One of my reigning principles of teaching is that the student needs to understand what's happening in the music. We need to understand the technical challenges in a piece of music in order to be able to perform it well. But most of all, we need to understand the structure and context of a composition. I'm always pushing my students to look deeper into the music, to look past just the notes; this is our journey Behind the Black Dots.

Watch this Overview which gives a clear breakdown of which skills you’ll need for which level. If you are in doubt, drop me a line explaining your experience and I'll try to help you out.

A = 415Hz.

The general standard tuning for baroque instruments is A = 415Hz, or a G# on the modern piano. Tuning for Renaissance music is often A = 440Hz, an A on the modern piano.
We're playing both Renaissance and Baroque music in this course, so I just had to make a choice.

HOWEVER! If you want to play at 440Hz, all is not lost! There is an excellent extension for Chrome that can shift pitch and slow videos down. You can find it at: Transpose.video. Easy to install, easy to use.

Reading music isn’t nearly the scary challenge it seems to be, and there are lots of tutorials and videos online. For this course, however, I'm assuming that you are familiar with reading music already.

No problem! You can also buy just the Duet Collection, or follow along with some of the duet videos for extra playing practice.

Of course! There are over 40 pieces of music arranged into duets in this course, and everybody is welcome to play along as long they can read bass clef. Each video is divided into chapters so you can skip the technical parts if you just want to play along.

I don’t sell instruments myself, but do drop me a line. Depending where in the world you’re located, I may have some tips for you.

At this moment, I’m not taking any new students. But if you’re interested in getting feedback from me, please drop me a line, and we can work something out. 

As someone who has spent her adult life in a culture and language other than her native one, I understand completely! All videos are subtitled, so if you don’t completely understand the spoken language, you can pause to look up any unfamiliar phrases or expressions.

At this moment, I’ve been very focused on getting the gamba lesson videos finished; please sign up for the newsletter and I’ll make sure to let you know when they go up for sale!

Because I did all the camera work and editing myself, sometimes I just have to laugh at my own mistakes or reactions while recording myself. I've included these outtakes at the end of some videos so you can also laugh at me!