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by john aschenbrenner
Overcoming frustration in piano students is a problem you should never let develop. Be clever enough that the child never enters the frustration z...
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by john aschenbrenner
The psychology of homeschool piano is largely a sensible attitude. I suggest that you try a very child-friendly method to start your homeschoo...
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by john aschenbrenner
Most piano teachers push too hard, destroying the student's desire to learn about the piano. They use a combination of disciplinarian and dogma...
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by john aschenbrenner
In the Introduction to Teach Yourself Piano, we find that music is an art that builds each step upon the last. Understand the point of each step....
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by john aschenbrenner
A wise piano teacher will follow the child's pace with piano lessons. The biggest mistake that piano teachers make is to go too fast. Look at the...
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by john aschenbrenner
Late bloomers in childhood piano are those children who may show little interest for years, and then suddenly wake up to the idea of playing the ...
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by john aschenbrenner
You have to give the kid a reason to practice. Saying. "Go practice that'" won't work yet. It will take months or years to get the child to work...
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by john aschenbrenner
Parents don't realize how easy it is to make your kid hate piano lessons. Offhand comments can have a devastating effect on a child's desire to ...
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by john aschenbrenner
Let us imagine we are inside a kid's brain during a piano lesson, listening to their thoughts. There are two possible scenarios that are probabl...
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by john aschenbrenner
Piano teachers need to let the child appear to lead the piano lesson. This is better than presenting them with an unbending lecture and drill. Bo...
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by john aschenbrenner
Every piano lesson is not a winner. Kids have good days and bad days. Sometimes, I have the knack of changing tears to laughter. I do this by un...
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by john aschenbrenner
The Pillow and the Piano describes a lesson with a child who didn't want a lesson that day. Kids will tell you what they need, even if they can't...
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