I’m out of the studio working on another big project this week, so I decided to take the week off of blogging as well. Plus, that will give everyone a chance to catch their breath and get ready for the deluge of posts next week when I’m live-blogging from the 2012 MTNA Conference in New […]
Teaching
Teaching Tips from Snowboard School: Part Five – Provide Ample Time for Individual Practice
Even though our snowboard class consisted of eight people, I was impressed at how effectively our instructor gave us personal attention. However, while he observed and critiqued each of us individually, he also gave enough instruction to the group as a whole so that each person could keep working at his or her own pace […]
This Quote Should Be on Every Wall in My Studio…
“If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not you’ll find an excuse.” I’m still pondering the results of the Practice Survey I conducted in my studio last week. It’s interesting to see how many of my students selected the option, “I am too busy; my schedule doesn’t allow time for […]
Check Out the New Music Theory Teaching Tips Videos from Ultimate Music Theory
The ever-energetic Glory St. Germain, of Ultimate Music Theory, has just started posting a series of Music Theory Teaching Tips videos. Check out this first one on how to teach landmark notes on the staff to your students: I don’t know about you, but I’ve never thought to approach note identification like this. I think […]
Monday Mailbag – Making Custom Student Worksheets
What program do you use to create your worksheets and publications? It may shock (or horrify!) some of you better designer-types to know this, but I create almost all of my worksheets and practice incentive materials in Microsoft Word. I’ve discovered that with the use of tables, you can accomplish just about anything in Word. […]
Teaching Tips from Snowboard School – Part Four: Build Confidence by Teaching Mastery of Fundamental Skills
Like every good beginning student, as soon as I had mastered the art of staying upright on my snowboard for more than three seconds, I was ready to make my first run down the slopes! But you know what our instructor did? He took us to a special small hill reserved for students and made […]
