All Teaching articles – Page 21
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DebateInstrumental teachers should discourage competition among their students
It's worth managing pressures in the early stages of a musician's development, argues Naomi Yandell
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FocusMusic teachers must learn to correctly respond to student mistakes
Students learn most from making mistakes in their playing, and it’s up to the teacher to find the right way of dealing with them
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ArticleBenjamin Zander gives Prokofiev cello masterclass
You're a great musician and a great cellist, but you're not yet a great storyteller. That's because you are more interested in your instrument than you are in your audience' - Benjamin ZanderBoston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor and cellist Benjamin Zander gives a masterclass on Prokofiev's Cello Sonata ...
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ArticleA lesson with violinist Pinchas Zukerman
Don't be afraid to express yourself in any language - whether it's poetry or dance or music. Speak, speak, speak!' Pinchas Zukerman gives a violin lesson to Jaram Kim, including discussions on bowing, vibrato and sound quality. The lesson took place in Ottawa, Canada in 2002. Read: ...
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Blogs'Children must develop early independence in learning,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
The veteran violinist and violist speaks to Charlotte Gardner about how personal experience informs his teaching
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ArticleAlaska students create 900ft 'cello-o-lantern' for Halloween
Young cellists used their bikes to create a 900ft image of a cello embellished with a jack-o'-lantern face in the snow last weekend for Halloween.The 'cell-o-lantern' was created by students of the Alaska Cello Intensive in Fairbanks as a greeting to Zuill Bailey, who is performing Dvorák's Cello ...
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FocusHow to keep teenage instrumental students motivated
Three string teaching experts answer a reader’s question for The Strad’s Teacher Talk series
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FocusShould etudes and studies be performed with attention to musicality?
Three string teaching experts answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk series
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FocusHow important is violin shoulder rest set-up for children?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusHow long should a music student practise a piece?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusShould violin students take a long summer break without practising?
Top string teachers Mimi Zweig and Géza Szilvay answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk section
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Article'Art takes time,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
We like to see things today grow within 24 hours, but it doesn't work like that. Art needs time.'Pinchas Zukerman talks about musical education in China and describes the growth of classical music in the country as a long and complicated process.Read: 'Playing the viola is greatly beneficial ...
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FocusHow to encourage a relaxed left-hand thumb in string students
Top viola teacher Bruno Giuranna answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk section
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Focus9 perspectives on spiccato
Like riding a bicycle, mastering spiccato is all about striking the perfect balance between control and release, as these excerpts from 100 years of The Strad demonstrate
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Blogs12 ways to encourage your student’s pickiness about pitch – part 2
Meredith Arksey, violin and viola professor at Washington State University, gives helpful hints for teachers wanting to improve their students' awareness of intonation
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Blogs12 ways to encourage your student's pickiness about pitch - part 1
Meredith Arksey, violin and viola professor at Washington State University, gives helpful hints for teachers wanting to improve their students' awareness of intonation
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FocusShould all string players learn how to improvise?
Dutch violinists Martin Norgaard and Tim Kliphuis believe teaching children improvisation and alternative styles of music should be a requirement of string lessons in the 21st century, writes Pauline Harding
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DebateToo often, performance presentation skills are left in the lap of the gods
It is desirable for music teachers to take stage presentation skills seriously from the very start, argues Naomi Yandell
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Article'You must play as naturally as you sing': violinist Isaac Stern in China
One sings very naturally. You must figure out how to make that sound on your violin' In this clip from the 1979 documentary 'From Mao to Mozart', violinist Isaac Stern demonstrates to a young student the importance of listening and playing like a singer. Watch: Violinist Isaac ...
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FocusViolinist Isaac Stern in China
Captured in the 1979 Academy Award-winning documentary 'From Mao to Mozart', Isaac Stern had a transformative effect on China's classical music scene, writes Nancy Pellegrini