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Music practice – making it happen and getting the best from it

Here is a short article about the thorny issue of music practice – how the teacher’s guidance during the lesson can make it more meaningful and desirable to the student, and how careful a choice of words can make a big difference to attitudes to practice.  All very important because of course, the majority of…

Dec 6, 2012 in Instrumental Music, Music Education.
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  • About Group Instrumental Teaching…
  • Biography
  • Demonstration, Imitation, Improvisation, then Notation!
  • Demonstration, Imitation, Improvisation, then Notation!
  • Excuse me, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?
  • Group Instrumental Teaching II – Space & Time
  • Group Instrumental Teaching I – Why Not?
  • Group Instrumental Teaching III – Keeping Everyone Involved
  • Group Instrumental Teaching IV – Handling Mixed Abilities
  • Klee Connections for Piano
  • Let’s Make Music (forget reading it for now)!
  • More on Effective Group teaching…
  • Pythagoras and the Music of the Future Part I – Timbre
  • Pythagoras and the Music of the Future Part II – Melody & Harmony
  • Pythagoras and the Music of the Future Part III (contd.)
  • Pythagoras and the Music of the Future Part III – Musical Time
  • Songs of the Aristos (2014)
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