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Do your students ever get frustrated during their lessons? Have you ever had the following situation? The student repeatedly returns to the beginning of the piece, starting over again and again in order to create sufficient momentum to make it through the unwieldy challenges in bar 3. Finally, after...

What do you do when parents request lessons for a month to see if their child likes it before they make a commitment? Do you tell them it's better to make a one-year commitment, as progress can be fairly slow at the beginning? Is there anything music teachers can do to get parents to change their mi...

Why are human beings so enraptured by music making? What is it about music making that people from cultures around the world find so natural and meaningful throughout their entire lives? I have the impression people return to music making again and again because music making sparks something deep in...