prizes. #goodjob #practicemakesconsistent #studentincentives #studentprizes #penguins
This student never fails to bring a smile to my face with her theory homework. #funwiththeory #doodlesofinstagram #doodles #musicteachersofinstagram #musicteacherlife #funtimesatpianolessons
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A funny thing happened in the middle of Iaido class tonight. Oh well. I already pegged this weekend to deal with all things saya related. #sayarepair #sayaadjustments #weaponsmaintenance #Iaido #Kageryu #kurigata #martialart #martialarts #martialarts
Yesterday's project: sanding down my kurigata because my sageo has gotten a few snags (again). #swordmaintenance #swordarts #sayarepair #kurigata #Iaido #iaito #japaneseswords #japaneseswordmanship #japanesemartialarts #martialarts #martialartslife #
#Repost @kamusokai (@get_repost) I think Allan was Uchidachi last time too. We better switch sides next time. ・・・ @budonotabi and Allan took full advantage of the weather to do partner work. On tap: Itto and Kodachi seiho. Photo by @victorvegaradio
After working hard with our kouhai at park training, it was time for biiru-waza at our second dojo. Too bad our kouhai missed out on the Eggs Benny. Oishii katta desu! #parkbudo #parktraining #Iaido #Niten #seconddojo #oishii #eggsbenedict #yycmartia
Throwback Thursday! This was from a few years ago. After teaching an introductory taiko class to my music students and I, @yyctaiko and I tried having her drum while I trained a little bit. We thought it was pretty cool. Here's me going through Sanpo
I have to re-record my "What's in my Sword Maintenance Kit?" video, so that will be out later in the week. In the meantime, check out my latest @oomomo_alberta haul. Video link is in the bio. #oomomo #oomomoalberta #japanesemerchandise #oom
What's in my sword maintenance kit? You'll find out soon in the next day or two. #newvideo #swordmaintenance #swordarts #japaneseswords #japaneseswordmanship #japanesemartialarts #martialarts #martialartslife #martialart #Iaido #Jodo #Niten #hyohonit
#Repost @kamusokai (@get_repost) ・・・ A very hazy day for park training today. We hammered through our partner kihon and kata for Jodo before lunch. #jodo #japaneseswords #jo #martialartslife #martialart #martialarts #yycswordarts #yycmartialarts #jap
Throwback Thursday! This @kamusokai photo is from my first Iaido seminar and grading - back in...2007? #yycswordarts #yycmartialart #yycmartialarts #dojolife #dojo #Iaido #Jodo #ckf #budo #budolife #japaneseswords #japaneseswordmanship #japanesemarti
The aftermath of an Iaido class in Zoom. We had a great night, using breakout rooms so us senpai could do more detailed work with our kouhai and later working with sensei on our Chuden Iaido kata. Oh! I should do a review of my @aftershokz Titanium o
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