Parent: Choosing your first guitar
Guitar, alongside piano and voice, is one of the most popular instruments people pick up to learn. The best choice you can make is the one that makes you the happiest.
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Music Teachers: How to Teach All Learning Styles
If you’re a teacher of any subject, you’re most likely familiar with the seven learning styles defined by a person’s cognitive ability, emotions, and environmental factors. Learn how to teach each style effectively.
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Motivating the Unmotivated Music Student to Practice
So your child or music student doesn’t practice regularly, at least without a fight? Join the club of millions of parents and music teachers who struggle to motivate practice.
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My Child Won’t Practice – Should They Quit Music Lessons?
Should you let your child quit music lessons because they’re not practicing? We delve into whether this is a good reason to cancel and look at the long-term benefits of music education.
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How to Teach The Perfectionist Music Student
As a private music teacher, the perfectionist is by far the most challenging. Learn how to channel that drive for excellence into positive force for musical growth.
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How To Teach Music To All Personalities!
Teaching requires psychology and knowing how a person thinks. There is no “one size fits all” since no two people think alike. Learn to teach to the individual.
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Part 3: Performance Practice
You spend hours learning a song, but is there a difference in how you practice in the final stages before performing? Learn the secrets to a successful performance.
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Part 2: How a Music Student Should Practice
How a music student practices is more important than how much time a student practices. If students practice incorrectly, it won’t matter how long they practice.
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Part 1: How Long Should a Music Student Practice?
What is the perfect amount of time for a beginner music student to practice? We look at reasonable expectations for beginners and young children.
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Learning Music by Video vs a Teacher
Today, students have options to learn via YouTube or apps. Can a student truly learn to sing or play an instrument without a private teacher? We weigh the pros and cons.
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