by Vince | Apr 19, 2010 | Musical Literacy |
Jan here (from the PWA team). There's been a lot of talk about how music helps you learn better, get better grades in school, yadda yadda yadda. But the truth is, sometimes it just plain makes you *feel* better, and handle the stresses of everyday life. Check this... by Vince | Apr 19, 2010 | Music Learners |
Jan here (from the PWA team). Sometimes I think back fondly on the times we ran across someone who was convinced they weren't musical, and yet the game had them playing in minutes. A couple of years ago, we met a man who was 60% deaf. His mother had been telling... by Vince | Apr 19, 2010 | Music Teachers |
Piano teachers get a bad rap, in part because of the challenges of music literacy, i.e., reading sheet music, and the repetition needed to acquire fluency. There is even a semi-autobiographical psychological study that uses the piano teacher as an archetype of... by Vince | Apr 19, 2010 | Music Teachers |
One of the primary challenges of being a private piano teacher and making a living at it is time. Most of your available students only have time after school or after work during the week, giving you maybe 2 to 4 hours of time per day to teach, and then Saturdays, and... by Vince | Apr 19, 2010 | Grandparents |
Here's a really great heart warming story that appeared in GRAND Magazine a while back about how Ronnie Milsap's grandparents influenced his musical development... "Country And R&B legend Ronnie Milsap was born blind and into extreme poverty in the Appalachian... by Chris Salter | Apr 19, 2010 | Music Teachers, Parents |
How do you get students to practice? Here is a tip I found online, but it would only seem effective if the parent or teacher is there, and knows how that passage is supposed to sound. (I would not use candy myself, sugar is never your friend when trying to keep kids...