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Hour Lessons for Beginners?

ldrcjunk@gmail.com — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:56:35 +0000

By James Flood There is a well-known on line referral service that covers practically every service under the sun. When it comes to music lessons, these folks unwittingly encourage students in search of piano, guitar, flute etc. teachers to request hour-long lessons. Well, for many teachers, this is great news. They can get

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Say Goodbye to Memory Slips: How to Memorize Music

ldrcjunk@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:28:02 +0000

By James Flood How many classical guitarists and musicians out there can relate to this experience. It may have been as an adult or as a child, but you’re performing something that you’ve practiced a ton. You’ve played it from memory so many times you could play it in your sleep. Suddenly in

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Having Trouble Practicing? Some Solutions

ldrcjunk@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:26:30 +0000

By James Flood Practicing, as everyone knows, is absolutely necessary to learning a musical instrument. And it can’t just involve practicing once in awhile. It needs to be a consistent pattern in one’s life in order to gain the physical skills necessary for playing. With my beginning guitar students I recommend 20 to

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Persistence Pays Off

ldrcjunk@gmail.com — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:25:20 +0000

By James Flood It happens sometimes that one of my guitar students feels embarrassed as they perceive that they are lacking in talent, and therefore I, the teacher, must be feeling either bored, annoyed, or thinking horrible thoughts like “Man, this person is hopeless.” Nothing could be further from the truth. If the student

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The Case for Apprenticeships in Teaching a Musical Instrument

ldrcjunk@gmail.com — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:23:38 +0000

By James Flood For centuries the idea of training for a profession has been assumed, whether that training is in the form of a school or university, or an apprenticeship in a skilled craftsmen’s shop, or an internship for a doctor. So why not teaching a musical instrument? While many musicians have a

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