Diary of a Music Teacher: Playing Duets with Your Students
Playing duets with your students can be a fun way to practice keeping in time & playing music with other people. With certain instruments, such as the piano, students spend […]
How To Write a Good Ending to a Song!
Diary of a Music Teacher:Great Start to Playing Any Type of Guitar :)
The Hal Leonard series is a great start for any instrument and they have a wide range of books for various different musical instruments. You can find a book for […]
How to Add Texture to Your Music
Diary of a Music Teacher: Game Music, Film Music, TV Music…
When you think about it, there is music everywhere. There is music in the background of computer games, on TV shows, in films, in adverts, in shops, in shopping centre….Much […]
How to Create Dynamics in Music!
How to Play ‘My Heart Will Go On’ on the Ukulele!
How to Name the Different Parts of a Ukulele: Take a Quiz :)
Diary of a Music Teacher: Great Book for Music Theory!
A great comprehensive music theory book for both younger and older learners is ‘Discovering Music Theory: the ABRSM Grade 1 Music Theory Workbook’. The book offers a comprehensive overview of […]
How to Count Time Signatures
How to Play’ Spiderman’ on the Piano!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Smash Hits!
To increase student engorgement and motivation, at times pop, rock and hit songs are excellent. Nothing like ‘Shotgun’ by George Ezra or ‘Old Town Road’ that can get students playing. […]
How To Play ‘Baby Shark’ on the Piano!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Nursery Rhymes to Motivate Students :)
Students always enjoy playing songs that they know or have heard before; there is something invigorating about learning to play a familiar tune. In my experience, nursery rhymes have proven […]
How to Play ‘Grow Old with You’ on the Ukulele!
Diary of a Music Teacher: More Teacher Strikes Equals More Practice Time at Home :)
How to Play ‘I Will Always Love You’ on the Guitar!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Band Practice :)
How to Play ‘Zombie’ by the Cranberries on the Ukulele!
How to Play ‘No Woman No Cry’ on the Guitar!
Diary of a Music Teacher: All Time Best Female Classical Music Composers!
Classical music is without doubt dominated by male composers. Over time, most famous composers have been men. Obviously there are cultural and societal reasons for such within the classical music […]
How to Play ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay on the Ukulele!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Happy International Women’s Day!
We got snow for International Women’s Day in London! It is very bright, white and calm outside. Here to all wonderful women out there doing their best every day!
How to Play ‘All of Me’ on the Guitar!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Hand Co-ordination!
Hand co-ordination and hand positioning takes practice. Play your scales, play technical exercises, play songs that require hand movement…It all pays off in the end! Be fluid, be free, on […]
How to Play ‘If You Are Happy and You Know It’ on the Guitar!
Diary of a Music Teacher: International Women’s Day Event!
How to Play ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ on the Ukulele!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Another Strike Day
So, who’s striking tomorrow?! Mixed feelings all around about this strike….Many can understand why teachers are striking, but many are also saying that now is not the best time to […]
How to Play Grooves, Accents and Transitions on Percussion Instruments!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Invest in a Good Quality Musical Instrument
Buying a good quality musical instrument will cost a little more money initially, but it is really worth the investment. When you buy a good quality instrument, you have it […]
How to Read Musical Notes with the Help of Piano or Keyboard!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Teaching Your 2nd or 3rd Instrument
How do you feel about teaching your second instrument, or any additional instruments? We all feel that our first instrument is our strongest point; however, I have found that teaching […]
How to Play ‘Here Comes the Sun’ on the ukulele!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Something to Check Out in Nottingham!
Check the text in the photo: something really nice to see in Nottingham if and when you find yourself there! It is a portrait bench of one of my all […]
How to Play ‘the Entertainer’ on the Piano & Keyboard!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Going Back to Old Songs
How do you feel about going back to play old songs that you perhaps played a few months ago or even last year? For students, this can be something that […]
How to: Learn 10 Guitar Hacks!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Cost of Living & Music Education
What is your experience of the cost of living crisis and its effect on music education provision? In my experience so far, the students who really want to learn and […]
Great Online Shop for All Things Ukulele & Guitar!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Cool Guitars :)
What is the most decorated guitar that you have seen? 🙂 For me, it has to be this sticker-covered pink guitar that one of my students has!
Learn 4 Chords on the Piano & Play 100s of Songs!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Spring is in the Air!
There is certainly a feeling of change of seasons at the moment! In London, the weather has been very spring-like over the past week; the sun has been out a […]
How to Play Bar Chords on the Ukulele
Diary of a Music Teacher: Happy Half-Term
Happy Half-term to Everyone; However You Are Spending It! 🙂
Diary of a Music Teacher: All Time Classics
Nothing beats playing some all time classics from time to time! Who wouldn’t have hear of ‘Fur Elise’ or ‘the Moonlight Sonata’, ‘the Fifth Symphony’ or ‘Chopsticks’? There are easy […]
Warm Ups for the Ukulele for Daily Practice!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Great Site for Finding Sheet Music!
Today I wanted to share with you a useful site called Musescore. ON this site, you can look for free sheet music downloads. All you have to do is type […]
Warm Up Exercises for the Guitar!
Diary of a Music Teacher: Importance of Breaks in Your Day
Even when you are extremely busy with full on days, it is important to take proper breaks from work. Even if you manage just 10 minutes out in the fresh […]
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