In a room full of teachers I at our annual teacher meeting I asked the following question. “What does term Musician Memory mean to you”. A few people look at each other and one teacher raises their hand and says, “did you mean muscle memory” to indicate I possibly used the wrong phrase. “No” I
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Every Thursday at 6:15
Jessica Holloway teaches voice and piano lessons in Denver, Colorado. After we got some pictures of her student Gabrielle’s trip to a local recording studio we asked Jessica to share a little about the lessons with her young protege. Every Thursday around 6:15 I get greeted by Bowser, a 60 lb labordoodle and a bright
A Teachers Biggest Mistake In Music Lessons
A Big Mistake Music Teachers Make There’s a sense of happiness and joy when a music teacher turns to the next page in the lesson book and says “ok, you’re ready to start a new song”. However, if that action also means no longer playing or working on a student’s favorite piece, we’re in trouble.
Grab It By The Music Teacher
3 Types Of Confidence You Never Knew Your Music Teacher Had Success in music lessons can largely be attributed to the confidence of a music teacher. Simple as it sounds, there are many different manifestations of confidence a private music teacher can possess in their skill set that go way beyond knowing how to
3 Reasons Music Lessons Succeed
Reasons Music Lessons Succeed Sometimes it’s hard to put your finger on what makes a “successful music lesson”. Is it the teacher, the student, the environment in which the lessons take place, or something else? As I ponder the question, I’m sure there can be many factors that contribute to a music lesson’s success. But
Career Possibilities Opened Up Through Taking Music Lessons
Career Possibilities Opened Up Through Taking Music Lessons Learning to read, perform, compose or otherwise practice music has a vast multitude of benefits. In addition to cognitive, health, and social benefits for example, a future-minded student will be pleased to know that there are many exciting career possibilities being a student of music can lead
Music Excellence Is Not Always A Positive Music Lesson
Does A Positive Music Lesson Have To Be Excellent? Recently during a seminar I was offering on positive teaching methods, I was challenged by a very well trained and passionate piano teacher about the idea of teaching positive music lessons. After I gave notes, ideas, and examples of practical applications on how to positively reinforce
Playing Music By Ear Starts With Fun Games
Playing Music By Ear People always admire musicians who can play an instrument by ear. Sometimes we see and hear very talented people who don’t read music. Playing by ear doesn’t have to mean not reading music and learning to play using your ear is vital to a students lessons and it all starts with
Your Waiter or Your Piano Teacher
Your Piano Teacher or Your Waiter? You sit down at your local restaurant, your waiter approaches you, and he kindly asks if you’d like to start your meal with a beverage other then water. It’s a situation that you and even your children are used to but who is that person serving you? It could
Music Is More Valuable Than Math
Music Students Learn To Make Decisions Faster And Better Then Most As many parents know, there is a general list of “why it’s important to take music lessons”. The main one we think of is improvement in Math…though any music teacher will tell you that’s just the tip of the iceberg. An often overlooked benefit–and