Easy Piano Lessons Over the 26 years that I have been a piano student I have had a lot of wonderful piano teachers. Every teacher had a different approach to teaching and I was able to learn different techniques and skills from my teachers. Some of my teachers over the years were very strict and disciplined
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Mastering Breathing Technique in Beginner Trumpet Lessons
Knowing how to use breathing technique in beginner trumpet lessons is more than half the battle. Strong tone and endurance start long before a student presses the first valve—they start with posture, breath support, and relaxation at the embouchure. In-home lessons create a low-pressure space to establish those fundamentals with care. Step 1: Posture and
What are those instruments playing? Learning how to listen
It’s a bit of a cliché to say this, but I love to listen to music. You could safely assume that all musicians love to listen to music, but you might not know that it can be a really challenging thing to do. It’s a skill you can practice and improve upon. My ability to
Why Backwards Practice Works Best: A Strategy for Beginner Musicians
When it comes to learning an instrument, most students (and even some parents!) assume you should always practice from the beginning of a piece to the end. But as music teachers who work closely with beginner students, we can confidently say this: backwards practice works best. That’s right—starting at the end of a piece and
Great Music Teachers Evolve!
GREAT TEACHERS – NOT ALWAYS! Very few of the finest music teachers set out to teach. In fact most of us were set on never becoming teachers at all. We are and were performers; wanna-be rock stars (maybe still for me), classical players, jazz artists, composers, singers, songwriters, and anything but music teachers. But that