Student Tips

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This blog is about everything related to music lessons and the classical & acoustic fingerstyle guitar.

Student Tips

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN TEACHER - MOTIVATION

Of all the things that music teachers do, probably one of the most important, powerful, and incredibly demanding tasks is motivating students. That is challenging at the best of times...

Student Tips

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN TEACHER - PATIENCE & PERSEVERANCE

The second and third qualities essential to becoming your own teacher are closely related. Patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, frustration, or disappointment without getting angry, feeling...

Student Tips

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN TEACHER - LISTEN

A short while ago, on my Facebook and Instagram sites, I mentioned two principles that are critical for a guitar student’s success. The first is, what you do in between...

Student Tips, Parent Tips

MUSIC STUDENTS DO BETTER IN SCHOOL THAN NON-MUSICAL PEERS

"High school students who take music courses score significantly better on math, science and English exams than their non-musical peers, according to a new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology." https://news.ubc.ca/2019/06/24/music-students-do-better-in-school-than-non-musical-peers/ The ......