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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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