Why do the Seminar?

The seminar explains where the following incorrect ideas about music come from:

•Music is complex and difficult to learn.

•Music is a "serious" subject.

•Music takes years to learn.

•Music education is expensive.

•Music requires at least some natural ability and talent.

•Music is not for everyone.

What is contained in The Understanding of Music Seminar™?

• Learning all the note names on the keyboard and guitar from memory and how to   work out the note names on other types of Western musical instruments.

•How to play all the scales and modes (a special type of scale) on both keyboard  and guitar. Dozens of scales are easily memorized during the seminar.

•How to play every chord on both keyboard and guitar. Dozens of chords are  easily memorized during the seminar.

•How simply the physics of sound and the history of music can be explained.

•New breakthrough easy exercises to teach you to coordinate hands and fingers.

•How to start reading music for keyboard and guitar in minutes not hours (even  professional musicians are amazed by this revolutionary new system).

•How to do a simple 10 minute daily practice schedule that really works.

•How to read chord books and chord charts so that you can begin to learn how to  accompany yourself on a keyboard or guitar while singing songs.

•To start reading and playing music by Bach, hands together on the keyboard by  the end of the Seminar.

•A course of 100 lessons designed for a daily practice schedule which on  completion ensures each graduate maximizes the full potential of the seminar.

•No claim is made that graduates are playing like Elton John or Eric Clapton in  only one weekend but beginners understand how to read and play music by the  end of the weekend and professional musicians reach new creative heights.

How can all this happen in one weekend?

      By using an advanced system of easy steps developed by Duncan Lorien that ensures everyone in the Seminar fully understands and is able to apply each step before the next step is started. All the Seminar information is included in an easy to read manual with simple diagrams. The attendee interacts with the manual throughout the Seminar and continues at home with the daily practice schedule. The Seminar manual is included in the cost of the Seminar.

What is the graduation rate?

      100 %. This graduation rate explains the huge expansion of this "grass-roots" movement around the world as graduates tell family, friends and collegues about their success from doing the Seminar.


What instruments are required?

      Duncan Lorien recommends the keyboard as the fastest instrument to learn music on and if you have your own portable keyboard please bring it with you as this helps to ensure everyone has access to a keyboard. You are welcome to bring an acoustic guitar as the Seminar information is immediately applied to guitar as well. Although the information is fully applicable to other instruments such as brass, woodwind, percussion or voice only keyboards or acoustic guitars should be brought to the Seminar.

Who should come to this Seminar?

      Absolute beginners in music, professionals in all styles of music, college graduates with music degrees, music teachers and even music college instructors have all attended and testified to the incredible success they have experienced with the Seminar. The youngest graduate is only 6 years old and the oldest is 91. The youngest recommended age is 13 years old (depending on study ability). Younger children will be considered on written application.

What is the Seminar schedule?

English speaking countries:
   Friday      6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
   Saturday  9:30 am - 7:00 pm (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm lunch break)
   Sunday    9:30 am - 7:00 pm (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm lunch break)


What is the Seminar attendance fee?

      $495.00 (US dollars). There are no discounted rates. The full deposit of $200.00 secures the place of a student on the Seminar and due to the demand for strictly limited places the earlier a deposit is made the greater the chance someone has of being awarded a place at the Seminar.
     The fee includes the Seminar manual, 100 lessons for either the keyboard or guitar and the opportunity to do the Seminar again for only 20% of the full cost. Repeating the seminar is strongly encouraged as those people who have repeated can attest as it ensures that the concepts and actions are totally mastered to the satisfaction of each individual. It also includes an option to consult by letter, e-mail, fax or phone with the Understanding of Music Company™ on any aspect of the Seminar information at no extra charge.
  

Is the Seminar expensive?

      Hundreds of expensive music lessons and many years of study are normally spent trying to understand, read and play music. So, this weekend Seminar that delivers exactly what it promises to deliver actually saves both money and time! Graduates have said they would have paid ten times the fee for this Seminar and that they have "gained the freedom to communicate using the language of music." What price would you place on gaining that freedom?
      There is a 100% money back guarantee for anyone who feels the Seminar does not deliver exactly what it promises to deliver!

Are there any Seminar rules?

• No drugs or alcohol may be consumed during the weekend on which the  Seminar is being held (attendees receiving prescription drugs under medical  supervision are requested to advise the Seminar Organizer what drugs are being prescribed).

•Any attendee with a reading or hearing problem or who is physically challenged  is requested to advise the Seminar Organizer so the best efforts can be made to  accomodate that attendee.

•No smoking will be allowed during the Seminar but sufficient meal and rest breaks should ensure this is not a problem.

•Any attendee who is unable to adhere to the full schedule and maintain punctuality creates a disruption to the rest of the attendees and will be refunded and asked to leave the Seminar.

•Tape recording is not permitted as it creates a distraction. Taking notes are welcomed but not essential as all information is in the Seminar manual.

•Each attendee undertakes to make the Seminar Presenter immediately aware of any confusion or difficulty so that it can be fully handled at that time.