Welcome to

the Family-Oriented Web Magazine Devoted to
the Non-Professional Musician

If you love music, and play--or would like to play--an instrument, just for pleasure,

this is the place for you!

Here you will find information and suggestions of all kinds about music-making; articles dealing with specific instruments and activities, features showcasing the achievements of amateur musicians, links to other interesting music sites, and perhaps even a bit of humor.

To get around and back: just click on the Muzine logos in the Contents, and at the top and bottom of each page.

Thanks for visiting!

Muzine is sponsored by The Department of Music of New Mexico State University, and West Mesa Music Teachers Association, Rio Rancho, NM

Contents:

	Prattle and Preachments: Editorial Comment
	The Nuts and Bolts: The First in a New Series on the Basic Elements of Music, with MIDI Audio Illustrations
	Beginning Music Study, Part Three: by Caroline Leland and William Leland
	The Magic of Keyboard Patterns: by Margaret Brandman
	Far Out: Music's Offbeat: Some Bad Jokes (and Maybe a Few Good Ones)
	The Linkwell: Other Music Sites: Dip and Go!
	Your Turn: Visitor Input
	The Perpetrators: Our Staff and Contributors
	Meet Our Sponsors: The West Mesa Music Teachers Association
	Review Our Previous Issues: Muzine, Opus 97, No. 1 (Summer, 1997) Muzine, Opus 97, No. 2 (Fall, 1997)
	Back to Current Issue: Muzine, Opus 98, No. 2 (Summer, 1998)

Visitor Input:

Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Please send them to:
wleland@nmsu.edu

...or fast forward to:

Muzine, Opus 98, No. 1
Issue No. 3, Spring, 1998

Copyright © 1997 William Leland
Last revised: October 19, 1998.