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Best Cellos for Adult Beginners
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Best Cellos for Adult Beginners

  • Nick Walker
  • 12 hours ago
  • 19

Have you suddenly found that you have time on your hands. Now you want to fulfill a lifetimes ambition of learning to play one of the most sonorous. Continue reading

Trombone Accessories
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Trombone Accessories

  • Nick Walker
  • 3 days ago
  • 296

Competition Which of the following are essential trombone accessories:  If you ticked them all... you are wrong. No self-respecting trombonist. Continue reading

Music in a Digital Age
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Music in a Digital Age

  • Rory Butler
  • 6 days ago
  • 203

The majority of electronic musical products are now digital rather than analogue, much to the chagrin of many purists. But the digitisation of music. Continue reading

Keyboards for GCSE Music
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Keyboards for GCSE Music

  • Jack Spencer
  • 1 week ago
  • 89

There are a variety of different keyboards available which are very popular with students taking GCSE Music. I will go through a couple of different. Continue reading

TECHNICAL GUIDES
Best Jazz Instruments for Beginners | Guest Post
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Best Jazz Instruments for Beginners | Guest Post

  • Marc-Andre Seguin
  • 4 weeks ago
  • 332

You just finished listening to your favorite jazz song. You find yourself  inspired to pick up your cherished musical instrument and play along. So,. Continue reading

What Instrument Should Your Child Play? | Guest Post
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What Instrument Should Your Child Play? | Guest Post

  • Tracy Plunkett
  • 4 weeks ago
  • 714

There are a large number of benefits associated with your child learning to play an instrument. It improves their memory, helps them to do better at. Continue reading

How To Look After My Guitar? | Guest Post
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How To Look After My Guitar? | Guest Post

  • Marc-Andre Seguin
  • 2 months ago
  • 288

If you get together with a few fellow guitarists or musicians, the talk often turns towards set-up, maintenance, and general care of the. Continue reading

6 Steps to a Guitar Set Up | Guest Post
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6 Steps to a Guitar Set Up | Guest Post

  • Joseph Nicholls
  • 3 months ago
  • 356

The first thing to do is identify the tools you are going to need. Some of these tools include a ruler, allen keys, a chromatic tuner and. Continue reading

PRODUCT NEWS
New A-Star Percussion Packs for the Classroom
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New A-Star Percussion Packs for the Classroom

  • Dan Boden
  • 2 months ago
  • 261

Here at Normans we like to make sure we shout about a new product or in this case a new pack of products. The A-Star percussion family is extending.. Continue reading

GIGAJAM | FREE LESSONS
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GIGAJAM | FREE LESSONS

  • Heidi O'Callaghan
  • 2 months ago
  • 266

''...Gigajam was one of the best moves I have made. You have helped me to achieve a long-held ambition to play music in my own environment in my own. Continue reading

Which Guitar Should I Buy? | Guest Post
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Which Guitar Should I Buy? | Guest Post

  • Leigh Jones
  • 2 months ago
  • 655

Hello! In this blog I am going give a comprehensive guide to buying that first guitar. Whether it's for you, your child, a loved one or a great. Continue reading

The All New Yamaha Keyboards and Digital Pianos!
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The All New Yamaha Keyboards and Digital Pianos!

  • Jack Spencer
  • 2 months ago
  • 863

We have some very exciting news for all you budding keys players! Brace yourself… Yamaha have just released a new selection of arranger keyboards. Continue reading

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Keyboards for GCSE Music
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Keyboards for GCSE Music

  • Jack Spencer
  • 1 week ago
  • 89

There are a variety of different keyboards available which are very popular with students taking GCSE Music. I will go through a couple of different. Continue reading

Yamaha #StartSmallDreamBig Campaign
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Yamaha #StartSmallDreamBig Campaign

  • Shona Callow
  • 3 weeks ago
  • 172

Playing an instrument has so many benefits to your social, mental and health wellbeing that not many people know about. Especially those starting. Continue reading

One Man and his Trombone
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One Man and his Trombone

  • Heidi O'Callaghan
  • 1 month ago
  • 671

Meet Nick, the newest member of the Normans Team: As a little 'getting to know you' we have asked Nick to share a little about himself and his. Continue reading

Rocket Trumpet Care Kit Review | Guest Post
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Rocket Trumpet Care Kit Review | Guest Post

  • My Trumpet And Me
  • 2 months ago
  • 260

It was half-term last week which was the perfect opportunity for me to give my trumpet a much-needed bath. Handily, Normans Music had recently sent. Continue reading

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