by Rebecca | Aug 22, 2024 | Teaching Tips
Piano teachers have a sixth sense for whether a student has practiced, don’t we? But do you have a ready to go answer to: “how much piano practice should my child do?” The tricky thing is there is no number we can simply give to students or their parents...
by Rebecca | Aug 22, 2024 | Teaching Tips
Is this you? Your next piano student is due any minute, and you’re sitting in your teaching studio, awaiting their arrival. You answer the door, and there they stand, empty-handed. A wave of dread washes over you as their parent sheepishly apologizes. Your...
by Rebecca | Aug 21, 2024 | Music Theory & Analysis
I’ve been self-employed as a Piano Teacher since 2015 (over 10 years at time of writing this.) I have made plenty of mistakes along the way, but there are always opportunities to learn from teaching mistakes and to improve your pedagogy for the next time you...
by Rebecca | Aug 21, 2024 | Teaching Tips
When I was a teenager I started Saxophone lessons, and picked up a few bits on other instruments like the guitar. By this point I was a committed Piano student – practising every day, and practising more pieces/studies than my teacher assigned (my mum still had...
by Rebecca | Aug 21, 2024 | Teaching Tips
Teaching pop music in piano lessons can be challenging for teachers who are more accustomed to classical repertoire. You might feel like you don’t even know where to start to teach students that only want to play pop music in piano lessons! But you are very...
