Monthly Archives: June 2011

Teaching and Learning Through the Senses

We ALL learn through our senses.  Learning to play an instrument is complicated.  When you teach the whole brain, you increase the chances of success so it makes sense to engage all the senses. Visual Learners: Around 60 – 70% … Continue reading

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Music Lessons – How Music Makes Your Child Brighter

Have you ever wondered what you get from learning a musical instrument? Well….. you could get very good at playing your instrument, but did you know that that’s just a small part of it. Here’s just a little of what … Continue reading

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Creating a Practice Habit with the 100 Days Challenge

As Suzuki used to say, “Knowledge plus 10,000 repetitions is skill.”  Creating a practice habit with the 100 Days Challenge seems to me to be a good start. Last summer I came across a very inspiring book called the Talent Code … Continue reading

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Goal Setting for Making Music Fun

Sarah started viola lessons when she was 3.  Her big brother had been playing for a year already and the family focus was on him.  From the start it was apparent that her mother didn’t rate Sarah much as an … Continue reading

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Refusal to Practice – 10 Positive Steps Forwards

Your child has made a really promising start with learning an instrument, lots of enthusiasm and hard practice and steady progress.  Then bang, the honeymoon is over, with sulks tantrums and outright refusal to practice.  Practice is, after all hard … Continue reading

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Practice Routine For a Young Beginner, 8 tips for helping your child to practice

We all start music lessons with high hopes but when it comes down to sorting out a practice routine for a young beginner it can be rather hit or miss.  In order to turn knowledge which a child is gaining … Continue reading

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Music Lessons – Getting Your Money’s Worth

Music lessons can be expensive.  How can we make sure that it is a worthwhile investment.  We all know that music lessons can make you brighter because of the workout that music gives the brain.  Hang on a moment…… music by itself … Continue reading

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Music Teaching and Rewards and Bribery

Music teaching involves your students in practice,  definitely not a childlike activity.  How do we make practice desirable to young child? Some of us, some of the time resort to bribery. A bribe is a payment that you give to … Continue reading

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