First, many thanks to my readers for all your supportive comments! I’m glad you enjoy reading my posts as much as I enjoy writing them. I’d like to diverge from the current series on the teacher-student relationship (will resume with next post), to comment on the tempos at which we play our music. The tempoContinue reading “How Fast is Too Fast?”
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Part 3: The Student-Teacher Relationship
The Five Ways of Learning It’s well known that individuals learn in at least one of five ways: Aural Verbal Visual Experiential Tactile Aural learners retain what they have heard. If they have only read it, they may not retain it. I had a history teacher who was wise enough to have us read aContinue reading “Part 3: The Student-Teacher Relationship”
Part 2: The Teacher-Student Relationship
This is the second of a series of posts on the teacher-student relationship. If you haven’t seen Part 1, it’s below. Your Energy Level It’s been said that a performer uses as many calories on stage in an hour-long concert as a runner does in ten miles. Any performer can tell you this must beContinue reading “Part 2: The Teacher-Student Relationship”