Tag: education
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How to tell if you have a bad piano teacher?
I get to see transfer students who exhibit number of problems with their hands, understanding of the music, musicality and behavior. While many of them are not to blame on the teacher, (he can do only so much during the lesson and cannot supervise home practice), others are completely the fault of the teacher. Here…
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Practice tips for Adult Students
Practice is not about how much time you put in it, but how strong is your focus when you practice. The result absolutely depends on the focus. Start the practice with a short warm up, don’t skip it, it prepares your hands, ligaments and tendons become softer and flexible as warmed up. Practice is a…
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Adult Students beliefs and expectations; do/don’t
When adult students come to me for lessons, they all are at different level in terms of musical technical development. They also have accumulated some bad habits and some believes. Here I will address some of them. Youtube lessons– often student will take lessons from me, and will continue to use questionable sites on internet…
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Children, focus, and when to start piano lessons
In the past, before the rise of electronic games, internet, smart phones and before the pandemic, it was a standard the children to start piano lessons when they are 5-6 years old. Some would start at 7 years old. What has changed? Children learned passivlely to be entertained. They just stare at a screen and…
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The hassle of make-up lessons explained
It seems that missing lessons cannot be avoided. Overscheduling, sudden schedule conflicts, shopping, cold, forgetting, or unexpected events all contribute to missed lessons. Some students rarely miss a lesson, but unfortunately others do, quite often. Most students feel entitled to ask for make-ups for missed lessons and often get unhappy when teachers refuse or cannot…
