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Diary of a Music Teacher: Playing Duets with Your Students

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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 […]

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How To Write a Good Ending to a Song!

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Diary of a Music Teacher:Great Start to Playing Any Type of Guitar :)

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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 […]

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How to Add Texture to Your Music

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Game Music, Film Music, TV Music…

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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 […]

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How to Create Dynamics in Music!

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How to Play ‘My Heart Will Go On’ on the Ukulele!

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How to Name the Different Parts of a Ukulele: Take a Quiz :)

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Great Book for Music Theory!

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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 […]

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How to Count Time Signatures

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How to Play’ Spiderman’ on the Piano!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Smash Hits!

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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. […]

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How To Play ‘Baby Shark’ on the Piano!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Nursery Rhymes to Motivate Students :)

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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 […]

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How to Play ‘Grow Old with You’ on the Ukulele!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: More Teacher Strikes Equals More Practice Time at Home :)

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How to Play ‘I Will Always Love You’ on the Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Band Practice :)

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How to Play ‘Zombie’ by the Cranberries on the Ukulele!

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How to Play ‘No Woman No Cry’ on the Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: All Time Best Female Classical Music Composers!

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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 […]

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How to Play ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay on the Ukulele!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Happy International Women’s Day!

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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!

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How to Play ‘All of Me’ on the Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Hand Co-ordination!

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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 […]

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How to Play ‘If You Are Happy and You Know It’ on the Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: International Women’s Day Event!

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How to Play ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ on the Ukulele!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Another Strike Day

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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 […]

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How to Play Grooves, Accents and Transitions on Percussion Instruments!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Invest in a Good Quality Musical Instrument

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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 […]

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How to Read Musical Notes with the Help of Piano or Keyboard!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Teaching Your 2nd or 3rd Instrument

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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 […]

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How to Play ‘Here Comes the Sun’ on the ukulele!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Something to Check Out in Nottingham!

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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 […]

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How to Play ‘the Entertainer’ on the Piano & Keyboard!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Going Back to Old Songs

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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 […]

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How to: Learn 10 Guitar Hacks!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Cost of Living & Music Education

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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 […]

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Great Online Shop for All Things Ukulele & Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Cool Guitars :)

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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!

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Learn 4 Chords on the Piano & Play 100s of Songs!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Spring is in the Air!

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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 […]

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How to Play Bar Chords on the Ukulele

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Happy Half-Term

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Happy Half-term to Everyone; However You Are Spending It! 🙂

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Diary of a Music Teacher: All Time Classics

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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 […]

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Warm Ups for the Ukulele for Daily Practice!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Great Site for Finding Sheet Music!

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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 […]

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Warm Up Exercises for the Guitar!

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Diary of a Music Teacher: Importance of Breaks in Your Day

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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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