Some of these questions come from my experience teaching but I filled it out with a few from The Well-Tempered Keyboard Teacher (overpriced but great book). Presenting and developing scales: questions to consider for teachers and students: What type of legato: When working on legato scales what type of legato are you aiming for? Will it aim [...]
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Sight Reading — Classical Guitar Review
I agree with Simon regarding the idea that fingering of the repertoire is very detrimental to students. My guitar methods actually leaves out all fingerings. However, that makes it hard to sell unless teachers are really into it. The first fews week with the book is tricky but then the student’s reading takes off! READ SIMON’S ARTICLE via [...]
Three Things to Stop Doing During Your Practice Time
Christopher Davis reports on three good reminders about getting to work…I’d like to clarify something he’s saying: there is a difference between working and playing. Working implies actively seeking improvement whereas playing is simply the fruits of your labour. 1. Stop Looking for Pencils, Your Metronome, and Everything Else 2. Stop Playing Through Entire Pieces 3. Stop [...]
The importance of mental preparation in music performance
Jean-François Desrosby has a new blog section on his website, check out this post about mental preparation. As I drew a lot of information for my research in the field of sport kinesiology, it was quite normal for me to look to the athletes and their mental preparation to performance to see if there were [...]
Left Hand Fingering Considerations « Nick Cutroneo
Deciding on left hand fingerings on the guitar can be difficult. One of the nuances of the instrument is that we have multiple options for the left hand. For example, the E on the 4th space of the staff on 5 out of the 6 strings on the guitar. Also, using harmonics we can play [...]
My Week Teaching: Musical Layers
When I teach I like to think of layers of musical information and how those layers can be simplified to the student. Think of layers as slides that you stack on top of one another. One slide could be the sky, another the trees, another a person etc etc until you have an entire picture. [...]
My Week Teaching: Practice and Bach Videos
Just a short entry this week as I have to get working on some papers for my history classes at UVic (I’m studying Asian history at the moment) and need to get practicing for an upcoming concert I’m playing in with Alexander Dunn, Adrian Verdejo, and Michael Dias. Even some of my most accomplished students [...]
My Week Teaching: Presentation and Preparation
Presenting material and ideas clearly, confidently, and concisely is a primary problem of many music students. This is what I try to impart upon my students: Make clear goals: Prepare specific material, that is, pick a phrase or section and be determined to make progress on that section. Be very clear about what you’re working [...]
Four Ways to Prepare for a Performance
Christopher Davis disscusses ways to prepare for a performance including: Practice Performance, Warm-up Performances, Visualization a Successful Performance, The Day Of… READ THE ARTICLE: Four Ways to Prepare for a Performance : Guitar Performance Tips | ClassicalGuitarBlog.net.
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