As mentioned last week, this Lesson Line piece completes a set of nine pieces which form a sort of primer for success with Simply Music piano lessons. It is the last piece being published weekly — look for monthly updates…
Month: May 2009
The Importance of the Life Coach in Supporting Students’ Success with Piano Lessons
The Lesson Line tends to be written as if talking directly to the student. It’s made clear in the very first lesson, though — the Foundation Session — that there are three roles involved in undertaking piano lessons. The student…
Keeping the Repertoire Alive
You’ve put a lot of solid and efficient work into your current projects. You’ve moved them through the process and have built a repertoire. Keeping all those songs alive, though, requires a different kind of practice compared to current projects.…
Managing Current Projects
When you first started lessons, you were told to practice for about 15-20 minutes each day at the same time each day. From around Level 4 or so onward, a little bit more time will be needed to continue to…
Summer 2009 Workshop Offerings
Potluck Creative Arts proudly presents these workshop offerings for the Summer 2009 term, Monday 6/29/2009 to Friday 9/4//2009. Simply Music Beginner Piano Workshops Songwriting Workshops Singalong Workshops Simply Music Beginner Piano Workshops Learn how to play a number of great-sounding…
Building a Repertoire
In the last Lesson Line piece, we looked at an optimal approach for practicing individual songs, in particular Foundation pieces. Let’s now start to take a look at how to think about your practice time so that the work you…