Teaching Music Lessons As educators, we aspire to re-create the experience that made us want to learn more about music. At their most fundamental level, we want our lessons to be havens for self-expression, where students feel safe to explore and learn. Here are three simple strategies to help you keep you teaching music lessons
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How To Incorporate Music Theory In Lessons
For music teachers, it is easy to focus solely on performance pieces or technique exercises during weekly lessons. We only have so much time with a student each week, and to keep progress on the instrument going, it’s easy to neglect another equally important area of music instruction—music theory.
Keep Piano Lessons Positive
The majority of students taking lessons start because the know music is fun, some students fall deeply in love with it and some of those choose to consider music as a career. That’s the facts. So in my experience, I keep piano lessons positive as my main method.
Parents Helping Piano Lessons
Maria McDonald is a Lessons In Your Home Piano Teacher in Atlanta GA. She from time to time drops in with some advise and today she is sharing information on Parents Helping Piano Lessons. Here’s what she has to say: Feedback I receive on the regular from parents is they are unable to assist in
Three Steps To Good Piano Posture
Like in so many areas of life (at least our chiropractors would tell us) posture is so very important to your overall performance. Piano is an instrument that benefits greatly from proper posture. In this article I will give three simple “techniques” to help achieve good piano posture.
Steps And Skips In Piano Music – Basic Music Intervals
A great basic step in learning to read piano music understands intervals. Intervals for those who don’t know are the name given for the distance between two notes. This article is a basic approach on how I like to teach steps and skips in piano music to my elementary aged students. Each student is different
The Advantages Of Playing Piano Duets With Beginner Students
This article is for teachers working with beginner piano students who are looking for ways to enrich the first year of lessons. The focus is on duets and how they provide different advantages in getting a feel for the instrument.
How To Present Difficult Music To A Younger Student
How To Present Difficult Music to a Younger Student Music teachers need to be presenting new and sometimes difficult music to their younger students on a regular basis. It is important to decide how difficult the new material should be, how soon to present it, and in what manner to present it. Private teachers
In Theory, Music Theory Is Fun!
There is an importance to learning basic theory in music, and music theory is fun. Just like learning phonics can give you a great foundation for reading, learning theory gives you a great foundation for musical learning! Theory Is The Phonics Of Music Like reading, some students can bypass the phonics route and try something
Your Saxophone Teacher Will Let You Know What to Practice?
“How will my child know what to practice each week?” Your Saxophone Teacher will let you know and they should. This is a great question to ask, as different teachers have various ways of assigning practice assignments. However, students can be proactive in managing their assignments, as well as their daily practice, with a few