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Diary of a Music Teacher: Nearly Half-term!

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Can you believe that after next week it is half-term week already? Although January can feel long it doesn’t feel long ago that it was Christmas break! Half-terms are great […]

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How to Play the Electric Guitar: Lesson 1

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Piano Time!

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Pauline Hall has created some fabulous and fun piano books for all levels. She is a pianist and a music education who has turned her passion into composing songs for […]

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Ukulele Warm Ups to Do Every Day!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Teachers on Strike!

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So… Today is the biggest strike day in a decade, apparently. Teachers are on strike; I don’t remember the last time teacher would have been on strike. It has been […]

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Test Your Music Theory Knowledge!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Country Music

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Country music is a unique genre in the sense that country music songs always consist of deep lyrics and stories. There is always a message in a song in a […]

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How to Play the Bongo Drums for Jazz Music with Swing Rhythm!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Monday Motivation

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Term time weeks go past so fast! The weekend comes and is gone… I find it imperative to keep Sundays as free as possible and to factor in some lazy […]

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How to Play ‘Old Town Road’ on the Piano & Keyboard!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: The Beauty of Swan Lake

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The beautiful music of Tchaikovsky can often be heard in films, TV shows and theatre performances even, most often in ballets. The beautiful rather haunting melodies captured the hearts and […]

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How to Play ‘Swan Lake the Main Theme’ on the Piano

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Diary of a Music Teacher: the Great Beethoven!

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Beethoven without doubt is one of the most wonderful classical music composers that ever lived. Mozart, Chopin and a few other classical composers make the same category with Beethoven, yet […]

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In Honour of Chinese New Year- How to Play Chinese Melodies on the Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: the Tedious Side of Sight-reading….

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Sight-reading can be the most tedious part of learning music: some students do anything to avoid it…! Some others, however, find it one of the most straightforward aspects of learning […]

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How to Play Jazz on the Ukulele!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Variety of Instruments!

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Many instrumental teachers teach just one instrument; however, I find it more fun for myself to mix it up whenever possible and teach at least a few different ones. Currently, […]

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How to Play Jazz Chords on the Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: The Therapeutic Side of Drumming!

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Bashing about on the drum kit can be really fun and surprisingly therapeutic! You don’t need to know how to properly drum to enjoy coming you with some cool funky […]

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How to Play Jazz Chords on the Piano & Keyboard!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: The Fun of Disney Songs

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Disney films are known for their fantastic music! It’s hard to find children who wouldn’t have watched a Disney film and enjoyed the music in it. I have certainly enjoyed […]

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How to Play ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ on the Piano!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: From One Season to Another

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The other day I was at a supermarket and saw Easter eggs on the shelves! And then yesterday we started playing Easter songs with some students…. Is anyone else feeling […]

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How to Play Easy Funk on Congas

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Diary of a Music Teacher: AI & Music

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Here is a very interesting read on what a future with AI and music might look like: https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/what-would-music-ai-future-sound

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How to Strum & Sing

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Students who are Stuck in the Same Place for Months

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What to do with students who seem to have no ambition to improve, learn and practice? For many of these students, lessons are always at the same level with little […]

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Learn How to Read Music in 15 Minutes!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: When Students Make Excuses

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It’s a bit of a strange feeling when a student cancels their lesson (or rather their parent cancels it) for a specific reason and then you find out later on, […]

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Learn How to Read Music in 7 Days!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Learn from Your Students!

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It is quite a nice feeling when you can learn something new from your students. For example, recently one of my students started learning the clarinet and eagerly showed me […]

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Learn to Play the Ukulele in One Hour!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Healthy Competition

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Many of my students are learning to play a musical instrument, because they themselves want to or because their parents want them to learn. However, for some, the motivation to […]

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Learn Ukulele Anatomy!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Setting the Right Expectations for Each Student

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Now with the new term starting, it is a good time to remind ourselves of what kind of expectations to set for each student. Each student is different and in […]

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How to Play ‘Fur Elise’ on the Piano & Keyboard

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Connect with Colleagues

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If you are an instrumental or singing teacher working on your own, it can be nice to connect with other teachers. There are many online forums nowadays where you can […]

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How to Play Happy Birthday on the Piano

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Diary of A Music Teacher: Monday Motivation!

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To motivate you on a Monday in January, look at some old photos of yourself in a place where you felt relaxed and happy! Bringing back fond memories can really […]

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How to Play Scales on the Recorder!

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30 Day Guitar Challenge!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Carrying on with Christmas Cheer

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So…This week we have still been going strong with Christmas carols with some students! I know what some of you are thinking: but it’ not Christmas any more…! Well, what […]

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E Chord School for the Ukulele!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Use of the Simply Piano App and Other Apps

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The Simply Piano App that can be downloaded on all technological devices has become very popular amongst in particular younger learners. During lockdowns, all kinds of music learning apps became […]

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How to Play Chords on the Piano

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Importance of Internal Motivation

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It is the start of a new term after a break that is known for everyone enjoying time with their families and completely taking a break from everything. At times […]

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Learn Music Theory in Half an Hour!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Here We Go Again!

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Start of new term always comes with mixed feelings: there is excitement about the term and the need for a daily routine; yet there is nerves, worry and apprehension on […]

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Diary of a Music Teacher Day 42: Winter Survival

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It seems that we are on full on winter survival mode in the UK at least! It has been much colder with lots of snow and ice than what it […]

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How to Play ‘Feliz Navidad’ on the Piano

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