Practice. Practice. Practice.
If you’ve ever had the urge to learn an instrument but haven’t had time, you might find life slows down as you get to 50 and actually have the time to seriously consider taking up a musical instrument. But you don’t want to spend years taking lessons before you can even feel you’re getting the […]
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If you’re a piano teacher, you might be feeling frustrated that you can’t accommodate as many students as you’d like. Perhaps you have a waiting list and phone calls from parents eager to get their children started on lessons but there are no time-slots available. Maybe you’ve been teaching piano lessons one-on-one for a while […]
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Engaging a child’s attention, concentration, and imagination for thirty minutes can be mighty challenging! Even though they are excited by the piano and the idea of making music, their age makes it hard for most of them to stay focused. Before you start a lesson, check that the child is sitting at the right height […]
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Most people look at teaching music as a great way to earn extra money. However, most of them don’t pay attention to the details and, generally, don’t bother with things outside of lessons too much. There is nothing wrong with this but if you want to use all the potentials of this job, it would […]
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Why is it a good idea to learn piano finger numbers and piano finger placement? It stands to reason that since there are eight notes in an octave and we only have five fingers, it would be beneficial to use all five fingers instead of one to play the keys more effectively. In this sense […]
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When you begin to create a music concert program, you need to start by deciding on your music and running order. If you are working with children, it’s a good idea to have the youngest children play first as they can get very restless if they have to sit and wait for their turn to […]
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If you’re just venturing into the world of playing the piano, you might be wondering what the best easy piano songs are to get you started. Music is made up of pitch – the actual sound of the note – and rhythm – how fast or slowly you move from one note to the next. […]
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Muscle memory may sound unfamiliar to most people, but that doesn’t change the fact that we are all relying on it heavily. This type of memory allows us to do most of our daily tasks pretty much unconsciously. Walking, eating, driving, and swimming are just some of the activities we can do without focusing too […]
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We all dream that our child is going to leap out of bed in the morning and rush to the piano to practice without even being reminded. Of course, this does happen from time to time. But for the majority, no matter how keen our children are to progress on their instrument, motivating music students […]
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Missed lessons are an inevitable fact of a piano teacher’s life and a written private music lesson cancellation policy that you can give to your students and their parents is therefore essential if you want to run your piano teaching business effectively. It is for the student’s benefit that you have a solid private music […]
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