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Every Good Boy Does Fine… but can’t read music

On 09 Oct, 2018
Benefits, Education, hard work, Music literacy, New students, practice, reading, theory, work
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  by Jennifer Hummler & Steven Bowen  

Boy, we really wish everybody would stop using mnemonic devices to teach music "literacy."

 

Reading music is hard, it takes a lot of time, effort, and memorization... except it doesn't! It's...

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MINI-post: “What should the rest of our family do while a lesson is in progress?”

On 13 Feb, 2018
Audience etiquette, Benefits, Education, Parenting, practice
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by JENNIFER HUMMLER

Sometimes, family-members will be unsure of what they should do while lessons are going on in the home. Should everyone run and hide in their rooms until the lessons are over to provide a quiet space for...

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Why we do NOT like the word “talent”

On 25 Jan, 2018
Performance, practice, Practicing, Talent
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by JENNIFER HUMMLER   How often have you heard someone exclaim, “Oh, she’s SOO talented” or something similar? Pretty frequently, right? Especially in respect to a musical performance. But, what does that mean? The word “talent” is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary...

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