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It’s the Music that Makes Us Cry

It’s the Music that Makes Us Cry

I kept it together for the majority of my wedding. Throughout the ceremony, the vows, the speeches, and the first dance…no tears. But what got me was when ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ started playing as my groomsman and I walked down the aisle....
The Basics of Sound, Through Music

The Basics of Sound, Through Music

Before we can learn about music, we must first learn about sound. But diving into the world of sound opens up an array of disciplines that would take a long time to cover: physics, fluid dynamics, anatomy, psychology, and a bit of philosophy. To save you some time, we...
Zoom & Google Meet Best Practices for Guitar Teachers

Zoom & Google Meet Best Practices for Guitar Teachers

Here are some tips, resources, and best practices for using Zoom or Google Meet to teach your virtual guitar class. Need help teaching online guitar lessons? Learn more and apply as a teacher here. General Video Best Practices Use a separate webcam to display left and...
TrueSpeed™ Autoscroll

TrueSpeed™ Autoscroll

All we’ve ever wanted to do was play guitar hands-free. We hated stopping to turn the page, stopping to scroll down the lyrics, or hitting those stupid “+/-” buttons because current autoscrolls are either too slow or too fast. So we took to the...
Guitar Class Rubrics & Assessment

Guitar Class Rubrics & Assessment

One of the best things about working for Moosiko is that I get to talk with a lot of school guitar teachers. Since many guitar teachers are either new to guitar or new to the K12 education environment, the most common question they ask me is, “What kind of...
Guitar Germ Hand Washing Experiment

Guitar Germ Hand Washing Experiment

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Moosiko ran a number of experiments to determine how germs spread from students to guitars. You can read about our first experiment here. In our second experiment with glo germ and a UV flashlight, we wanted to test how effective washing...