Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand Carl Orff Have you ever had students who learn about something one week, but at the following lesson it’s as though they had never encountered it before? At last weeks lesson you taught Ben about tones and semitones, for example, and he seemed…
Hands up if you look up performances on places like YouTube when learning a new music piece? Back in the olden days when I was having music lessons, there was no such thing as YouTube. Internet was through the phone line (showing my age now!) and deathly slow. Lecturers at university actually suggested taking a…
Teach the student first, the music second and the piano third Frances Clark At first glance you might look at this quote and think, ‘hang on, my job is to teach the piano, so why is it not top of the list?!’. But actually it highlights the importance of thinking about the individual when teaching….
I found this quote a while ago and it really struck a chord (no pun intended!). When learning the piano growing up, I always loved how I could pick up a book of music and be transported to a different world. Each piece told its own unique story. In a similar way I think that’s…
